Cheap knives "made in China" can still be a good deal

[Goosey]

Smith & Wesson "Made in China" is a bit like an Italian "kiwi fruit". On a politico-economic level and on a flavour level.

Funnily enough kiwi fruit grown in Italy or New zealand makes just as much sense - its a chinese fruit originally lol.

Hahaha found this on Wikipedia though.

Italy is now the leading producer of kiwifruit in the world, followed by New Zealand

Bwahahahaha

 

[Jaytaylor]

Smith & Wesson "Made in China" is a bit like an Italian "kiwi fruit". On a politico-economic level and on a flavour level.

Or a German made Mini!

 

[Charlie_K]

Those cheap MiC knives do certainly have their uses. One of mine suffered an arc welding incident when it was lent to a coworker and I seriously doubt the warranty of a company like Cold Steel or Buck would cover something like that. But at $3 to $10 a knife you can easily throw it away and get a brand new one.

 

[bh49]

Cheap knives made in China, like everything made in China can be a good deal, but only for short time. They will last a bit. On the long run, when all manufacturing jobs will be shipped to China nobody will have many to buy even cheap knives. So I would rather buy US made knife, which will last lifetime, may be more.

 

[Charlie_K]

What about the Buck knives that're made over in China?

 

[ericvar101]

As nice as the knife may be, I just can't make myself carry a knife made in China.

A man's knife is a very personal thing.
It's not just some common household item like a shower curtain or a dust mop.
There's a special link between a man and his knife.

Me either, or one made in Taiwan (which is why I own a Spyderco N5 instead of a Sage). I just hate seeing made in Taiwan on a knife.

 

[Kyui Su Kim]

What about the Buck knives that're made over in China?

They are alright, but last I heard, Buck is making a push to bring back most of their production to the states.

 

[stabman]

That S&W frame-lock is surprisingly sturdy.
The tanto version is still going strong after I gave it to my brother, after I had used it for a while.
It fills the roll of "knife in the glovebox" for him nowadays.

I love my expensive, higher quality knives, but cheap doesn't always mean crap...although sometimes it does.
Especially with the S&W knives; I also had a liner lock offering of theirs, and it was complete garbage.

 

[getridone]

I have a smaller version of that SW folder, steel very soft, easy to touch up though. Locks up tight enough though. Gave it away.

 

[stabman]

I have a smaller version of that SW folder, steel very soft, easy to touch up though. Locks up tight enough though. Gave it away.

Sounds about right.
The steel was a bit soft, but not worse than many of the knives floating around back in the 80's.

 

[GatorFlash1]

I picked up a couple of S&W tactical type knives just for gifts. They were okay quality with 440-C steel blades. Their non-tactical knives don't use 440-C, or at least don't advertise it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLqt8IFRq8E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIB5FZ8eNqY&feature=related

 

[Guyon]

I certainly don't seek 'em out, but my son was recently gifted a Kershaw Volt II.
I can't find a thing wrong with that knife. It's put together very well.

 

[Fanglekai]

I certainly don't seek 'em out, but my son was recently gifted a Kershaw Volt II.
I can't find a thing wrong with that knife. It's put together very well.

The budget Kershaws are very well made for the money and they take a good edge. They won't hold the edge all that long, but the 8cr is easy to touch up.