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Darrel Ralph Large Klax Fixed Blade Knife
elh4564
5
Jul 28, 2019
Who makes it? Cause Darrell doesnt make knives. He outsources them from China.
LX_Emergency
214
Jul 29, 2019
elh4564Please note the lack of a country of origin anywhere in the description......that's not accidental. DDR loves giving off the impression that he's this amazing American knifemaker....and he probably can make a nice knife.
Too bad he hardly ever does.
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Otha
5
Jul 31, 2019
elh4564Well Lets see. These are not out sourced to china. they are made in the USA. SO unless you can prove otherwise..Just so you know I use to work for Darrel. I know that they are not made in china. It is my design and I have been active in the production of both the Klax and the Klax XL from start to finish.
A community member
Jul 31, 2019
LX_EmergencyNot True USA FLAG AND MADE IN THE USA IS ON THE REAR. Get the facts correct instead of smearing hard working AMERICAN companies for pay! 
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A community member
Jul 31, 2019
LX_Emergency
A community member
Jul 31, 2019
Did you OVERLOOK THE USA FLAG! If you don’t own one when it’s just not comment if you do own one I can understand try to work through your issues if there are any.
elh4564
5
Jul 31, 2019
I can engrave or laser anything on a knife... just saying
A community member
Jul 31, 2019
elh4564 Again when you’re ready to come to the shop let us know will make one right in front of you so what is the date of your arrival? And your next reply I hope it says next week .
A community member
Jul 31, 2019
elh4564 So do you have that date rounded up when you’re showing up to see how we make our knives? Let me know will be waiting for you and will even buy you lunch .
A community member
Jul 31, 2019
Do you need us to pick you up to airport ? Or are you just telling tales out of school? Have you ever seen us make a knife in our shop? Why don’t you show your name on your your membership? I know why because you’re an Internet cowboy and you think people really care about what you say
reswright
3851
Jul 31, 2019
Two things, boss.
First is, you weren't talking to me, but I'm happy to come show up and see one of these things made in person in your shop in the US. Where is it? Send me the address. If it's too far I can send friends. You are so insistent with this fellow, I can't help but offer and suggest that someone else might take his place and come verify your statement.
The second is that yours are definitely not American language patterns, especially when you lose your temper. It doesn't much matter to me either way but it's curious to see someone blowing their top over whether someone's making American goods with such stilted and Anglicized idioms. Hong Kong English, yeah?
I was ready to take your side until I saw all this. Word to the wise: it didn't come across the way you probably wanted it to come across.
A community member
Aug 1, 2019
reswrightWe are in Dallas. What does your schedule look like for the next 30 days? It would be a pleasure to give you the tour.
reswright
3851
Aug 1, 2019
Post the address, if you please? Alternately you can just give me your DUNS number and I'll find you that way. All this stuff should be accessible in the public record -- incorporation records, tax records, D&B, so it shouldn't take long to verify your claims.
I've been to Dallas a few times -- it's a weird town, hot and dry, steakhouses everywhere, everyone's scared to look each other in the eye, homeless tour guides, but I know folks down that way and I get down there on a regular basis, and should be doing so around mid-September. So even if D&B has never heard of your operation I might know someone who knows you. None of them say things like 'tell tales out of school', though. That's how you become It in a game of Spot The Yankee. They think anyone who talks funny is from the North. But if you've got a verifiable operation making these knives in Dallas, heck yeah. We can do lunch at Hoffman's.
reswright
3851
Aug 1, 2019
reswright...so that's a no, then?
reswright
3851
Aug 1, 2019
reswrightAw, man. What a disappointment. :)
LX_Emergency
214
Aug 1, 2019
Right, and these are also made in the USA:
https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20190801014055&SearchText=american+flag&switch_new_app=y
This doesn't mean anything.
I also find it interesting that at first I was replied to by someone who looked suspiciously like a Darrell Ralph official account (or maybe even the man himself) who then removed his name, and is not available for comment anymore.
"Made in the US" also doesn't mean squat.
