Grettings, all!
If this topic has been beaten to death I apologize in advance. I would like to start out by not bashing any quality brand/manufacturer (Frost/S&W/United excluded as thet are all JUNK knives) while still discussing designs/brands that did not live up to your own requirements/expectations. In 20+ years of knife use (sometimes this side of extreme), I have found the bolo type Ontario to be the worst I've encountered. Blade was razor sharp but thin grind and chipped the blade (dime-sized) clearing very light brush. Sent it back with a polite letter and they replaced it (good customer service). Unfortunately, 2nd one as bad if not worse. Cutting small 1/4 inch green saplings and 'ching,' a larger chip than the first! Could have been a bad batch of carbon steel but never purchased another rubber handled, black blade Ontario knife since. Anyone have similiar experiences? Thanks.
If this topic has been beaten to death I apologize in advance. I would like to start out by not bashing any quality brand/manufacturer (Frost/S&W/United excluded as thet are all JUNK knives) while still discussing designs/brands that did not live up to your own requirements/expectations. In 20+ years of knife use (sometimes this side of extreme), I have found the bolo type Ontario to be the worst I've encountered. Blade was razor sharp but thin grind and chipped the blade (dime-sized) clearing very light brush. Sent it back with a polite letter and they replaced it (good customer service). Unfortunately, 2nd one as bad if not worse. Cutting small 1/4 inch green saplings and 'ching,' a larger chip than the first! Could have been a bad batch of carbon steel but never purchased another rubber handled, black blade Ontario knife since. Anyone have similiar experiences? Thanks.
