Silver Stag Knives?

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I was at gander mountain today, and I noticed a really nice knife at an addordable price. It's a fixed blade knife with deer antler for the handle. The blade is damascus. The sheath is handmade leather. Knife is made in the pacific northwest. I don't hear much about these knives around the forum, so any thoughts would be welcomed. By the way, I went ahead and purchased the knife because I liked it so much.;)
 
I've seen those in Gander Mountain and in Brasswerks stores. They do indeed seem to be fairly well made, they will even make you one with your own antler piece if you send them one from what one store clerk told me.
 
I've owned a Silver Stag knife. It fell apart. I live near Portland, Or. and have seen the guy who makes them hawk his wares at gun shows and knife shows. The claims the guy makes about his knives' abilities have been shot down by several people I've met and then through my own experience with one. I CANNOT recommend them.
-Mark
 
Good thing I took it back! After I saw that price drop on the internet, and after I saw what the blade looked like by itself, I wondered how well it would hold up. So, I got my money back and bought a Kabar Precision Hunter. That little kabar feels tough as nails!
 
Just shows you can't judge a book buy it's cover, looking at them they seemed OK, but glad I did't buy one for sure now!
 
I'm an avid hunter and fisherman along with my three sons and we love silver stag knives. I own a small skinner from them that I've had for five years and love. I use it for all sorts of things and it rarely becomes too dull to shave arm hair. The only issue I've had is a hatchet from them that broke, but they replaced it with no charge. The replacement has worked great for two years now.
 
First posts in praise of a questionable item are...questionable.

Especially when they resurrect seven year old threads to do it.
 
I ride my hog on long trips up mountains and deserts, and have had breakdowns in secluded areas that pretty much seemed emergency condition situations. I carried the Silver Stag deep valley with the crowded stag horn handle on my belt and it indeed served well. Mine was kept in a native American leather sheath so it won't look intimidating. , pretty much looked like a cool blade. You don't chop stuff with antler handle . The marrow center is too weak. Buy a SOG , Cold Steele or kabar for chopping and hacking .
 
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Am I the only one or do the silver stag knives pictured on the internet look like they are just assembled from Pakistani blades ? They really look like the guy just has the blades and fittings made in Pakistan then assembles them here so he can print or etch ( in the pics it looks like the tang stamp is something added to a finished blade ) made in USA without technically lying ?
( Stanley got in big trouble back in the 80's for not being completely honest about coo and usingy shad wording on their tool packaging, which is basically the same thing I presume of silver stag )

In the pictures I noticed what appears to be the uneven satin or brushed finish commonly seen on Pakistani knives ( watch cutlery corner every week and you know exactly what I'm talking about, as beyond the deals on case knives and the occasional other steals they offer are loads of Pakistani fixed blades )
 
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