Anyone tried Camillus Beast?

Camillus needs to work on some better knife designs for 2013.

Now that Walmart stopped selling the Buck 119, I don't think I will ever plan on buying knives there.
 
Nutty Knife Nut said:
Camillus needs to work on some better knife designs for 2013.

Now that Walmart stopped selling the Buck 119, I don't think I will ever plan on buying knives there.
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+1, WM seems to stock really low end knifes of late. I will stick with online stores for now.
 
Camillus needs to come out with more USA-made knives along the lines of the bushcrafter they came out with--not that silly tactical stuff.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
The blade is not titanium. It's "titanium carbonitride" coated. It also doesn't make sense to me that they're VG-10 and made in China since VG-10 isn't exported as a raw material. Rather it's probably the Chinese equivalent, but that means you don't get Japanese standards of quality control in the steel production.
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Right. The blade material is either AUS8/VG10 on the Camillus folders with G-10 handle scales. :thumbup: The coating is tough as nails in my opinion, and the knives themselves are robust. The blade on them isn't going anywhere unless you abuse 'em.
 
its very big, not so much the blade as the the handle, when its closed its huge, but it also feels very solid, and well made, its has no indication of where its made on the knife, its got a nice flipper for great opening, but the liner lock is almost into handle, you have to develop a technique in order to close with ease one handed, at first, i didnt even like the feel of it in my hand, just too big and bulky, so i threw it in the center console of my car just to have, and i play with it all the time while driving, so ive got used to size now and closing, but still not something i want in my pocket, but i really like it as a legal concealed car knife within arms reach, to me, its a great car knife, but if 70 bucks is too much to spend on something youll leave in your car and rarely use, then i wouldnt recommend this knife
 
ps. people who dont really know anything about knives really jock this knife and thinks its sweet, the look of the blade isnt bad, and even knife guys are interested in the vg-10 blade for 70, so its a conversation starter
 
I too got one at good old HellMart. I have seen several Camillus branded knives there before in New York (Ithaca) but I never saw the Beast there until I went to Danbury, CT. When I read G-10 and VG-10, and saw that this was a non-serrated tanto, I had to get one. I'll admit, it's too big for me to use on anything practical, but it will knock around in the glovebox of the Jeep now and I can put away my REAL Camillus Lin-R-Loc "God Bless America" into safe keeping.

I lived in Marietta, NY for 30 years and drove by the Camillus factory every day for ten years on my way to work in North Syracuse. I was extremely saddened to see the striking workers, knowing that the plant would close. When it did, I was angry at the Steel Workers Union. I guess I'm over that now. But after moving to Ithaca, the old factory was mostly destroyed and I drove by the rubble a week after it was knocked down. What a shame. I always dreamed of turning it into a cutlery museum, showcasing K-BAR, Ontario, and Camillus products.

The Beast does make me feel a little better about the Camillus name, however. VG-10 is considered to be a halfway decent grade of "High Carbon Steel" which is what I've always liked about the Camillus line, even though this is totally different. And I've always wanted a G-10 handled fully-lined linerlock, though I had hoped it would be a Kershaw Leek. I guess my second G-10 is this one (first is the Skyline) and I'm not disappointed.

But I honestly think this could be used more effectively in a fight by keeping the blade closed. The handle is just that big. Anybody know what factory this is made in, and what other knives have been made there?
 
Somehow they marketed that coating on their blades enough to really fool the average, clueless knife buyer. I've had more than one person tell me their Camillus had a Titanium blade and they'd have to send it to a professional for sharpening, even though it clearly said AUS 8 on the blade. When I pointed out the AUS 8 marking the guy said that's because it was made in either Austria, or Australia, and that's why it's better than my "chinese Spyderco" (Which says Golden, Colorado, USA, Earth on the blade :p )

Everything I've seen from them seems overpriced, overmarketed to guys who don't know anything about knives other than it looks tactical and has a name which makes them think it's made in the good ol' US of A... That said, they haven't necessarily seemed like BAD knives. I'd just much rather get a Spyderco or Kershaw with better materials and design for the same price
 
Bear Claw Chris Lappe said:
You either had a lazy employee, or an idiot, I've never been told that and I have knives handed over the counter to me at WM all the time.
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Yep, same here. I bought both my Kershaw Kuro and Kershaw Crown at Walmart, and they were both handed to me to see what they were like before hand. I've looked a couple of others as well. The employee working the day I got the Crown even got the Blur(the tanto/combo edge one) out on his own, handed it to me, and said that it is personally his favorite of what they carry.
 
unklfranco said:
+1, WM seems to stock really low end knifes of late. I will stick with online stores for now.
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At my Walmart, they have a sorta mixed bag, but it's not all crap. Yeah, there's a lot of Gerber(esp Bear Grylls stuff), several Camillus and Winchesters, but they also have a handful of Kershaws(Blur, Kuro, Crown, and Leek to be specific), the Buck 110 and another Buck skinner of some sort, one or 2 SOGs, and a couple different Victorinox SAKs and Leathermans, so while none of it is super high end premium level blades, the Kershaws, Bucks, SOGs, Vic, and Leatherman aren't crappy low end knives either.
 
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