Amazing knife

heres mine after about 2 months of opening bottles of acid

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Tbmfish said:
I still like it. And yes it may be laughable. But something to consider is the price and function. I am simply trying to understand if this knife can be made and sold for 4 bucks why can't a really good knife be made and sold for 100. Are I'm I simply saying your not really getting what you pay for in a lot of cases. Yeah I know once you pull the trigger on some of the expensive knives you have to defend the purchase its human nature but at the end of the day how could a user knife be worth what a great deal of them cost? I can fully understand the collector knife but the user knife costing upwards 150 just doesn't seem practical. Maybe that's why when I see those expensive user knives in pics it's either in a coffee shop, with a beer mug, or chopping up steak. Just funny to me that a guy buys a 150 plus pocket knife that's built like a tank to cut open his mail and chop up his food and worship while he's drinking his beer and coffee, while most solders I talk to that need a tank are carrying around a Gerber. I know this upsets a few people here and there I love the look and sure a 150 plus knife probably has some kind of special quality but at the end of the day it's not worth it unless you are collecting and not using because everything has its breaking point

All that being said I'm pulling the trigger on a benchmade 707 today! I love the axis lock, 154cm, and I am left handed.

But hey the ozark trail knife has its place. And it can't be denied. I will not post anymore about it since it upsets so many people to know a good knife can be had for way less than we typically pay. I have a breaking point and fill truly that anything above 150 can get real questionable real quick. It seems that price vs quality is in complete balance between 100 and 150 any thing else is just showing off. If you buy a knife above this price point I am simply stating you could disappointed. It would be interesting to me to see how many people bought knives that cost over 150 who were disappointed. But I suppose those people don't say much here because they would be shunned by what ever fan club existed out there

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They can, and routinely ARE made.

How many Kershaw Links have you owned and handled, for instance?

For a throw-away knife, it's hard to beat a $4.00 cheapo - thanks for your review and picture.

best

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This 3.7" blade comes in at around $30, maybe $40 with the original flashlight it comes with...

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If you think this feels cheap, consider that, unlike a Spyderco Military, or a Benchmade AFCK, here the scales won't flex all over the place if you squeeze them tight... They are also far from simple, square-shouldered slabs, which immensely helps using comfort...

My original Spyderco Military of 1995 did not even have the proper screws that this Kershaw, or the OP's $3.57 Walmart, have... The early Military's screws screwed directly into the opposite G-10 handle scales. No metal threading... No I am, sadly, not kidding...

If you push hard on this Kershaw's blade spine, a tiny amount of vertical play happens because the steel liner flexes ever so slightly: Not a real issue at all... The washers are a bit small, so there is minor side flex, but nothing out of the ordinary.

No lock face deformation from Titanium on steel...

The original secondary bevels are initially poor, but the blade is hollow ground, so reducing the angle is very easy to do neatly. The only issue is the steel is hard, so it is difficult to sharpen, even with diamond hones...

From the light use I have done so far the edge seems to hold up very well... I have owned Benchmade, all manner of Spydercos and CRKTs, and, among the "non G-10 Spyderco Civilian" knives, the only comparable folder I ever owned was the CRKT Apache: It was sharper and more rigid, but it opened in my pocket, to disastrous consequences, in a way this Kershaw could not...

All my old Spyderco Enduras, an old standby of mine in the 1990s, had simple soft steel pins that make the OP's $3.57 knife look like a high-end custom... So did my expensive aluminium handle Civilian that I owned for 15 years, before finally buying the better G-10 one with proper screws...

I'd say with folders it's much easier to get real value these days...: Today's sub $30 knives are now objectively better than yesterday's $200 name brands... You only have to think of all the soft pins holding the old ones together...: I could mark the pivot pin with my nail on a $200 Spyderco knife: It still worked for years, but look at what you get today for 1/10th of the price...

