RJ Martin is the man!

[Mr.LaBella]

http://www.ronlad.net/pics/albums/userpics/10014/169_6954-7.JPG

what drama getting this knife!

last year I went to the NYCKS to buy a knife from this man. not knowing Bob so well i refused to let him lend me the $$ to buy one and pay him back ( ala NJ payment plan as it stands now ).

so i waited. this year we show up and d00d is nowhere to be found. all morning. I wait and wait and wait.

find 1 read this again 1 left at the damn show and some dickhead is holding it [as*hole dealer]. he says 450 first time around, i say i am waiting on "the man" and shall return.

asshole dealer says 475 when i come back... :atyou: ..IM like OK.

i fork over cash still drooling mind you, not really looking at the knife still in awe...

Kalooch comes over and TOTALLY BURSTS MY BUBBLE WITH THIS
theres a ding in the blade

aaaaarrrgh! there is!

I say gimme my $$ back you a*hole dealer as RJ Martin enters the building ( like Elvis )

lil ronnie runs and tells the man what just happened... he says
gimme 30 minutes, then come back

lil ronnie goes to other side of the glass doors and watches RJ verbally abuse a*hole dealer and take back HIS knife.

25 minutes later lil ronnie has a FIXED knife for 450 and a new custom sheath which a*hole dealer said "theres a clip, no sheath".

RJ Martin is the man

[bart-1]

That is a much tougher version than I remember? :aarrggh:

I seem to remember a lot more crying and snot bubbles and the freaked out dashed inhaling that little kids do after you wip there ass! Hey it is your fantasy tell it like you like!

It is a very nice knife agreed by all! :-D

[UT-II]

Fuckin' snot bubbles! :D

You waited a year? I can't wait hardly a month for anything! That's why the president of Citibank has my picture in his hallway! Good score -how does it do against ferocious rasin bagels?

[TheBadGuy]

Cool knife for sure. I wish someone would translate the above story in English as it sounds interesting enough to read if you could comprehend it

[cutty]

I was there when that happened. I felt so bad for hobbit feet.

Ron says ,look at the knife I just bought. Ken takes it, holds it
up to the light, Say's "there"s a ding in the blade". Hobbit feet
says "no way". Looks at it and starts crying. A adult hobbit laying
on the floor blubbering. It was a very sad sight. :poke:

[Kalooch135]

The look on Ron's face was the greastest look of disappointment I have ever seen. :pout: When he handed me the knife I was really impressed. RJ does some fantastic work but when I opened the blade the ding was so noticeable that I didn't even have to really look for it. "There's a ding in the blade." That phrase is going to haunt Ron for the rest of his natural born life. I hoped he learned that you should always check out a knife thoroughly before you buy it.

What was even funnier was everyone "flicking" it open around the table while the little man squirmed.

[TheBadGuy]

the funniest part was after the edge was fixed and ron paid for it,i said "lemme see that" and proceeded to flick it open hard :D

ron was like " :dammit: :dammit: :dammit: "

rj martin looks at ron like he is a big pussy and says "my knives can handle flicking" :bashyou:

after ron dries his tears we go in the other room where he is showing his knife to everyone-cutty is holding it and i say "flick it open,ron loves that"

THWACK! cutty flicks it open :D and ron's lip starts trembling again as the tears flow :crying:

So who was the dealer??

[Kalooch135]

So who was the dealer??

Les Robertson.

[TheBadGuy]

Thank you sir

Well there is one less site on my favorites. The blade ding deal is not the bad part in my eyes as much as the $25 price increase as little man walked the floor. :hityou:

[UT-II]

Purr-haps if our man would get a eye exam instead of the next knife, he could see the dang knives he's buying? Just a thought here. :hityou:

[ARtsig1]

OH MY RON!!! With that in your pocket..............you are da' MAN!! :gogdog: :gogdog: :gogdog: Rj knows how to put together some badass folders.

[Mr.LaBella]

this was written in English ! :poke:

i love this knife!! :doublefu: :ron: :cool:

[ARtsig1]

and Ron I love you for loving that knife. We'll just let this be our little secret though.

[Clydetz]

Hey Ron! Is this the same knife that I saw slip out of your hand onto the granite floor right after you bought it? :decoder: Is that why you were crying?

