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silenthunterstudios

silenthunterstudios

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A friend of mine ordered a ton of Frost knives and the like off a late night knife shopping channel. I think it was the one that SMKW has. Anyway, he got some knives for me. I was very surprised, and thankful at his nice gesture, at the fit and finish of the slipjoints. A whittler, and a doctors knife. The whittler isn't bad, but the doctors knife is beyond amazing. Sharp enough to cut, nowhere near razor sharp. Great walk and talk. Blade is marked German made, but Pakistan is stamped on the upper portion of the blade. Every knife I've had that was made in Pakistan was crap, but my father had one that was pretty well made, back in the 70's.

I have seen doctors knives with the spatula blade, just a single blade, but never with a small spey pen blade. A few sharp edges, but overall, a great little knife. I am just bowled over. Mind you, I've only had it this evening, but not only is it a nice gift from a friend, it is a great little knife.

I'm gonna have to get him a GEC :).

Very surprised.
 
I've heard some good things about the "Steel Warrior" line from Frost, but always with the qualifier "for the price"...
 
I had about five Frost Steel Warriors in peachseed bone.
A small Congress, tiny toothpick, stockmans...
Delightful well made knives, sharp out the box.
They were excellent gifts to non-knife folk.

They were all very happy to receive these knives.
 
Well, my buddy has been ordering nonstop from this place. He got another shipment of them yesterday, and one of them was a really nice 5 blade congress/whittler. Except for a band of what I guess they wanted to look like black pearl, the knife looked and acted great. The edge was not hair popping sharp, but much better than what I am used to from Frost.

Very surprised at the quality.
 
There has always been a market for small, cheap, "starter" knives, and for non-knife people or kids, super-sharp isn't a bit deal. But how many of the ton of knives he's bought fall into the category of not too bad, and how much does that work out to in cost, after the real junk is tossed aside?

There is a better way. :)
 
silenthunterstudios said:
He's having a great time, I'm not going to burst his bubble.
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Now that is a good friend. But I would get him a good knife, and eventually he will see the difference.

The Frost I had bought in the past where only good for filling the trash can. But that was a while ago and they might have improved. Could not have gotten much worse. I watch that late night show once in a while. But the guys are majorly annoying to me. So I don't watch for long.

Bill
 
Esav Benyamin said:
There has always been a market for small, cheap, "starter" knives, and for non-knife people or kids, super-sharp isn't a bit deal. But how many of the ton of knives he's bought fall into the category of not too bad, and how much does that work out to in cost, after the real junk is tossed aside?

There is a better way. :)
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Some people just like haveing a number of inexpensive knives. My dad has a thing for (select) Frost and Chipaway hunting knives. With the number of them that he's bought, over the years, he could have bought a couple of really good knives- but he intentionally avoids doing that. He doesn't really have much intention of buying expensive knives (though he has a couple of Bucks, Schrades, Vics, and the like) That said, he seems to choose them pretty well, and for what he uses them for (butchering game) they hold up very well. He is a bit selective, though, and has never had one fail on him.

Personally, I'm very similar. I like affordable knives, but I indulge occasionally. Considering that I like to carry and use my knives, and that I have felt the pain of loosing one of my more expensive ones, I don't generally go for the higher end knives.
 
Maybe get him a Case, even a little yellow Peanut. Sooner or later he'll see the quality difference.

Steel Warriors, Rough Rider, the Marble's imports, all are good, for the price, as said before. For those who aren't very sophisticated when it come to knives, they make neat gifts. However, I'm getting some knives together for our Scouts' camping trip this summer, and my rule is all American made, except for the SAK's.

thx - cpr
 
I just picked up a Steel Warrior lockback (tiny thing) to use as my food knife for lunch at work, peeling fruit cutting sandwiches etc., at first I wad blown away by the fit and finish but the edge holding on the 440 mystery steel is average at best.
 
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