Originally posted by SammyB
You may find the fixed blades a better value than the folders. Do not buy their folders. They are lame enought that a 9 year old kid (literally) can break them with little effort and then they refused to replace the knife. I would choose another brand.
-Sam.
Dunno what you feed to children there, but isn't definitely the stuff they eat here
You were either unlucky or did something _really_ wrong.
I own their 499 OCS (440 C Blade, 57-59 HRC) , plain blade, and used it for years without any problems. It is a very well built, reliable knife, which performs very well both in cutting and edge holding ability.
I own two 3498 (440 C blade, 57-59 HRC) pre production run with olive wood handle and anodized aluminum handle and used it for years and, again, no problem at all (the aluminum handle one had to be corrected in the lock: the prototype knife was ground in a way the lock wasn't as solid as my other knives, after that performed flawlessly until I retired it for a new gerber... seems I can't carry constantly the same knife
)
I own the 500 RT (440 A steel 55-57 HRC) and, again, no problems, I even half customized it.
I used it when I was in the army for serious chores, well out of such a small knife capabilities, without faults.
I own the 594 (440A steel, 55-57 HRC) and actually used it as a hatchet to fall a 4" diameter small tree without the blade taking any free play, and anybody knows how much abuse is for a folder to be used such way (it's the classical "don't do it at home" thing
) and used it for over six years thereafter in camping without a single problem.
I admit that I never used them to strike into oild rums or use them as stepladders or other such strange things, I always used them as knives.
I admit, too, that I never experienced Fox customer care, since as said I never had to have a knife of theirs repaired.
How did your knife actually fail? in which circumstances?
As for knife steels, you may see them at
www.foxcutlery.com by clicking on the single knife picture.
All liner locks are made out of 440C SS steel tempered to 57-59 HRc
Pocket and Hunting are made out of 440A, 420 and similar highly corrosion resistant steels.