[Komodo]

Hey Ron, wanna borrow my LOUPE??? :poke:
:devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil:

[Mr.LaBella]

Hey Ron, wanna borrow my LOUPE??? :poke:
:devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil:

:D :D :-D sunday, you coming? :ron:

[Tinysd]

Hey Ron, wanna borrow my LOUPE??? :poke:
:devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil:

:D :D :-D sunday, you coming? :ron:
Orange shirt? I want pics! :dammit:

[Mr.LaBella]

ROGER THAT! :gogdog:

[cilipepa]

how much you want for that cheap damaged folder?

[BenDibble]

Hey Ron, wanna borrow my LOUPE??? :poke:
:devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil:

oh boy, that sure was a fun day!!!!

sorry spuffie..... :help:

[cilipepa]

borinquen! great to meet you at the show!

nice place, jerzeedevils, now how do we get rid of labella? :poke:

[cilipepa]

umm.... a large chainsaw and a few bags of cement :D
da joisey way!

[Tinysd]

umm.... a large chainsaw and a few bags of cement :D
da joisey way!

You forgot the oil drum. :hityou: :punish: :poke:

[Mr.LaBella]

i am not selling it cilipepa! :slap: :doublefu:

[cilipepa]

that's okay. i value you much more for your personality than for your possessions. :smooch:

[Spufnik]

that's okay. i value you much more for your personality than for your possessions. :smooch:

Speak for yourself there cilipepa. I only like :ron: for his hairy little feet. His hair makes for a real good steering wheel too :-D :devil: :twisted:

[cilipepa]

steering wheel? you don't use the joystick? :poke:

[BenDibble]

i like the airbags. :pugalist:

[Mr.LaBella]

Komodo, you coming on sunday to see this BEAUTY? :cool:

[Spufnik]

and bring the loupe. :ron: needs to check his new Vector :devil:

[Mr.LaBella]

and bring the loupe. :ron: needs to check his new Vector :devil:

uh whut? :doublefu: :twisted: :poke: :(

[RJ Martin]

Hey La Bella: Glad you like the knife and that things worked out. I don't remember that much drama during the sale, but, it is an interesting tale!

I was just at the Vegas Classic show, and, one of my customers told me about this forum, so, I joined when I came home.

Two points I'd like to make about this thread, if I may. First, if I sell a knife to a dealer, and, it has a ding in the blade, that's MY fault, not his!
My reputation is such that, when I sell a dealer a knife, he shouldn't need to inspect it for flaws, that's MY job!! Because I "package" my folders so tightly, there is very little clearance between the blade and the backspacers. The "ding" was caused by the sharpened blade hitting one of the backspacers. We're talking about .005" here, not much of an error. That's why I was able to sharpen the ding out in under 5 minutes!!!

I have gone back and adjusted the design to eliminate the possibility of that happening in the future.

Second, you were charged $475 in error. I had been talking to Les about raising the price of the Avenger by $25, and, in all the confusion he charged you the wrong price. See me at the ECCKS in March and I'll give you your $25 back, no problem. The only thing I ask in return for this is that you give Les a second chance. Believe me when I tell you this, he's squared away!! I have been working with him for about 15 years now, and, he's not only my #1 dealer, but, one of my best friends. Since I only work with dealers who sell at my retail cost, I can assure you that the pricing mistake that was made was a fluke.

BTW, that Rampage folder that made the cover of Blade Magazine was Les' idea. Wouldn't have happened if he didn't "push" me into it!

So, glad you like the knife, see me for your $25 and go easy on Les, OK?

PS-Really like this forum. Very entertaining!!

[BennytheBlade]

Sir-
Its a honor to have such a talented person post here-:gogdog:
Run for the hills before we turn you into one of us :devil:

[ibewno3]

Welcome to the site RJ , It was great speaking to you in Vegas!!!!!! :gogdog: :gogdog:

[Mr.LaBella]

again, welcome!

I will be lokking for you in March.

hopefully you will be cold, and in need of some new clothing.

yes the tale is wonderful!


stil carrying her everyday!

NOT FLICKING IT either.

:)

[Les Robertson]

Hi LaBella,

RJ suggested I come and look at this particular thread. It appears it is easy for one Asshole to misjudge another Asshole.

Obviously you didn't know that RJ told me he was raising the prices on the knives. It would appear that I thought he meant on the knives he was giving to me the morning of the show. He was referring to the price increase after the show. Im sure you can see where the confusion was.

I had recieved 3 of the knives the morning of the show. In fact one sold prior to you purchasing yours. I had just replaced the knife from one of the knives I had received earlier from RJ. The show was a little busy and I did not have time to inspect this particular knife. While it does occasionally happen, generally ( as RJ pointed out) you don't expect knives form a world class knife maker to have problems.

