Vendor Advice

bill2000 · Post by **bill2000** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:22 pm

Does anyone here have any experience purchasing from C. Risner Cutlery Co.? Any feedback would be appreciated.

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:03 pm

I do...I bought one knife from him...great price with shipping included...but it took forever....

Something may have gone wrong in the mail, it may have gotten lost and he sent me a new one...I don't know.

I'd do business with him again and probably will...I've only heard great things about him and if you want a Schatt&Morgan...he is the man.

I think knowtracks deals with him very often. He also has nothing but great stuff to say about him.

Forensic Jim · Post by **Forensic Jim** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:07 pm

I've bought quite a few knives from Clarence and he is really a good knife dealer. Never experienced any shipping problems and his prices are hard to beat. He also is currently of the president of the NKCA.

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:02 pm

Hell all I met the man at the Queens Knife Show.

We stayed in the same hotel and every night and sat in the lobby just talking....

We had a grate time. About 6 to 9 men every night.

The first knife I bought from him was a Queens pearl he had for sale.

I said OK I will buy it.(after haggling some) So I gave him the money and he said I just wanted to see if you know how to READ a knife. Then he went under the table and gave me a super looking Queens pearl. Same thing but much better pearl on BOTH sides. Then he showed me what he meant by READING a knife. So if any one thinks he likes to take advantage of dumb suckers.
I will tell you he did not in my case. He sold the best knife he had for the same price as the poor looking one. I think he just shows it to teach others what you should buy at a show. I would be willing to bet he will still have that poor looking knife 5 years from now. He is a KOOL SALESMEN.

The same day I bought a set of 4 of his S&M's called Swell Center Whittlers. I think he had them made the way he wanted them to be. Like 100 of each.

IMO I will trust Clarence....

and buy more from him....

He is a man that stands in front of his knives not just behind them.

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:41 pm

I hope I didn't imply that my experience with Clarence was negative. It wasn't.

This is what I think happened. He sent me the knife. It got lost. A couple weeks passed and I sent him an email asking what was up. He sent another one. About a week later I got it. (Then my wife almost stole it from me...but thats a whole other story...)

The process took a while, it wan't his fault, and I got no hassle from him.

The only negative part was that I had to show some patience. wah

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:14 pm

Now that I think of it...I undoubtedly would have bought a more Queens and Schatt&Morgans from him....

Except somebody around here keeps selling me Northwoodses.

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:21 pm

marcinek wrote:Now that I think of it...I undoubtedly would have bought a more Queens and Schatt&Morgans from him....

Except somebody around here keeps selling me Northwoodses.

Thought I saw a picture of you with a broken arm wasn't it? All that arm twisting on those Northwoods.

They are a very fine knife also.

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:25 pm

Hukk wrote:
marcinek wrote:Now that I think of it...I undoubtedly would have bought a more Queens and Schatt&Morgans from him....

Except somebody around here keeps selling me Northwoodses.
Thought I saw a picture of you with a broken arm wasn't it? All that arm twisting on those Northwoods. They are a very fine knife also.

I thought I heard the sirens going off, they must have been going to mend Marcinek's arm..

I have spent a bloody fortune with Clarence (I probably paid for his plane trip to go the the show when Ken met up with him..

)

He is great in my opinion and wants to sell you a good knife at an affordable price where both the seller and buyer are happy..Recently I sold him a knife on Ebay and his check got lost, I informed him that he better pay me or Vito would break his legs..No that was the other buyer sorry about that..

Clarence paid me and actually added a few extra dollars for the delay..The man is first class..

Sunburst

bill2000 · Post by **bill2000** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:21 am

Thanks for all the advice guys! Sounds like a big vote of confidence. This could mean trouble!