Ontario Quarter Master Knife ?

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I saw one of these in person and really liked it !
Has anyone had any experiance with these . Also Ontario quality in general?
Thanks Gary

I've ordered one so I will update this post from time to time ,with my impressions
I called Ontario ,they said they've discontinued them for now but may/will be offered again with a blackend blade . I asked about 1095 in the future but she said no ?
 
I have not bought one lately, but I have no complaints about their quality for the price. It might be nice if they offered a fancier steel but they would probably cost more. I have not had one of their quarter master knives, but think the one with brass and leather handle looked good. Just never got around to buying it.
 
The Brown Truck delivered my new knife today .

First impresion is that it is a very nice knife with the balance point right on the hilt. The blade is 6" long and nicley ground ,it came with a good 'working' edge . With a few strokes on the V sharpening sticks it shaves now hair ,and will definatly 'bite' .

I took some photos

The colors on the handle are very nice ,the washers are very tight with no wiggle anywhere .


I live in Co. it is very dry and all other washer type knives I've owned are somewhat dry and loose, go to C.A. they tighten up to near new. So I will keep an eye on that .




The other side of the blade has ONTARIO w/ USA under it .

I got this thing for $103(ebay)delivered it seems like a solid deal. The tang is .185" a straight thickness up to the false edge .
Apparently they haven't been made for a year or so and are drying up ?

Gary
 
I have an Ontario Spec-Plus SP17 Quartermaster Knife. Same blade design, different handle. I REALLY like it. Wish they would produce that one again. Bought mine in the 90's i think. From Brigade QuaterMasters.
 
Anyone beat the hell out of one of these? Curious about their durability, I had a standard kbar that I brutalized for a few years, wondering how this one stacks up. does it have the same soft temper? thanks
 
I love the overall design of the knife, it's probably my favourite military knife from an aesthetic point of view. The problem with this Ontario interpretation (at least in my opinion) is that they used 440A for the blade. I would have loved to see it in a decent carbon steel (1095, 5160, nothing too fancy).

My experience with Ontario's knives (I've handled a few dozen for customers) is that fit and finish on their military knives is sometimes lacking, but quality is good for the price the issues are just cosmetic.
 
I am not going to abuse the hell out of it , but I did chop a bit of a blue spruce in my back yard . It did pretty good and did not dull it to where I could tell. I will baton it as a test but not over and over for no good reason ,I like this knife

I ordered a holster rig for my 1911a1 it should be here tomorrow ,it has a knife sheath for this knife on it I'll post pics .
This knife has a convex grind abit like 'Niku' on a Katana. I have never really cared for "hollow ground" blades anyway.

Gary
 
Here are some pics of my new 'rig'! Yes I am showing off some ,This is my new quarter masters new home .


Sure is pretty !:D


Wow she looks good from any angle .;)


Thanks for looking
Gary
 
I'm not sure of the handle and it's strength as I've never had one apart but the 440A steel is tougher than many believe. A lot of people think that inexpensive means junk. They buy a new "super" powdered steel and find it isn't as tough as the old 440 knife they had from years ago. I've seen that complaint on these forums many times. Steels with 1.7% carbon and made into very wear resistant steel but expensive knives won't out perform an old 440A ( or Aus6) knife at being tough no matter how much someone thinks it should. Falkniven knives with the upgraded Super Gold laminate steels seem to draw complaints from folks that can't understand why their new knives won't do what the lower carbon VG10 laminates will even with similar grinds.

Knives like the above were what my generation grew up with , and bought when we finally could afford. WW2 surplus/bring backs weren't really much cheaper if at all by the early 70's unless you inherited one. We did get by with 440A or 440C steels ( Buck and Gerber) just fine. On the other hand I sure wouldn't trade my Phil Wilson S110V custom for anything from that era unless all I had to sharpen it with was my old medium arkansas stone. Then it might make sense. :)

I still like these old style knives and always will just like I'll always have a soft spot for Barlows and folding hunters preferably made with modern materials.
 
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