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The Disappearance of Trouble Blades (Tim Bakonyi and Jessica Bakonyi)

@troublebladesgirl has recently posted on instagram. 1 of those posts was a sale of a fixed blade. She also mentioned the preordered folders but it appears she is no longer associated with Mr Bayoni.


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No dog in the hunt per se but have been following this for a minute and honestly while BF isn't perfect I find it astounding the wealth of knowledge in the GBU alone that goes ignored by the Instagram community


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Thomas Linton said:
CAREFUL ! Are these links safe?
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I have come to meet Tim in person recently, and a simple search of his name got me on this thread. I read through it and was outraged that people may have lost money with him. I have personally fell victim to online scams and lost money in the past. (even with people that I had an ongoing online facebook friendship with) So when I came across this thread AND read through the recent IG comments of Jessica - I felt terrible for the people who are still without product and out money.

So I created a profile here, and this is my first post. It's understandable why Thomas could question the validity of the links I provided. I only wanted to give information to people who are possibly still victims.
 
so they have moved into the drone frame market . did they ever make these folks here whole?
 
Sure sound like ruthless scammers pure and simple...:grumpy:

Segway into the drone business where he can start anew with doing what he does.
 
Another example of why you should never pay a deposit on a knife preorder.

If they're that popular, the maker doesn't need it, because if you no-show when your turn comes up, he or she will just sell it to the next person.
 
I just found this thread which is sad because I really wanted a debt collector. I am thankful for threads like this though when I was younger making the transition into custom knives I didn't know that many makers didn't require a deposit.
 
FWIW, came across this thread for wondering exactly happened with them. I was one of the "first five" - in fact "First" if Jessica was to be believed. I paid a deposit and spent almost a year waiting, mailing constantly and getting very sporadic updates on progress. I spoke to Tim & Jessica a few times on the phone during this period. I was worried about the same issue - having paid up front and them disappearing into the night. On Jan 22 '16 I received the final invoice and was told the knife was shipping. A few days later I did get the knife, minus the small pelican case they supposedly came in. I contacted Tim to ask for the case to be sent and he said he would along with patches -- that was the last I heard of him despite a few follow up attempts. Knife is great, solid, can drop a small tree :) -- but every once in a while I check back on their IG feeds to see if there have been updates. It's a real shame that there has been zero comms with ppl who are still owed a knife of paid a deposit, or even in full. I had this feeling I was probably lucky to have gotten my knife at all based on the before and after.
 
Annnnnnd they're back! They just posted on IG for the first time in a while, and so the cycle begins anew.
 
OP, good luck in getting restitution. Did he send you that DC in his IG post? Based on your comment that's the impression I got.
 
Looks like trouble bladeworks is back, they had some folders on blade HQ. If you are owed any restitution I would contact them trouble blade works
 
Not only Blade HQ, but several other sites and on IG...
It seems that they are back in the game.
 
Good luck everyone. I was promised to be included in a mini mofo order years ago and nothing ever came from it. Glad I never paid any type of deposit.

I was shocked to see how fast their knives went on bladehq
 
I can’t believe the number of people praising this crook. The whole comments sections of the recent posts are just people begging to throw money at him. Stupid
 
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