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Well, what do you expect, you might say. Cheap knives, cheap blades.
Good point, except that I have a number of Smith & Wesson knives and even Maxums (bought long ago) that I can get bleeding sharp. The Maxums don't keep their edge very long, but the S&Ws are surprisingly better. Anyway, I picked up the Böker Magnum Power Trooper ($24.95) at a local surplus store. It has a 5-inch 440A stainless blade and it was a spontaneous purchase. Besides, I thought, I'd bought a number of similar S&W knives that turned out to be much better than expected. Maybe this would be, too.
Alas, regardless of what I do, I can't seem to get an edge on this thing. I've tried the Spyderco Sharpmaker and can feel the steel coming off, but the edge just doesn't appear. I have a Maxum SKLARGE that also has a 5-inch barrel and I can cut paper strips all day long with that one. I've also used it to cut up a bunch of empty cardboard boxes in the basement for my wife, and it performs adequately. I assumed I'd be able to get a similar capability from the Magnum series.
Anyway, based on this one, I have to say that the Böker line is a large step down from the junkiest knives I have. It's about on par with some of my Gerbers, which I got rid of.
Magnum Power Trooper, an attractive knife that falls flat.
The Maxum SKLARGE, also with a 5-inch blade. It's a junk knife, too,
but my wife's used it to cut vines, dig up weeds and cut up cardboard
boxes without issue. It also takes a wicked edgeenough for a quick
emergency use. It's much better than the Magnum Power Trooper.
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Good point, except that I have a number of Smith & Wesson knives and even Maxums (bought long ago) that I can get bleeding sharp. The Maxums don't keep their edge very long, but the S&Ws are surprisingly better. Anyway, I picked up the Böker Magnum Power Trooper ($24.95) at a local surplus store. It has a 5-inch 440A stainless blade and it was a spontaneous purchase. Besides, I thought, I'd bought a number of similar S&W knives that turned out to be much better than expected. Maybe this would be, too.
Alas, regardless of what I do, I can't seem to get an edge on this thing. I've tried the Spyderco Sharpmaker and can feel the steel coming off, but the edge just doesn't appear. I have a Maxum SKLARGE that also has a 5-inch barrel and I can cut paper strips all day long with that one. I've also used it to cut up a bunch of empty cardboard boxes in the basement for my wife, and it performs adequately. I assumed I'd be able to get a similar capability from the Magnum series.
Anyway, based on this one, I have to say that the Böker line is a large step down from the junkiest knives I have. It's about on par with some of my Gerbers, which I got rid of.
Magnum Power Trooper, an attractive knife that falls flat.
The Maxum SKLARGE, also with a 5-inch blade. It's a junk knife, too,
but my wife's used it to cut vines, dig up weeds and cut up cardboard
boxes without issue. It also takes a wicked edgeenough for a quick
emergency use. It's much better than the Magnum Power Trooper.
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