I've been reading this with Interest and watching quietly and wondering why you just didn't reach out to him in the first place? and have a conversation with him and see if he offered a solution.Yeah i'm certainly not aiming to trash anyone's reputation here, we operate in a pretty niche hobby and it's important to support the small makers that are putting work out there.
Wrought cladding is notoriously prone to warps and bending, and twisted wrought must be really tough to work with. Even since I first got the knife straight a few days ago i've had to make further daily tweaks; that's not down to the maker it's because of the material.
You make a fair point that it's only fair to reach out to him if i'm going to write about all this stuff on the internet, and i've now done that. I'll refrain from further commentary until we've had the chance for a conversation.
I mean, it's your knife and you have the right to do with it what you want, and I'm not trying to call anything out other than I'm just curious about your approach here.
But also the general approach of why customers don't provide feedback to the maker. I'm pretty sure Simon would like to know and that he would like to do a good job for you and any customer