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Posted: 3/8/2015 11:32:28 AM EDT
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He has a facebook page. It is temporarily down; it was up the other week.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/MAD-DOG-Knives-Edged-Weapons-VIM/226137137541527?sk=photos_stream&ref=page_internal I don't recall an independent company site existing anymore. I'd love to see some pictures if you have nothing better to do. |
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Posted: 3/8/2015 9:15:08 PM EDT
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Let me see if I can dig up his contact info. My last tour to Afghanistan found my PATAK needing a new sheath and he hooked me up. He also moderates over on Tactical Forums and that's how I originally contacted him.
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Posted: 3/8/2015 9:52:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: He has a facebook page. It is temporarily down; it was up the other week. https://www.facebook.com/pages/MAD-DOG-Knives-Edged-Weapons-VIM/226137137541527?sk=photos_stream&ref=page_internal I don't recall an independent company site existing anymore. I'd love to see some pictures if you have nothing better to do. I'll see what I can do. Horrible posting camera pics. |
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Posted: 3/8/2015 9:56:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/9/2015 6:45:30 PM EDT
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There is no simple or economical way to refinish just the blade as the handles would have to be ground off so the blade can be properly refinished.
The blade is epoxied into the handle. The old chrome will have to be removed before being coated. My recommendation is to use one of the spray on finishes and just reapply as needed. Is there any rusting through the chrome? |
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Posted: 3/9/2015 10:01:48 PM EDT
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Don't think you're going to be able to get warranty service on the knife.
From what I understand Kevin and his wife divorced a few years ago and Mad Dog Knives in AZ closed shop. Kevin got picked up by VIM in Utah to make his knives. His ex wife sued VIM and he is not longer making knives. He posted on TF there will be no more knives made. |
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Posted: 3/10/2015 12:33:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't think you're going to be able to get warranty service on the knife. From what I understand Kevin and his wife divorced a few years ago and Mad Dog Knives in AZ closed shop. Kevin got picked up by VIM in Utah to make his knives. His ex wife sued VIM and he is not longer making knives. He posted on TF there will be no more knives made. Not expecting a warranty service. I paid $245 for it in 1996-97. The damn things are going for $1200-1500 on eBay IF you can find one. Thought it would be more economical than buying a new one.  |
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Posted: 3/10/2015 12:34:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There is no simple or economical way to refinish just the blade as the handles would have to be ground off so the blade can be properly refinished. The blade is epoxied into the handle. The old chrome will have to be removed before being coated. My recommendation is to use one of the spray on finishes and just reapply as needed. Is there any rusting through the chrome? No rusting. Just lots of scratches from sand in the kydex sheath. She's banged up but still functional.  |
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Posted: 3/10/2015 6:15:18 PM EDT
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No rusting. Just lots of scratches from sand in the kydex sheath. She's banged up but still functional.
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There is no simple or economical way to refinish just the blade as the handles would have to be ground off so the blade can be properly refinished. The blade is epoxied into the handle. The old chrome will have to be removed before being coated. My recommendation is to use one of the spray on finishes and just reapply as needed. Is there any rusting through the chrome? No rusting. Just lots of scratches from sand in the kydex sheath. She's banged up but still functional.
In that case, the chrome is fairly thick and durable. You should be good to go until it wears through. |
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Posted: 3/10/2015 6:17:25 PM EDT
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Don't think you're going to be able to get warranty service on the knife. From what I understand Kevin and his wife divorced a few years ago and Mad Dog Knives in AZ closed shop. Kevin got picked up by VIM in Utah to make his knives. His ex wife sued VIM and he is not longer making knives. He posted on TF there will be no more knives made. I heard about the divorce but didn't know he stopped making knives. Who is VIM and how did the wife get so much power to do that? |
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Posted: 3/10/2015 9:16:10 PM EDT
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I heard about the divorce but didn't know he stopped making knives. Who is VIM and how did the wife get so much power to do that? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Don't think you're going to be able to get warranty service on the knife. From what I understand Kevin and his wife divorced a few years ago and Mad Dog Knives in AZ closed shop. Kevin got picked up by VIM in Utah to make his knives. His ex wife sued VIM and he is not longer making knives. He posted on TF there will be no more knives made. I heard about the divorce but didn't know he stopped making knives. Who is VIM and how did the wife get so much power to do that? She probably got 1/2 rights to his product (or something like that). Kevin is somewhat of a loose cannon from what I've seen. Probably didn't want to share profits with her afterwards, so he shut down mad dog (which as a side note, ironically, he never got patents on his knife designs, which wasn't very smart) and went to VIM...but she probably sued and got a judgement that said any knife he makes provides her with xx% cut and like I said, he's somewhat of a loose cannon. |
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