ohen cepel
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Below is an email from my brother who just got his Hoodlum in the mail. He is not a forum member and didn't write it for the forum. I'm posting it since I think it's good to hear from someone who isn't that into Buck knives and is looking at it with a fresh look:
"Hoodlum arrived yesterday. I didn't get home until 2230 so I didn't get much time to look it over. Initial impressions is that it is huge. I'm aware that it is a $140 knife, but I think a few things could have been executed better.
First thing I noticed is that the sheath makes an already large knife much larger. The sheath is not the quality of the knife, which is a problem because it is the only sheath out there that will fit the knife. Although the box and documents have USA and the flag on them the sheath is China. Made from lesser grade Cordura. The webbing is cheap Chinese and the Fastex fastener is even cheaper. Any other knife I would not be concerned, but I will have to have a custom Kydex sheath made as I doubt this one will last the summer.
The steel is carbon - it will rust. To prevent rust it is coated. Through this protective coating they cut the very large Hood Woods Hoodlum Buck logo paragraph. It was obvious that rust was a concern as there was a heavy coat of oil on the area where they had cut through the coating. I expect this to be an ugly rust patch before autumn.
Micarta grips do not fit very well. Screw holes appear to be very slightly off so one scale is higher than the other. None of this is a deal breaker, I think I will be satisfied with the performance of the knife, but a little more attention to detail would have really made a difference."
"Hoodlum arrived yesterday. I didn't get home until 2230 so I didn't get much time to look it over. Initial impressions is that it is huge. I'm aware that it is a $140 knife, but I think a few things could have been executed better.
First thing I noticed is that the sheath makes an already large knife much larger. The sheath is not the quality of the knife, which is a problem because it is the only sheath out there that will fit the knife. Although the box and documents have USA and the flag on them the sheath is China. Made from lesser grade Cordura. The webbing is cheap Chinese and the Fastex fastener is even cheaper. Any other knife I would not be concerned, but I will have to have a custom Kydex sheath made as I doubt this one will last the summer.
The steel is carbon - it will rust. To prevent rust it is coated. Through this protective coating they cut the very large Hood Woods Hoodlum Buck logo paragraph. It was obvious that rust was a concern as there was a heavy coat of oil on the area where they had cut through the coating. I expect this to be an ugly rust patch before autumn.
Micarta grips do not fit very well. Screw holes appear to be very slightly off so one scale is higher than the other. None of this is a deal breaker, I think I will be satisfied with the performance of the knife, but a little more attention to detail would have really made a difference."
