BA-KOR Knives?

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confederatewolf

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Morning all.

My family and I are into bushcraft and camping.
Over the years our knife collection has grown.
Everything from custom, TOPS, WTG, Red Beard Blades, ect ect ect.
Well my daughter come to me with a request for a new knife she found on Amazon shopping.
Its a knife made of DC 53, made by a maker i have never heard of..... Ba-Kor . Their prices are very very "budget" friendly LOL.

Does anyone one hear have any experience with their knives?
If so can you give me some input?


THANKS
 
Don't know anything about the maker, but "DC53 steel is a high carbon cold work steel produced by Daido Steel based in Japan, it offers excellent toughness and wears resistance similar to most high-end steel. It is an improvement of D2 steel with the capability of achieving a high hardness of 62-64 HRC", according to Knifebasics.
 
Never heard of that steel, a quick search showed me some refer to it as "d2 on steroids" but people seem to like it on the places I've searched.
 
Ba-Kor is one of those brands that started by making knock-offs and "inspired by" knives. Now they're trying their own designs, Youtube channel "WeAllJuggleKnives" has tested some using real world tests, and had good luck with the DC-53 blades. He's honest, so I'd trust the review.

One thing I'd look at though, is that a lot of these Chinese knives aimed at the American and Euro markets are needlessly chunky, so watch overall thickness dimensions, etc.....
 
Here's a video, from the site mentioned above by tltt.


Is it cheap? Yes.
Will it chop and baton? Yes.

If you want to get your daughter, an inexpensive knife to beat on, go ahead.

The problem I have, they're marking the knives Ba-Kor "USA!" Not one part of that knife is made here. At least be honest, about where it's made/from!
 
Mk-211 said:
The problem I have, they're marking the knives Ba-Kor "USA!" Not one part of that knife is made here. At least be honest, about where it's made/from!
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Didn’t realize that!

Great - another teaching opportunity!

Now you can also show your daughter that this company seems to be practicing false advertising. You can explain that once a company (or person) has made it clear that they will lie to you to get your money, you can expect that they will lie to you about what steel they use for their blades. ;)
 
scdub said:
Didn’t realize that!

Great - another teaching opportunity!

Now you can also show your daughter that this company seems to be practicing false advertising. You can explain that once a company (or person) has made it clear that they will lie to you to get your money, you can expect that they will lie to you about what steel they use for their blades. ;)
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Pretty sure these are from China , although I've been unable to find a straight answer anywhere .

I agree that being lied to, by implication at least , does not inspire my confidence / trust in a company or its products . :mad::thumbsdown:
 
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