Fred Carter and the Gigand...

[DANGELO]

My friend just got a Gigand for $50. It is a real nice piece, blade is strange though. Is it a good knife? What about cold forged steel? Is that real G-10? How do you keep the "HUBCAP" from loosening?

Any thought appreciated!

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[Mike Turber]

I have a lot of information on Gigand at my web site www.gigandknives.com

The knife you have uses real G-10. According to Paul Wuu (owner of Gigand) the knives are all made 100% in house with all CNC work done wiht very tight toloerances. I agree. I have only had a few problems with them. Each comes with a special wrench thingamabob under the lining of the box. You can tighten the pivot system with that as they may come loose during shipping.


I think he means Cryo Quenched steel. That means the knife is quenched in a temperature of -320 degrees!

I like the Spectrums and Titans myself. The new ones in Carbon Fiber are KICK ASS! And for the money they aint a bad deal at all.




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[Ogre]

I really like the Gigand knives...
The Adventurer and the Spectrums are fantastic.
Wanting to get a Titan shortly.

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[Justin H]

Yes Indeed.
Mike is right, I know the man, through a dear friend of mine in Taiwan.
The knives are cyrogenically quenched, and heat treated in house ( if I remember correctly )
GREAT knives for the money, and my taiwanese wife loves her Titan.
Hope this helps
Justin H