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2013...maybe 2014?
Yeah, that sounds about right. I would say 2015 was when they really started turning around.
2013...maybe 2014?
Yeah, I always thought Emersons were the coolest thing ever until I bought a Super CQC-8. Then the Kershaw/Emersons came out and I realized that KAI could build a better Emerson than Emerson could and do it for $190 less, so that pretty neatly eliminated Emerson from consideration for approximately ever.An Emerson Gentleman Jim. The liners were pathetic, flashing everywhere and they were scratched all to hell. I called the dealer and they were fine with me having disassembled it, so back it went. That was the last Emerson I bought, and I sold the rest. It wasn’t my first issue with EKI, but that was too much to overlook.
Adv mini Butcher I bought a few years ago. Brand new, and out out of the box the lock would fail with a bit of pressure from the thumb. Unacceptable for any knife, but much more so for one that cost nearly $500.
I bought a Strider knife before I knew the truth about him.
That will always be my most disappointing knife purchase.
Had a Buck/Strider tanto that I loved, but it was lost in an unfortunate accident. Then I got more information about Mick Burger and realized the loss may have been a form of serendipity.Good answer D Danke42
When I saw the title of this thread I immediately thought of the (relatively few) knives I have purchased over the years from individuals I would come to find out did not possess the strength of character I would expect from someone I respected.
Those knives were either returned, sold or given away depending upon the time frame in which the discovery was made relative to the order or purchase.
Life is too short to support and carry the work of those whom have proven themselves to have less than desirable character.
I agree with the above posts that the biggest disappointment can come from a knife you expect to have a lot of quality.
Oddly, my biggest disappointment was my last purchase of a Hinderer. I found a Skinny 3.5 xm slicer grind with 20cv for sale. I ordered immediately. When I received the knife, I was surprised that the blade couldn t be opened with the thumb studs. The flipper worked great with the bearings. But only with extraordinary effort could I use the stud/stops to open the blade. Completely opposite my 10 year old 3.5 xm and my 6 year old 3.5 xm, both of which flipped weakly but opened easily with the studs.
As a non flipper, I hated the new version. I returned it the the retailer for a small restocking fee. Knives that can only be opened with flippers are not in my future.
I think this must be a function of folder mechanical design. I have a flipper Eklipse that is also basically impossible to open with the thumb studs. I had a Lionsteel TRE whose big thing was the ability to open it three different ways. Opening it by the thumb stud was a challenge, and the flipper didn't function that great, either, so I suspect that there are mechanical tradeoffs and that making it mainly a thumb stud opener would make the flipper action worse and vice versa. I'd be interested in how the thumb stud opening works on the non-flipper Hinderers.
Mine is just set aside, never carried but there with the others as a reminder to look before I leap especially at a gun show.Good answer D Danke42
When I saw the title of this thread I immediately thought of the (relatively few) knives I have purchased over the years from individuals I would come to find out did not possess the strength of character I would expect from someone I respected.
Those knives were either returned, sold or given away depending upon the time frame in which the discovery was made relative to the order or purchase.
Life is too short to support and carry the work of those whom have proven themselves to have less than desirable character.
Mine is just set aside, never carried but there with the others as a reminder to look before I leap especially at a gun show.
Yeah gun show. What was I thinking!Okay, I take back my compliment.
Yeah gun show. What was I thinking!