I'm not going to blanket Frost with negativity, either. There are two levels of Frost merchandise: manufactured in China, and manufactured in Japan (or assembled somewhere with blades of Japanese steel; for all I know, some are assembled in Taiwan). My point is that while some of the Frost stuff is the absolute lowest end, a lot of the rest of it is comparable with the United products (and dirt cheap to boot).
Take, for instance, the
Widowmaker Leemah1 mentioned. He sounded pretty happy with it until everyone started telling him, "Frost sucks!" I have one, too. It's a rocker-lock folder with an oversized guard built into the pivot-end bolster; the blade is a slim spear-point, I think, and sharpend on only one side. There's a nail nick in the blade, and I don't think you could open this sucker with one hand without an aftermarket stud.
There are different handle materials, including faux ivory (some with 'scrimshaw') and honeycomb bone; the rest of the furniture is brass, and the knife came with a quality leather sheath. And all this was fourteen dollars a few years back. Quality is on par with Taiwanese imports (at least as they were before CRKT raised the bar a bit), not the Chinese junkers. (And even Chinese junkers have their place, since one sometimes needs a knife for vile tasks unsuited to nicer blades.)
I once examined a honeycomb bone-handled folding straight razor from Frost that was quite nice, with a super-sharp blade and nice lockup. And the Frost "Undertaker Bowie" (not the Chinese copies of it, but the original Frost article) was of similar quality to United's Hibben pieces.
My point is that even Frost makes some worthwhile, inexpensive stuff, and there are plenty of consumers out there perfectly happy with these until we stick our upturned noses into it and tell them they should be dissatisfied. I once posted here (or maybe it was in the "other" forum) asking about the dual nature of Frost's product line -- Chinese imports versus knives of obviously higher quality -- and received nothing in the way of useful replies. Instead, I got post after post of, "Why would you want that crap? But a Sebenza instead."
That's the trap we fall into here: dismissing knives we consider beneath us, to the point that we sometimes ignore legitimate issues, concerns, or questions in our haste to consign entire manufacturers' lines to the dustbin of BF rejects. The same could be said of some marketers; we love to bash the
Bud K catalog (and even Smoky Mountain), yet these sellers provide us with a great many items at near-wholesale prices, and always seem to include at least a
few top-quality items amidst the low-end merchandise.
Me, arguing for tolerance and inclusion. No one is as shocked as I am.
, or they say....."damn, I can get 20 of those automatics for the price of 1 of Knives & Things Blades "! Not to mention, the mark-up on that UC stuff is about 300% as well........ Mean while..that United Cutlery Dealer is laughing all the way to the bank........ Just my perspective, but I still had a great show this past weekend with Reeves/Pro-Tech & CRKT & Cold Steel 