Could be parts made somewhere else, completely down do ground and coated blades, then sent here and screwed together and then it's "made in the US".
You're not winning over anyone here by screaming on the internet (typing in caps lock online is percieved as yelling in case you didn't know) instead of actually showing proof.
LX_Emergency
214
Aug 1, 2019
reswrightConsidering he seems to have removed his account....I doubt you're gonna get an answer.
Otha
5
Aug 1, 2019
reswrightDude in all seriousness. He gets a lot of smack talking g about china. Which is not true and when he opens his shop to show people the truth no one takes him.up on it and will continue to talk smack. So yes he gets heated over it. Not saying it cool just some facts of the game. His shop is in forney tx. Exact addy is on his web site. He has an open door policy just call so he can clear some time.in his schedule to give you a tour and the time without interruptions. If you get to Dallas tx and can spend a little time go check his shop. Hit me up and you can stop by mine as well.
I think we have hijacked this site enough if anyone wants to hit me up to shoot the shit or questions my number, facebook, and instagram is listed Ian post here somewhere. Feel free to hit me up.
LX_Emergency
214
Aug 1, 2019
OthaI'm not saying he CAN'T make a nice knife. Just that he often doesn't and is then less than forthcoming about the origins of said knife.
I've seen quite a bit of proof come along about someone else doing a LOT of work for him which he then claims as his own work. And there has even been some evidence of him having certain models produced elsewhere (China) which he then anodises/colours and claims as being "100% handmade/custom".
I know he CAN make nice knives.....hell...even if he did the "mid-tech" thing. I'd have no problem with that. In fact I really like some of the stuff he's done over the years.
It's just that it's not always 100% clear.
Otha
5
Aug 1, 2019
LX_EmergencyI know for a fact he produces his parts I ran his machines for 4 yrs. He does outsource some of his parts, not to china. I have see the pics of peoples proof of him outsourseung to china and those are bullshit. Exp. A pick of a box from china with shipping label from china. They dont show you what is inside of the box. That box was full of his swag bags that he gives away at shows. I have seen another boss pic, different box. That held the decorative knife/pen boxed that the custom knives and pens come in. In reality you can not go 100% made in the USA. Silly things like swag bags and produce packaging would jack the the price up. I kept my mouth shut and stayed out of the circus because it was just people who dont know shit listening to people who dont know shit. And the talking shit. No one would have believed me because I was working for ddr at the time. I dont have a dog in the fight. Now when some one start ripping my designs apart and have never handles or does not own one, now my dog is in the fight.
LX_Emergency
214
Aug 1, 2019
OthaFair enough mate. I make my own knives. I have less of an interest in fixed blades from other makes anyway. But if this is your baby then I'm sure you know what you're talking about.
reswright
3851
Aug 1, 2019
LX_EmergencyI definitely got a 'third party' vibe from all that. Something tells me that if someone reaches out to DDR they aren't gonna know anything about this dude in the all caps who came in to play the kingfish and is all indignant that someone dares question the provenance of the knives, and talks tours and factory and tries to be a hardass, but he vanishes the instant someone asked him for his actual address and DUNS number.
The funny thing is, if it's made well I could give a toss if the knife is from China or the designer contracts work from China. You just gotta come correct with it. I think buying well made stuff no matter where it's from, in the long run, creates the demand for quality gear that benefits the West because we're prepared to compete in that market.
reswright
3851
Aug 2, 2019
LX_Emergency
LX_Emergency
214
Aug 2, 2019
reswrightI know. I could post a similar screenshot to that one. Funny ain't it?
reswright
3851
Aug 2, 2019
LX_EmergencyDid he explain the part where you were smearing hard working American companies for pay?
because that was particularly Ambienesque
LX_Emergency
214
Aug 2, 2019
reswrightWell, lemme quote:
"Not True USA FLAG AND MADE IN THE USA IS ON THE REAR. Get the facts correct instead of smearing hard working AMERICAN companies for pay!"
So yeah.
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