Mbirdsley Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 So I had a customer order 100 1/2 oz sickle walleye jigs. The hooks are eagle claws. I go to start pouring them and right off the bat I find 5 hooks that didn’t have the hook eyes formed. I bought from LPO. Is this normal or just the nature of the beast? I guess I should order more than 100 hooks at a time. Luckily the customer agreed to sub in 5 Mustad black nickel hooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azsouth Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 not normal, I would call LPO and send pick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 This is not normal at all and different than what I experienced. I have only had 3 bad ones out of thousands but the Matzuo sickles were really bad. I'd get 100 and I'd have between 20 and 30 bad. The worst was an order of 1000 Matzuo sickle in which I had 331 unusable and over 160 that I had to bend to make them work. The EC version has bee a lot better but it looks like they may be having some issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbirdsley Posted May 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 Ok thank you. I will get a hold of them. I had 8 bad total and I believe they shorted me 4-5 hooks also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canga~ Posted May 7, 2022 Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 16 hours ago, smalljaw said: This is not normal at all and different than what I experienced. I have only had 3 bad ones out of thousands but the Matzuo sickles were really bad. I'd get 100 and I'd have between 20 and 30 bad. The worst was an order of 1000 Matzuo sickle in which I had 331 unusable and over 160 that I had to bend to make them work. The EC version has bee a lot better but it looks like they may be having some issues. weird, i have used thousands of the matzuo sickles and very rarely had any issues with them (maybe 1-2 per 1000), i really wish they wouldnt have gone bankrupt, i loved those hooks. the victory sickles are ok, but they dont stay sharp as long as the matzuos, though my customers dont seem to mind, they love the sickle style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted May 7, 2022 Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 I buy a lot of eagle claw hooks and I only get a bad one every few hundred hooks. To be honest I don't remember the last time I got a bad one. I mostly order from Barlow's but I don't know that that makes a difference. I'm sure if you call LPO they'll make it right with you somehow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkin Posted May 12, 2022 Report Share Posted May 12, 2022 You always get a few bad ones no matter the manufacturer. What I don't understand is how a reseller that buys a 1k count box and breaks them down into bags did not notice these? If you call them the easiest thing for them to do is just send you a 10 pack of hooks. As for quality control I do not think Matzuo had anyone or they did a lot of drinking on the job. On average 20% of their hooks I bought were unusable. I am not talking about the normal 90 degree hooks that are at 75 and you can fix them with some pliers. The ones I am referring to look like the pics above or are bent 90 degrees in the wrong direction. Allen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
