Quartermaster knives
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They're all instagram specials. Dudes that aren't knife guys buying knives because of the EDC craze.
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A better analogy for this situation is a wife catches her husband hugging another woman and telling her he loves her but rather than easily clearing up this rather simple misunderstanding he blows her off and refuses to speak about it. He then tells her it's his cousin who lives at such and such address but when the wife googles the address it turns out to be a Wal-Mart.
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......said the guy with the avatar of a WWII soldier carrying a Thompson and kneeling in front of the Stars and Stripes
You dont get it - both Burger and that Jared entity are lying through their teeth.
With an avatar like that one would assume that in the case of Burger stealing valor would matter.
There are multiple import reports some as recent as just a couple months ago, that I've been able to find. Photos of their knives being made by We/Wayeah Knives, lying about "their" shop when it's known and proven it's someone else's, the addresses they have shown are residences. The dude that claims he runs "the shop" does t even know what Jackalope Ranch is, even though that's where they claim to have their compound with three story knife museum. It's all public info, how does anyone still think this is speculation?
Well I've learned a $350 lesson in the last few days! Ugh. I haven't been on blade forums for quite a while. The bug bit me again recently and I've started purchasing some knives the last few months. I was super fortunate to be able to pick up one of Grant and Gavin Hawk's Deadlock OTF's. Side note, it is fantastic and will be posting a review soon. I have been checking out their many collaborations since this purchase and thought the quartermaster General Lee 2 seemed really cool. The mechanism to open and close the knife looked really unique so I ordered one from blade hq. Then I did my research....Just as any majorly impulsive idiot does. Sounds like I may be getting a well made $350 Chinese knife delivered soon. Live and learn. Luckily the purchase was made with gift certificates.
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Return to bladehq. Then tell them how upset you are they were willing to sell this garbage.
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I wonder what the people they collaborate with would think of their shady practices? There is enough of us here to reach out and contact their collaborators to shame them.
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......said the guy with the avatar of a WWII soldier carrying a Thompson and kneeling in front of the Stars and Stripes
You dont get it - both Burger and that Jared entity are lying through their teeth.
With an avatar like that one would assume that in the case of Burger stealing valor would matter.
You don't know me or what matters to me so don't assume anything.
I have immediate family who have served and fought in the last dozen conflicts the US has been involved in.
I also don't disparage others I don't know and post things on a public website to hurt someone's lively hood.
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There's a couple different firearms "experts" on Instagram that have collabs with QRTMTDRDS; I wonder if anyone has tried to make them aware...
Nah. Won't be doing that. Not bladehq's problem that I didn't do my research. I have seen a few folks that own this particular knife and if it's made in China, then I'll have a nice, albeit overpriced knife heading my way shortly.
Someone also mentioned shaming collaborators. No effing way will I do that. Most of these guys had zero clue as to what was going on here. It's not their fault if these knives are really being made in China. It's just quartermaster's fault. I assume the collaborators were just as duped as the buyers.
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In my opinion it is actually Blade HQ fault, along with any other retailer that when faced with the amount of evidence presented continues to carry this product. I have called them and they communicated they are well aware of the ongoing events with Quartermaster however they continue to carry them because they sell! So they only really care about your money.
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Business that exists to make money continues to do things that make money, news at 11
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Back in the day, the old company was claiming they made their knives out of BG42 steel, this was long after the company that produced it had stopped making it. Aside from that, the knives were all available for under $75. If that is not enough to make people suspicious, then they deserve whatever they get for ignoring common sense.
hey guys, I get that this thread is a bit old and stuff but I noticed something that is worth saying here. The address for quartermaster knives a PO box in dripping springs in Texas and the address for Hawke knives is the exact same PO box in Texas. Previously, I have never heard anything about the two brands being related so how come they have the same address? They have to be connected in some way...
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I had never heard of Hawke knives but looking them up, they definitely have a QFRMRFRBRFLLPPBBTH vibe about them.
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I noticed the connection, I think I mentioned it in one of the TONS of threads on this company.
Jared West, right as he left Mantis, got involved with Mykel Hawke, some faux survivalist guy(maybe from a tv show?), and they introduced a series of knives, tools and outdoorsy stuff, all made in China type mall ninja looking stuff. He did a similar thing with "COMBAT READY" knives, more made in China knives, low end stuff under a different name - now mostly defunct. I know this as I was on mantis militia email list, and after Jared left mantis, he still used that email list to inform of his business interests and promos.
I know I mentioned this in an earlier thread, because people were wondering why he was getting tons of chinese knives shipped to his house in dripping springs texas. This is a possible reason - his hand is in more than one cookie jar, so to speak. Mantis, Hawke, Combat Ready, Mad Blacksmith, all unabashedly Chinese made product. Makes sense he just had them shipped to his home, he probably never figured anyone would go searching for shipping manifests and the like.
Jared West, right as he left Mantis, got involved with Mykel Hawke, some faux survivalist guy(maybe from a tv show?), and they introduced a series of knives, tools and outdoorsy stuff, all made in China type mall ninja looking stuff. He did a similar thing with "COMBAT READY" knives, more made in China knives, low end stuff under a different name - now mostly defunct. I know this as I was on mantis militia email list, and after Jared left mantis, he still used that email list to inform of his business interests and promos.
I know I mentioned this in an earlier thread, because people were wondering why he was getting tons of chinese knives shipped to his house in dripping springs texas. This is a possible reason - his hand is in more than one cookie jar, so to speak. Mantis, Hawke, Combat Ready, Mad Blacksmith, all unabashedly Chinese made product. Makes sense he just had them shipped to his home, he probably never figured anyone would go searching for shipping manifests and the like.
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I can find no record of registration or licensing of Number 6 Brands - or any record of it at all prior to 2016
Never simple with these guys, is it? Wheels within wheels within wheels.
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