Can you help me identify this knife? (Price,Quality and so on)

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AlexOneTwo

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Frost had some pretty cool knives made in Japan starting in the late 70's after he split with Parker.This looks like a neat pattern with the front lock.Looks to be in good condition.Enjoy.Not worth a bunch of money,but the Frost/Japan knives do have a following of collectors and users.
 
Thanks for the info. Funny thing is, it was with a bunch of other knives from like 1941, with the nazi signs and everything... Anyway, I do use my knife quite alot (it's not this cool looking) so yeah, I guess I'll enjoy this one more. :)
 
Frost Cutlery says it all. It's a cheapo, imported knife. The value isn't much at all, honestly.

That being said, if you take care of it, treat it right, maintain it and keep it sharp, it should still serve you well.
 
loonybin said:
Frost Cutlery says it all. It's a cheapo, imported knife. The value isn't much at all, honestly.

That being said, if you take care of it, treat it right, maintain it and keep it sharp, it should still serve you well.
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You probably have no idea of the history of Frost knives spanning nearly 40 years.

The early ones weren't bad compared to what was available back then.
 
AlexOneTwo said:
Thanks for the info. Funny thing is, it was with a bunch of other knives from like 1941, with the nazi signs and everything... Anyway, I do use my knife quite alot (it's not this cool looking) so yeah, I guess I'll enjoy this one more. :)
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Those knives are fantasy/fake, by the way. So your knife fits in pretty well.

Frost used to make good, hardworking knives. Now, they're pure junk. :barf:
 
I spend a lot of time lurking on knife sale sites, and I remember seeing this one, or something very similar, recently.

You get what you pay for is just as true for knives as anything else (up to a point!), and Frost's products are typical of their price point: flashy, and indifferently constructed.

That being said, if you just need a knife, and are willing to live with their (perceived?) limitations, a Frost will serve you just as well as anything at the price by a company with a more auspicious reputation.

Those other knives may have been part of a "Budk grabbag". There's lots of swastika stuff out there that was made yesterday in a country that didn't necessarily exist before WWII. If you purchased any of the stuff that this knife was in with, and you want to know if you made a lucky find, you're going to have to do some research. Odds are, you got some really fancy letter openers...
 
About the nazi stuff, I'm not an expert on this stuff, but it kind of looks old, like something ~50 y.o. should probably look, you know. And, it was smuggled from US to Lithuania (it's a country in Europe :) ) in a container with cars... :) So anyway those were illegal and the only thing I had time to take (and small enough to fit in a pocket :)) ) was that knife. :)
 
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