1/5

posted Jan-25-2012
Bought an almost $300 knife from knifeworks.com. I have one just like it already, but the first place I bought it from were out of stock - so decided to try knifeworks.
Big mistake. The knife was clearly already used. The cardboard box it came it had crudely been taped back together, the sealed pouch the knife comes in had already been opened, the liner locking mechanism had left marks on the blade, and the blade had play from side to side.
It's clear this knife had already been well worn-in. I don't know if it was intentional bait and switch or fraud, but I went back to their website and I now notice the knife I purchased is out of stock... obviously this was the last knife left in stock - and it had probably been returned for the blade play issue.
Very dssapointing. I would try bladehq.com instead where I bought my first knife. A better overall price and no nasty surprises or mistakes.