- Joined
- Jan 27, 2006
- Messages
- 107
I read the link requesting info on the Bear MGC with interest since I bought one very recently. I noticed most of the responses were negative and anecdotal. I was surprised by neither fact. Anecdotal reports would be expected and I have noticed this board has a lot of knife snobs.
I have a lot of experience with guns and can give you personal negative anecdotal stories about Colts, Berettas, Glocks, and H&Ks... all of them top notch firearms makers.
I have positive anecdotal info on Bear MGC. This is a photo of my Bowie... or as I am coming to believe they should be termed "Bowie-type" knife.
I don't see how fit and finish on the knife could be any better.
All parts fit perfectly and I could find no tool marks on the knife.
It was sharp enough out of the box to cut a piece of paper held freely. When I tried to shave with it, I got a few hairs, buy not the mass of hair my father always got when he shaved his arm with his Case pocket knife (And am I now to understand that Case knives are somehow inferior? Even the ones that will SHAVE!!!?).
Today, I cut a brisket all the way through four times and the knife still cut the paper.
The Indian stag bone deal doesn't bother me. I know the difference between stag and stag bone. Stag is from the antler. Stag bone is bone that has been jigged to resemble stag. It is a kind of artifical stag but is a lot better than the formed plastic fake stag. And MUCH cheaper than the real deal.
I paid $77 for my Bowie, plus $7.95 shipping and handling. I find the price more than reasonable. I would prefer the knife to be carbon steel rather than stainless, but I guess I can live with that.
That said, it is about all I am prepared to pay for an item that is a 100 percent WANT and zero percent NEED... although my income last year was within spitting distance of six figures.
I have bought two Bowie knives since then. One cost me $22 plus S&H.
The second cost me $14.95 plus Texas state tax.
I have my brother changing the scales and crossguard on that one. Both are meant for display and not use. Both meet my needs - I am working on a display collection of differrent types of Bowies. Why should I spend four or five hundred bucks for each when I can accomplish what I hope to accomplish for less than a tenth of that? I don't get it.
I have a lot of experience with guns and can give you personal negative anecdotal stories about Colts, Berettas, Glocks, and H&Ks... all of them top notch firearms makers.
I have positive anecdotal info on Bear MGC. This is a photo of my Bowie... or as I am coming to believe they should be termed "Bowie-type" knife.
I don't see how fit and finish on the knife could be any better.
All parts fit perfectly and I could find no tool marks on the knife.
It was sharp enough out of the box to cut a piece of paper held freely. When I tried to shave with it, I got a few hairs, buy not the mass of hair my father always got when he shaved his arm with his Case pocket knife (And am I now to understand that Case knives are somehow inferior? Even the ones that will SHAVE!!!?).
Today, I cut a brisket all the way through four times and the knife still cut the paper.
The Indian stag bone deal doesn't bother me. I know the difference between stag and stag bone. Stag is from the antler. Stag bone is bone that has been jigged to resemble stag. It is a kind of artifical stag but is a lot better than the formed plastic fake stag. And MUCH cheaper than the real deal.
I paid $77 for my Bowie, plus $7.95 shipping and handling. I find the price more than reasonable. I would prefer the knife to be carbon steel rather than stainless, but I guess I can live with that.
That said, it is about all I am prepared to pay for an item that is a 100 percent WANT and zero percent NEED... although my income last year was within spitting distance of six figures.
I have bought two Bowie knives since then. One cost me $22 plus S&H.
The second cost me $14.95 plus Texas state tax.
I have my brother changing the scales and crossguard on that one. Both are meant for display and not use. Both meet my needs - I am working on a display collection of differrent types of Bowies. Why should I spend four or five hundred bucks for each when I can accomplish what I hope to accomplish for less than a tenth of that? I don't get it.
people do use their knives pretty hard and there a some very discriminating collectors here so its easy to see how things like blade steel, handle materials, etc matter to us. If they didn't we wouldn't be here.
