Cheap chinese knife ... and i love it!

[baldtaco-II]

Good stuff.

I don't care about who made a knife or where it was made if I can examine it myself. It's not like tap water where my examination of it would be underwhelming relative to my requirements.

I know I can make a Rough Rider Sowbelly Stockman work great for me. The design, the build quality and the materials are sufficient for many tasks, and those priorities are in the right order. Same it true for many a Ganzo and Enlan.

Do I feel the need to add anything else, no. My testing is perfectly adequate for those devices thank you. Hammers I test, water someone else tests. Shoes I test, gas leaks someone else tests. I can manage knives rather well simply by examining the one before me. I may well not be good at testing for radiation, but I can cope with a knife.

It amazes me how many people can't judge items simply on their properties and merits. Mebe they do well at peddling cosmetics where the back story is everything, not the item. Filter out that noise just like you fast forward through Maybelline isn't a crock of old Boswellox 'cos it was made in Paris not in Peru.

 

[Makael]

And what exactly does that have to do with the topic of this thread?

If you want to see more paid memberships, and if it's only $10 a year, then feel free to pay for the membership of others.

Otherwise, how you spend your money is your business. And how other people spend their money is their business.

Never once have I seen the owner of this forum, or it's moderators say "It would be nice to see more paid memberships". This forum is offered as FREE, with paid memberships for people who want extra perks and enhanced usage. And just as this is a FREE forum, people are FREE to choose their level of membership.

Free speech huh. It's all good. I encourage support is all.

 

[killgar]

Free speech huh. It's all good. I encourage support is all.

In case you're not aware, there's more than one way to support this forum. Like for example-

1. Buying Bladeforums t-shirts, stickers, and keychains.

2. Buying knives from the knife store owned and operated by the owner of Bladeforums.

3. Buying knives and other products from the paid sponsors of Bladeforums.

4. Buying products from those companies that pay for advertisements on this forum.

5. And then there are all the people who spend their time sharing their knowledge and helping others on this forum.

A persons membership level does not indicate their level of support for this forum. And it would be a big mistake to assume that a person without a paid membership is not helping to support this forum.

But in any event, this thread wasn't about "How to support Bladeforums", and no one in this thread asked "How can I support Bladeforums?".

 

[Makael]

Dude, mellow out, sorry it bugged you so much. I never assumed anything.

Before I forget one thing I saw Rite Edge knives on discount for about 4 bucks online. Back on track of original thread subject.

 

[deltaboy]

I got an Rite Edge Barlow that came out of the box in great shape and plenty nice. I already had some one try and buy it off me.

 

[Etna]

I've an Enlan M028 and find it a good, well made knife. Sharpened up nicely (but I still prefer RRs and Colts).
Rich

I have at least 1 of all the M-series knives by Enlan but the M028 along with the M011 are probably two that I will never consider adding to my collection just because of the wooden handles. Still, good to see more people enjoying the low-priced Enlans and SanRenMus.

 

[bflying]

I got an Rite Edge Barlow that came out of the box in great shape and plenty nice. I already had some one try and buy it off me.

I really like the Rite Edge Barlow's. Quality far exceeds their $5 price tag. That's why I buy them 5-10 at a time to give as gifts. I keep multiples of them at my office, in my car, and at home.

So when someone say's, "hey, you got a knife handy?", I can just say, here, keep this. The only thing that bugs me is the bolster is printed in the opposite direction than any other Barlow's that I have. But that is minor compared to a decent little knife with fit and finish rivaling knives I've paid over $50 for.

 

[mykem]

And what exactly does that have to do with the topic of this thread?

:thumbup:

 

[Lee48]

The difference being we are talking about our own little corner niche market, the knife hobby. Also, I can't think of a German camera brand. There sure are a ton of Nikons and Canons around though. Will benchmade one day be that German camera brand that no one has heard of?

On topic, looks like rite edge has a more clip point version of the same looking knife. Might be worth picking up.

As a photographer of more than 40 years experience, please bear with me on a bit of photography history as I remember or recall reading it:

Nikon originally copied the German Zeiss Contax brand cameras. The Nikon camera did not become well known until the Korean War period. Photojournalist David Douglas Duncan is sometimes credited with helping Nikon become popular when he started using the equipment while covering the war. The Zeiss Contax is no more. The brand was last used when Kyocera/Yashica made a series of cameras using that brand.

Canon originally copied the German Leica camera. Leica survives today. It is something of a status symbol camera due to its incredibly high selling price. The original company itself, Ernst Leitz GmbH, divided into three companies making cameras, geosurvey equipment and microscopes (again, according to Wikipedia).

There were numerous Japanese camera companies making copies of various German cameras. Most of them are gone just like the original German camera companies they copied. Photography was a niche market at the time, prior to digital which made cameras cheap and photography easy.

Will Benchmade be unheard of in the future? Who knows. Time has shown many once successful enterprises have eventually failed or faded. My point is that when we look down on Chinese knives that copy the designs of Western companies we sometimes fail to see the quality of the copies and the potential in the companies making them. People did the same with Japanese cameras--considered them cheap junk at the time. Now those early Canons and Nikons are often considered expensive collector's pieces.

 

[MTURBO]

I really like the Rite Edge Barlow's. Quality far exceeds their $5 price tag. That's why I buy them 5-10 at a time to give as gifts. I keep multiples of them at my office, in my car, and at home.

So when someone say's, "hey, you got a knife handy?", I can just say, here, keep this. The only thing that bugs me is the bolster is printed in the opposite direction than any other Barlow's that I have. But that is minor compared to a decent little knife with fit and finish rivaling knives I've paid over $50 for.

I do the same thing with Rough Riders. I keep a bunch of them handy just to give away to anyone who comments on them or shows interest.