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[JLSleather]

dunno -- I sent it back.  

[ScoobyNewbie]

Lol

[JLSleather]

SOME folks thought this carving looked okay-ish.  Done before I ever saw a "barry king" knife   - and these too

[immiketoo]

 

On September 25, 2018 at 3:31 AM, ScoobyNewbie said:

This is true. Opinions are all valid. Why is Barry King so good a brand it can’t withstand 1 negative critique?

What are your experiences with Barry King products?

Nobody is offended when somebody isn’t happy with Tandy ...

Maybe Barry just had a bad day. We all get colds...

Wow, that got soapboxy. Sorry.

This won't even be a blip on the radar for Barry; he will gladly take it back for full price.  And to be honest, its not a negative critique of the knife.  

[JLSleather]

Yup, email from there says they need the original card number for full refund once they receive the return.

 

[battlemunky]

Wow, really? There was nothing even remotely negative in the review. I don't see why it should've even been suggested fro removal. That baffles me far more than the honest opinion of the knife does...

[chrisash]

From the look of jls work i guess he qualifies as someone who knows his tools. to be able to do work like shown, so a very valid point

Maybe names were made 10 or 20 plus years ago when the skill requirement was very high to make some items with the result of very high prices, with the advent of CNC machining maybe the old skills are  now only as good as the machine making them and its programmer and costs to make are far cheaper.

Just a point of view

[Clintock]

Name.... same goes for tractors. Just get quotes on different brands and look at the difference. Same size tractor 4 wheel drive loader etc. 

Now somebody here seemed to get mad cause Jeff didn’t want the knife... why? Was the knife sent to you? No it wasn’t. I sent it to Jeff. If Jeff wants to keep it, good. If not, good. It’s his decision. I’m not here to bad mouth anyone but I can see the point Jeff has made. I’m not a carver. Had some extra money and wanted to try improve my skills. Bought me a knife. Works same as the el cheapo. I sent Jeff one to show appreciation for the help he’s given me. With that being said..

I have a Barry King knife for sale with a 1/2” barrel with 3/8” straight blade. $60 I cover shipping. 

Keep on keeping on Jeff! Your work speaks for itself. I ain’t offended by it. I got my big boy britches on today! 

[JLSleather]

54 minutes ago, chrisash said:

advent of CNC machining maybe the old skills are  now only as good as the machine making them and its programmer

i got some buddies out of work because of that.  I survived it because I know the programming end, and the CAD and CAM involved. But yeah -- what used to pay $23-28 per hour has been largely replaced by a high school kid getting $9 to watch the machine and hit that red emergency button when something goes wrong

12 minutes ago, Clintock said:

ame goes for tractors. Just get quotes on different brands and look at the difference

Must be sum kinda redneck thing.. tractors same as swivel knives?

12 minutes ago, Clintock said:

Had some extra money a

I'm SO jealous. Never seen any "extra" money. 

But it AINT about the money.  As a matter of principle, I do not care to PAY MORE for something that ISN'T MORE.  If it was NICER than some I already have, I would say so.  

And while I didn't set out to offend by not accepting what was intended as a gift, I know he's too far away ta punch me in da eye   

Maybe he tryin'a tell me my carvin' need sum werk ?@!

 

Edited September 26, 2018 by JLSleather

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

I have a BK swivel knife.  I hated it when I got it, and thought the same as Jeff's original statement. . . way overpriced.  I had been using a Gore swivel knife, and was used to that.  I have used the BK knife a good bit in the last couple years, thinking I need to give it another chance, and I actually do like the knife better, or I should say the blade better than I did at first.  The knife itself, well, I much prefer my Gore knife.

Regarding Barry's stamping tools, they are the best I've tried.  There was an immediate improvement in my tooling when I started using his bevelers. Most of my stamping tools to that point were Crafttool mid '80's and later, and as everyone knows, they didn't get better as time went on.  Barry's tools do seem high when comparing to Crafttools, but I honestly can't do even a passable job of tooling with the Craftools, so I just save my pennies and every once in awhile, put in an order to Barry.  I'm not saying a really good tooler can't get good results from cheaper stamps, because obviously, Jeff has done just that. But I think the better stamps make it easier for an average tooler to get good results, and  I'll be the first to admit, my tooling is just average at best.