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Rusty2023

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Frost hunting knife breaks in pieces on me while field dressing a deer well I only had this useless frost knife good thing my neighbor was hunting the same area he got too see the knife fall apart even being so embarrassed he offered me his buck knife too finish the job never purchase a frost knife I now own a great buck knife.NEVER buy Frost knives .
 
If you are talking about a recent Frost model knife, yes, they are garbage. They werent bad back in the 1980s.
Buck today is better, but in the early 90s my Buck Vanguard lost it's tip on my first deer of the season. I went for
a Cold Steel Master Hunter in carbon V that was good for over 10 years after that. I would go for the 3V Master Hunter
today if I were still deer hunting.

Decades ago Frost knives were made in Solingen Germany and Seki Japan. But the past couple decades the Frost brand has become
another Made in China brand.
By the way, the founder Jim Frost passed away January 2021 from Covid19. He was a big name in the US knife business.
 
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unwisefool said:
... crappy knives. I don't know why people keep buying their stuff.
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the mass market of consumers
being largely ignorant
and uninformed about knives
and brands in general.
who else would turn down attractively cheap?
other than folks
who can't and won't
pay more for a knife?!
which in the end
is most likely regrettably
being pennywise pound foolish.
i won't fault any brand
for the kind of stuff they make.
they all seem to know their recipe for success!
 
Welcome to Blade Forums, R Rusty2023 . Frost might have made decent knives once upon a time. That time is long gone. Most of their current knives are made from unspecified "stainless steel" in either China or Pakistan. A few sites list the steel as 3Cr13 for the Chinese-made Frosts. No, not 8Cr13Mov but 3Cr13. That's the same steel used in the ultra-cheap Ozark Trail knives from Walmart. It is also commonly used to make the liners for folding knives and the bodies of stainless steel multi-tools. It's hot garbage as far as blade steels go.

Now, that's not to say that you can't find surprising values on the low end. Mora offers a lot of bang for the buck. You can get a Mora 2000 in 12C27 for like $30. The jump in performance from 3Cr13 to 12C27 is substantial. Even a steel like 7Cr17, which isn't highly regarded today, will offer notably better performance than 3Cr13. Schrade has a bunch of affordably priced traditional-style hunting knives in 7Cr17.

If you have a budget and want recommendations, this is a great place to ask.
 
GIRLYmann said:
the mass market of consumers
being largely ignorant
and uninformed about knives
and brands in general.
who else would turn down attractively cheap?
other than folks
who can't and won't
pay more for a knife?!
which in the end
is most likely regrettably
being pennywise pound foolish.
i won't fault any brand
for the kind of stuff they make.
they all seem to know their recipe for success!
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Well there's also the case of you get what you pay for. This kid was smart and actually bought one of the Apache Series knives and those were some nice framelock knives...




Then you have the $5 ABS plastic bodied knives...


So many people buy these and review them people think this is all Frost does in folders. The better stuff by Frost doesn't come in as high of a quantity as the $5 crap in those packages they offer. In turn the better budget stuff they've designed is kind of in the shadows.
 
Frotier76 said:
Well there's also the case of you get what you pay for. This kid was smart and actually bought one of the Apache Series knives and those were some nice framelock knives...




Then you have the $5 ABS plastic bodied knives...


So many people buy these and review them people think this is all Frost does in folders. The better stuff by Frost doesn't come in as high of a quantity as the $5 crap in those packages they offer. In turn the better budget stuff they've designed is kind of in the shadows.
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Uh, yeah, no. I wouldn't trust even their "better" stuff. Life's too short to be losing fingers to cheap knives.
 
Ahhh good ol Cutlery Corner. 100 knives for $200!

I remember walking around garage sales and flea markets and stopping to look at those knives. People saying, "Ya know, that's a $40 bowie but I'll sell it to you for only $10. You can't beat that buddy." I don't think I have ever owned a Frost or Chipaway. Probably a good thing.

Rusty, welcome to the forums, if you are are considering buying another knife, don't hesitate to post here at BF and let us know the budget, what it will be used, etc. and we will help you find some respectable gear at whatever your budget is.
 
unwisefool said:
Uh, yeah, no. I wouldn't trust even their "better" stuff. Life's too short to be losing fingers to cheap knives.
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You know I said the very same thing when I blind-bought a Buck/Strider Tarani years ago. The other was a Camillus Cuda Jr. Thick and beefy blades of ATS-34, but they had liner locks as thin as a $5 Maxam folder you'd get in a gas station. Apparently poor design decisions aren't always a practice with low price tags. Expensive knives can be just as flawed too.
 
Frotier76 said:
You know I said the very same thing when I blind-bought a Buck/Strider Tarani years ago. The other was a Camillus Cuda Jr. Thick and beefy blades of ATS-34, but they had liner locks as thin as a $5 Maxam folder you'd get in a gas station. Apparently poor design decisions aren't always a practice with low price tags. Expensive knives can be just as flawed too.
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That's why I buy the non-flawed expensive ones.
 
KenHash said:
If you are talking about a recent Frost model knife, yes, they are garbage. They werent bad back in the 1980s.
Buck today is better, but in the early 90s my Buck Vanguard lost it's tip on my first deer of the season. I went for
a Cold Steel Master Hunter in carbon V that was good for over 10 years after that. I would go for the 3V Master Hunter
today if I were still deer hunting.

Decades ago Frost knives were made in Solingen Germany and Seki Japan. But the past couple decades the Frost brand has become
another Made in China brand.
By the way, the founder Jim Frost passed away January 2021 from Covid19. He was a big name in the US knife business.
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that Buck had a lifetime warranty.....technically still does........
 
The OP went deer hunting with a Frost knife, presumably in the fall. Waited ‘til spring to post here with very few details then buggered off. And that was two months ago.

I don’t think he’s reading these responses.

If I’m wrong and you are, get a Case Peanut. Or a Smatchet.
 
It's true about the older Frosts, back when they weren't goofy fantasy items with names like (and you also get the) "DEMONSLAYER BOOEY!". I had a great butterfly knife from them made in the 80s, sadly it got lost. It was nice though, stamped 440 surgical steel on the blade and then Japan. Took a nice edge, was a bit heavy but performed well. More an EDC than a flipper. Had a couple of the sheath knives also, both stamped Japan and both good for the money, the sheaths were nice then too. I noticed they started going to crap when they began a line of weird knives with fantasy style blades and wild cutouts and a rainbow handle and it's not gotten better since.
 
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