Gaston
 
Tbmfish said:
I still like it. And yes it may be laughable. But something to consider is the price and function. I am simply trying to understand if this knife can be made and sold for 4 bucks why can't a really good knife be made and sold for 100. Are I'm I simply saying your not really getting what you pay for in a lot of cases. Yeah I know once you pull the trigger on some of the expensive knives you have to defend the purchase its human nature but at the end of the day how could a user knife be worth what a great deal of them cost? I can fully understand the collector knife but the user knife costing upwards 150 just doesn't seem practical. Maybe that's why when I see those expensive user knives in pics it's either in a coffee shop, with a beer mug, or chopping up steak. Just funny to me that a guy buys a 150 plus pocket knife that's built like a tank to cut open his mail and chop up his food and worship while he's drinking his beer and coffee, while most solders I talk to that need a tank are carrying around a Gerber. I know this upsets a few people here and there I love the look and sure a 150 plus knife probably has some kind of special quality but at the end of the day it's not worth it unless you are collecting and not using because everything has its breaking point

All that being said I'm pulling the trigger on a benchmade 707 today! I love the axis lock, 154cm, and I am left handed.

But hey the ozark trail knife has its place. And it can't be denied. I will not post anymore about it since it upsets so many people to know a good knife can be had for way less than we typically pay. I have a breaking point and fill truly that anything above 150 can get real questionable real quick. It seems that price vs quality is in complete balance between 100 and 150 any thing else is just showing off. If you buy a knife above this price point I am simply stating you could disappointed. It would be interesting to me to see how many people bought knives that cost over 150 who were disappointed. But I suppose those people don't say much here because they would be shunned by what ever fan club existed out there

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Well it can't be all that great if you're still buying more Benchmades.
 
jill jackson said:
Wouldn't it be safer and simpler just to unscrew them?
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they come with a safety seal cap under the screw on caps, ive tried every way to get them off with my fingers but they are definitely glued on or something. its like a ketchup bottle seal under the cap on steroids.
 
I'm not sure how hard it is to mess up this 4 dollar knife but hey, mine is nice I been using it to cut sandpaper today and yes it's dull but a few minutes on the stone and its right back. It is a great knife to free hand sharpen and learn. I get some people feel like they must try and destroy it but I guarantee you I can break and destroy any knife out there. And besides how often under normal use does a knife fail? I done some crazy stuff with my knives and never had a lock fail I've broken a few tips on some way nicer knives not on purpose but also not under knife conditions either like using my blade for a screwdriver or a pry bar which is dangerous so don't do it. But under uses that is recommended for a knife I have never seen any of them fail.

I have no problem with a 100 dollar knife at all I have several that cost 100 to 150. Many people are misunderstanding with the exception of a few that have responded. The point I am making is this for a custom made knife a real custom made knife I understand the whole expensive price tag, but by my understanding of custom it means it was either made by you are for you, no one else has one identical. Now you may define custom a little different but at least you see how I define it. So a sebenza is not a custom, I'm not insulting it at all but it is produced and reproduced on a mass scale there are thousands of them, so why should a mass produced knife cost that much, when a mass produced product like the 4 dollar knife is well mass produced, now I get the materials are inferior and the tolerance not as tight, but one can't help but wonder how 400 dollars for a mass produced knife with better materials makes that big of difference in price, now I don't mind paying for better materials but not that much more money, I mean benchmade and spyderco to name a few makes a product as good as many 400 dollar knives with great materials for way less.

Now don't turn this into a defense for the sebenza I really want one myself but the only way I will have one is if I can buy it for 150 that's my knife cap. I believe there is a point where money and quality meet, so the 4 dollar knife meets and lives up to the 20 dollar quality there I said it. At 100 to 150 I believe you can buy a quality knife that is on par with almost any knife out there. There was a forum on here a few weeks ago that showed. Chart of price and quality and it's hard to get enough quality to justify 400 dollars in a user blade, I am strictly speaking of users not collectors, if you are a collector you have to spend more at times to get the show and glow but you know you will never use it


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You were saying in reality this 3.57 Walmart special, went head to head with Spyderco, ZT, and Benchmade. Now it's only as good as a twenty dollar knife? 😑
 
It's not as well finished as most 20 dollar knives. It's fit and finish relects just what it is. A knife contracted by a huge mega distributor from a country where labor is very cheap. Yes it will cut, yes some of them have good lock up. Some do not, I've looked at a few and they don't all lock up correctly. If that's all you want is something that will cut and hold up reasonably well, for the lowest possible cost, then you've found it. But, your comparisons to other knives is ridiculous.
 
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