It bothers me a bit that you have your item, while I am still waiting for mine, after all, I sent the order before you, hehe.

My Scramasax arrived today. Very pleased with it, it was well worth the wait. I would consider ordering from Nick in the future, just would plan well in advance. The workmanship is faultless, and so it off sets the wait time.

Hello. My experience with Nick Johnson of Knives by Nick is similar to those posted here. I paid for a Seax (in full) over four months ago, with communication ceasing completely @6 weeks ago. I encourage hesitation when placing an order, particularly if you live overseas.

I am still waiting for my axe. I email every week now but keep getting excuse after excuse. I will let it go a week or two more then lean on him hard

Hi Guys
just for closure, my axe arrived this morning by courier. I am more than happy with the product but I doubt that I would bother ordering again. I had to lean on the maker a bit which I don't like having to do. My guess is that "Nick" is a talented craftsman but a rubbish businessman.
Buyer beware

Hello. I received the seax as ordered a few weeks ago. It was a stunning piece or work and I can recommend the craftsman-just be prepared to wait, it would appear.

Haven't gotten a reply from him in months, and I ordered the items a year ago now.

Time to threaten him I guess, sadly :surprised: . Demand your money back, mention legal action etc, its very poor when it comes down to this. I wouldn't buy again :mad:
Phil

Hi.

I'm having exactly the same problem. Chinese hook-swords ordered in March 2011. Since then it's been ignored emails until I got nasty, and afterwards ignorance again. It's now six months for an order that was quoted as six weeks, although I was informed he had sustained an 'eye injury' (possibly to go with the other catalogue of injuries and excuses this guy keeps churning out). I have now demanded my money back or legal action. Avoid like the plague!!!

Hi Craig
sorry to hear that, he gave me the whole"eye injury" thing too. I' afraid you are going to have to lean on him hard :mad:
Such a shame as he actually does very good work.
Does he even know about this thread(or care)
Phil

Hello again.

Yes Nick is aware of this forum, since I told him about it in my first irate Email. As to whether he cares.. probably not. I'm still being ignored by this guy and I still have no idea where my money or more importantly, my Hook-swords are. If he was just honest and said from the beginning he was snowed under with work, then I could have accepted it, but this is just ridiculous now. I have just sent another very nasty demanding email, and if I haven't heard anything within the week, I'll go to the citizen's advice bureau for advice, since to be honest, I'm not used to dealing with this kind of business practice. The images he placed on his site were amazing and I was initially over the moon. Now I'm just disgusted.

I would like to ask, If any of you out there can suggest a reputable black-smith, or company than CAN manufacture me some quality Hook-Swords like the ones I was supposed to have received months and months ago, then I would be most grateful. I have seen very few places that advertise them in the UK, and obviously importing would be a sheer nightmare of imposibility right? Any advice on this... or how to get my money back from you-know-who would be greatly welcome.

Thanks,

Tried contacting him several times. No reply...

Over 12 months for something that was quoted to take 6-8 weeks is pretty bad. He was eager to respond while I was making the order, after that, not so much.

sorry to hear this is still ongoing.
Phil

Made a PayPal dispute. Not much they can do, but maybe he will finally answer, make a refund or make the damned saxes?

i have to say... i like his stuff, but considering hes A overseas, and B akll this talk of him being quite rubbish with his timing of orders and being hard to reach really makes me think twice about ordering from him at all in future
which uis a saerious shame since his stuff is so good.

Looks like I may have a long wait ahead, going by this thread.
I ordered a seax kit at the end of March, after being quoted 2 weeks. Communication was very good, right up until I had paid. Then nothing at all.
It has only been 6 weeks, and I wouldn't even mind the delay if there was some communication and my emails were being answered. I have no problem if he has a backlog and is working to catch up, but after being quoted 2 weeks and having payed in full, I would quite like to know what is happening and whether I will eventually get my item.
I just hope it eventually turns up and is worth the wait!