Feedback von Extrema Ratio
Hi Folks,
ich weiß, ich weiß: dieser Thread ist sehr alt.
Aber aufgrund eines gerade erfolgten Briefwechsels mit Maurizio Castrati – Geschäftsführer von Extrema Ratio – kam es zu einer Stellungnahme der Firma. Ich habe dem Wunsch von Herrn Castrati entsprochen und den Briefwechsel hier ins Forum gestellt.
Wie ihr seht, bittet die Firma um Zuschriften und Meinungen. ich bin sicher, ihr werdet diesen Wunsch erfüllen können (mailto:
info@extremaratio.com).
Thomas
Dear Mr. Castrati,
thanks for your fast reply.
I choosed the K1s Dobermann for two reasons:
# the "extreme american tanto point" like at the Fulcrum are rather unpopular among german knife fans (that reminds me, that Fulcrum and Golem > >> are not the prototypes I've seen at the IWA?)
# the german knife fans are interested in the performance of the
tang-construction of the Dobermanns. At the german nternet-forum about knives (
www.messerforum.net) there have been doubts, that the construction will be strong enough.
Best regards,
Thomas Laible
Dear Mr.Laible,
sorry but I am not able to move in a forum, please, can you show me the way to find out the zone in wich there is this discussion?
Thanks very much
Best Regards
Maurizio Castrati
Dear Mr. Castrati,
you'll find the discussion thread regarding the Dobermann tang at
http://www.messerforum.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=4187&highlight=rati o
I requested a testing sample of the K1s Dobermann to do a field evaluation of the knife to show in our magazine how this tang construction performs.
Best regards,
Thomas Laible
Dear Mr.Laible,
now I understand.
I read the comments on the forum and I will try to explain you my
impression.
We have a lot of faults.
First of all, we wasn't able to give to the people the right informations about our knives. We will try to do it on the new website actually on progress and not already on line.
K1 Dobermann was our first knife and it's a uncommon knife. We Didn't think in that time to make something in competition with the other knives in commerce. The objective in that time (5 years ago, when we beginned to produce knives) was to create a knife we like, good to hanle and to assemble without screws, like a Luger.
No tactical or multipurpouse, only the knife we like.
And people liked it too.
The second series was a tactical series: Harpoon, DobermannII and T2000. This second series was really a good tactical series of knives. Full tag, very resistant full tag, polimeric casted on handle and hollow grind.
Qualityes:
Very resistent structure.
Very light for their dimension.
Very piercing point
Very good steel, good edge and enduring, very resistant to oxidation.
Very well made and complete sheath.
Faults:
Delicate points, made for piershing and not for heavy duty.
Poor quality of polimeric handle and not removable.
Not razor sharpening "out of the box"
Too fragile 60HRC hardened steel.
The same serie is actually upgraded:
New Kraton and removable handle.
New rezor sharpening "out of the box".
58HRC hardened to be more flexible.
I have to fix a point: we had 0,3% of knives defected that are always replaced from the factory. The lonely knife broked are the knife tested, no knife was broken during "normal"operation.
There is a new serie "heavy duty" called Fulcrum and Golem expressely made for people who need a very strong knife.
We shold like this letter will be read in the forum because we should like knife-people will know some points:
We never said our knives are the best in the world, only the knife you like is the best in the world.
We know only few of our faults, the rest has to be suggested us by knife people.
If knife people whant to have better knives they should have to contact us to give us our suggestion, these are precious for us, we don't have a forum but we always answer to everyone call us.
One things is sure: we make knives, always, in the best way we can, and not in the best way in relation to the price they have to costs.
Dear Mr Laible, I'm grateful to you because this letter will give probably the chance to other people to contact us.
Thanks
Kindest Regards
Maurizio Castrati