Blade HQ is a very good company. All successful businesses get overly busy at times and communication tends to slip. I think you are WAY overreacting to the whole situation. Do you know if CRKT notified all the dealers who stocked this knife and told them not to sell it? I doubt it. "Don't stress it". Accept their generous offer and move on. More @Wikipedia
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