The point to this is that you forgot to explain that when you noticed the knife had the ding. You returned it and you were promptly given a refund as the ding was obvious.

I showed RJ who said he would fix it. You walked over to RJ and explained what happened. He fixed the knife to your satisfaction and you purchased the knife from him.

I hope you will explain to RJ that you were reimbursed the full $475 and he does not owe you $25.

In the future if you have a problem with the way I do business I would prefer that you discuss it with me. You know....Asshole to Asshole. :-D

[Kalooch135]

RJ,

I was the one who pointed out the ding in the blade to the assh.....I mean LaBella. He handed it to me all proud and smiling. "Check this out", he said. 'There's a ding in the blade", I said. Utter silence. Ron's jaw hit the floor and he looked as though I just stomped on his puppy's head and scooped up the brains to eat them. Quite funny. :-D He also went around showing people the knife after you fixed it. He told us not to flick it. Of course, we being from NJ and not taking orders from some pony-tailed, tattooed Oompa Loompa, flicked it anyway. Of course we all knew the knife could handle it...it's a friggin' RJ Martin for god's sake!!! He whined and cried which prompted the following PhotoShop job.

http://jerzeedevil.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10115/baby%20ronald.jpg

[Spufnik]

Also Les, with all the abuse we heaped on Ron that day, He did have his panties in a bunch so you gotta forgive him a little bit, or not cause it is funny :D

[swiftfoot]

ATTENTION LES ROBERTSON

LaBella said all is well. sorry for the confusion

[bart-1]

The look on Ron's face was the greastest look of disappointment I have ever seen. :pout: When he handed me the knife I was really impressed. RJ does some fantastic work but when I opened the blade the ding was so noticeable that I didn't even have to really look for it. "There's a ding in the blade." That phrase is going to haunt Ron for the rest of his natural born life. I hoped he learned that you should always check out a knife thoroughly before you buy it.

What was even funnier was everyone "flicking" it open around the table while the little man squirmed.

Kalooch the rest of us have seen that face X 100 squared on his lovely girlfriends face after she endured 45 seconds of Hobbit lovin from the little guy that weekend!

I think that those new might not understand how Italians retell stories! Like telling about our sexcapades when we retell stories that get more exciting each time! My little buddy waited a year to get that knife and that is all he talked about for months after the 2003 show and months b4 the 2004 show. He was out of his mind trying to find the knife/dealer/RJ anyone with that knife! He did find it, it did have a ding, the price cornfussion, it all worked out, and everyone was happy, except his girl was still sexually frustrated. My little buddy Ron is the best hearted and straight up guy there is! Being Italian our stories always have the Jack and the Beanstalk influance! I am sure Ron or any of us would buy one of RJ's knives from him or this dealer, I know I would! :-D

[swiftfoot]

italians have some good food.

[RJ Martin]

Yep, Italians do have a flair for things. I know you guys left happy, and, I know I was. I really like the ball-busting style of this forum. Some of the others I hang out in, well, it pays to choose the words pretty carefully.

And, I've got to look out for my dealers-cha-ching!!!!

I think I need to put that crip pic on my website. Can you guys supply me with a good caption? Best one gets some sort of prize at the ECCKS....But, don't expect much-I'm a cheap Yankee from Massachusetts!!

[Kalooch135]

I think I need to put that crip pic on my website. Can you guys supply me with a good caption? Best one gets some sort of prize at the ECCKS....But, don't expect much-I'm a cheap Yankee from Massachusetts!!

"I was so excited about my new RJ Martin knife that I crapped my diaper..........twice!!!"

[Mr.LaBella]

Les,

email sent last night

asshole to asshole


my apologies and what not

:cheers:

I also have a Rampage fixed blade on order from you.

FYI, everyone!

RJ- you will get the prize at the ECCKS!

:gogdog: :gogdog:

[Spufnik]

Cmon LaBella, You don't need to perform that on him at the show. At least buy him a drink and take him to a room. Nobody wants to see it :cf: :puking:

[Les Robertson]

Hi LaBella,

Glad we got this straightened out. Thank you.

[ibewno3]

:lelamark: It's good to see everything has worked out!!!!!!!

[Spufnik]

:lelamark: It's good to see everything has worked out!!!!!!!

Asshole to Asshole of course :tiny: :devil: :smilebli:

[Tinysd]

we're gonna be wearing our colors this year:kingkaxt:

You going to wear shoes this year? spic

[rbruce]

I just read through this thread. What is the photochop Kalooch speaks of?