for whatever reason this guy aint gonna pay anyone imho, other than a personal visit i dont think anyone is gonna get any $$ ya might get a judgement on him, but the judgement and a dollar will get ya a cup a coffee, if it was me i honestly dont know what i'd do, something not nice i imagine, between me and the wall something i wouldnt ever post here about lol.
i do think that if reif still makes knives this should remain at the top like a sticky so other folks dont get ripped off either by buying his stuff from him, or sending it in for repair never to be seen again. most folks prob would not do a search imho. another reason not to own a reif knife if repair is needed ya will have to deal with dale, or i guess ya could send elsewhere but my first thought would be to send to him, unless i saw this of course.
as i have said before there are tons of good honest folks out there who will bend over backwards to make ya happy too bad anyone got hooked up with this guy.