irishamericanlad
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iI have been working like crazy to collect the original Highlander molds, and to date I own the H2 mold I bought from David stokes, the H1 mentor I traded from Tom in Germany, and an H3 albion I repaired and restored.
I found a local guy who offered me practical katana swords to use 5 at a time and pay after I sold them. I then found a guy south of texas, a member here, MIKETRIBAL, who had experiance molding and making the handles with a kevlar core. We went into a business agreement, I supply the molds and start up money, he does the molding, make new masters from the originals, and I put the originals back in the closet.
Our goal was the simple idea of offering the best swords, from actual molds, with real steel and parts for no more than 500 each at a base, then move up in price with better blades. The first few months we great, no issues, we made and sold several, he got all the profits cause i wanted to make our own stuff, brass fittings we make ourself, and then in the end make our own blades, I gave this guy the ultimate chance to use what he could have never gotten on his own, and to make what could have been great money.
For Tom in germany he was to get a reconditioned H3, and i had several deals in the making before him to secure all these things. after a few months, me supplying blades, parts and the molds, I sent to mike the original molds that I own so he could make new masters and send them back, as was the deal!
After a while I quit hearing from him, I asked about the status of blades I had traded for, he threw out some crap about family and such, I said its cool, lets get these out and well get cracking later....I also drove 200 miles to meet him and another memeber here, and dropped of handles and 3 complete practical katanas to finish the deals i made prior to working with him. Well after about a month of nothing and me trying to call and text, I told him he needed to call me.
He did and then informed me that he went behind my back on emails and contacted tom and a few other of my clients and told them i was out of the business, and he will be finishing the trades with them, so he could keep the molds and the rights to them. I told him that was crap and i didnt know what more he needed, I gave him everything he needed already. From what I can tell he got a taste of the pontential money and said screw Kyle.
After emailing back my clients, Tom informed him that the original deal still stood with me and he was to send back the molds, I even went as far as telling him to keep the spare mold and sell what ever he wants, i want whats mine. If course I havnt heard back from him...
I'm telling you this not as a ***** session, and not to get your sympathy nor for you not deal with mike, but to understand that people are a terrible terrible breed! after i offered everything I had, I brought him into a situatioln he would have NEVER been brought into, he still lacked the intestinal fortitude, the basic honor to acknowldge the situation he had, and to man up and say he wanted out, i would have still given him the oppertunity to make and sell them... so with that i want you all to try and grasp the reality that even if you think you can trust someone they have the possibilty to take from you, and make you feel like trust is a lost quality and property...
I found a local guy who offered me practical katana swords to use 5 at a time and pay after I sold them. I then found a guy south of texas, a member here, MIKETRIBAL, who had experiance molding and making the handles with a kevlar core. We went into a business agreement, I supply the molds and start up money, he does the molding, make new masters from the originals, and I put the originals back in the closet.
Our goal was the simple idea of offering the best swords, from actual molds, with real steel and parts for no more than 500 each at a base, then move up in price with better blades. The first few months we great, no issues, we made and sold several, he got all the profits cause i wanted to make our own stuff, brass fittings we make ourself, and then in the end make our own blades, I gave this guy the ultimate chance to use what he could have never gotten on his own, and to make what could have been great money.
For Tom in germany he was to get a reconditioned H3, and i had several deals in the making before him to secure all these things. after a few months, me supplying blades, parts and the molds, I sent to mike the original molds that I own so he could make new masters and send them back, as was the deal!
After a while I quit hearing from him, I asked about the status of blades I had traded for, he threw out some crap about family and such, I said its cool, lets get these out and well get cracking later....I also drove 200 miles to meet him and another memeber here, and dropped of handles and 3 complete practical katanas to finish the deals i made prior to working with him. Well after about a month of nothing and me trying to call and text, I told him he needed to call me.
He did and then informed me that he went behind my back on emails and contacted tom and a few other of my clients and told them i was out of the business, and he will be finishing the trades with them, so he could keep the molds and the rights to them. I told him that was crap and i didnt know what more he needed, I gave him everything he needed already. From what I can tell he got a taste of the pontential money and said screw Kyle.
After emailing back my clients, Tom informed him that the original deal still stood with me and he was to send back the molds, I even went as far as telling him to keep the spare mold and sell what ever he wants, i want whats mine. If course I havnt heard back from him...
I'm telling you this not as a ***** session, and not to get your sympathy nor for you not deal with mike, but to understand that people are a terrible terrible breed! after i offered everything I had, I brought him into a situatioln he would have NEVER been brought into, he still lacked the intestinal fortitude, the basic honor to acknowldge the situation he had, and to man up and say he wanted out, i would have still given him the oppertunity to make and sell them... so with that i want you all to try and grasp the reality that even if you think you can trust someone they have the possibilty to take from you, and make you feel like trust is a lost quality and property...
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