Rather than a $30 Kershaw made in China , try a $12 Buck made in the USA.
https://www.buckknives.com/product/284-bantam-bbw-mossy-oak-infinity-knife/0284CMS22-B/
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Rather than a $30 Kershaw made in China , try a $12 Buck made in the USA.
https://www.buckknives.com/product/284-bantam-bbw-mossy-oak-infinity-knife/0284CMS22-B/
Surprised this hasn't been locked. Stuck on that
I dunno .. don't "collectables" usually appreciate in value over time? I've never seen anything Franklin Mint appreciate; only depreciate ... usually significantly.
In total agreement with this...Any knife made in a country guilty of stealing from the US. I do stay away from those brands. Plenty of choices made here and Europe.
Any knife made in a country guilty of stealing from the US. I do stay away from those brands. Plenty of choices made here and Europe.
Avoiding anything made in China!
My personal favourite are by far the CRK made in USA!
... If you do buy knives from PRC be aware you might get blades with different steel from advertised or printed on blade. Talking to manufacturers who buy from PRC factories they state the factory will print whatever steel you want or even print "made in America" on the knife. Whatever you want.
Yes I'm sure that is entirely possible. Given that, how to you discern between those made in PRC and sold openly as such and those supposedly made and/or sold by Taiwan factories? I recently bought a knife that was supposedly made and sold by a Taiwan factory but the box was clearly labeled PRC. How do you really know what is made where? How many makers have facilities in both Taiwan and PRC, make knives in PRC factories and sell them through a Taiwan based company? For that matter, if an American based retailer orders a bunch of cheap blades marked "D2 Made in USA" from a factory in PRC, who is actually committing the fraud? How does that make the American retailer any less guilty of deception if they know what they are ordering and offer the knives for sale based on the markings?If you do buy knives from PRC be aware you might get blades with different steel from advertised or printed on blade. Talking to manufacturers who buy from PRC factories they state the factory will print whatever steel you want or even print "made in America" on the knife. Whatever you want.
Not so much brands but I have a big problem with budget knives, regardless of where they're made.
Actually.....any product that falls under the "budget" category.....
Not so much brands but I have a big problem with budget knives, regardless of where they're made.
Actually.....any product that falls under the "budget" category.....
Okay there, Rockefeller. A lot of poor folks need knives too. Having quality options in the budget range is a beautiful thing.
Even for those of us with slightly more resources, there can be value in quality budget items. I've asked myself: do I really want multiple hundreds (or thousands) of dollars in overhead on a daily carry folder? At what point do I hesitate to use it for rough or dirty work? What if I lose it or something happens to it? What if someone wants to use it or borrow it? Obviously, the line for such questions is personal. Maybe a thousand-dollar folder is right for you. I might like that for special occasions. For regular EDC though, I'm much happier with a decent budget knife.
Hey what have you got against Moras and RATs and SAK's. They are pretty awesome.
Okay there, Rockefeller. A lot of poor folks need knives too. Having quality options in the budget range is a beautiful thing.
Even for those of us with slightly more resources, there can be value in quality budget items. I've asked myself: do I really want multiple hundreds (or thousands) of dollars in overhead on a daily carry folder? At what point do I hesitate to use it for rough or dirty work? What if I lose it or something happens to it? What if someone wants to use it or borrow it? Obviously, the line for such questions is personal. Maybe a thousand-dollar folder is right for you. I might like that for special occasions. For regular EDC though, I'm much happier with a decent budget knife.
I concur. I carry a slip joint Steel Warrior to hand out if someone needs to "borrow" my knife. I put 'borrow' in quotation marks because half the time what I lent out over the years never came back to me. Nobody touches my nice knives but me. And nice doesn't necessarily mean expensive. My Kershaw Launch 1 was only about $100, but I love it and nobody is going to "borrow" it.