I love Down Under Knives

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Seriousbladeno1

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Any fans of this great looking line of beautiful and undeniable high quality knives? Please share your thoughts and photos if possible!
 
The story behind these is well documented. I believe the company is banned here. You can find spam accounts where they piss on another company and praise themselves. A company advertising some connection to Australia but are made in "Asia". There is lots of dirt to read on them if you do your research.
 
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Seriousbladeno1 said:
Any fans of this great looking line of beautiful and undeniable high quality knives? Please share your thoughts and photos if possible!
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craytab said:
The story behind these is well documented. I believe the company is banned here. You can find spam accounts where they piss on another company and praise themselves. A company advertising some connection to Australia but are made in "Asia". There is lots of dirt to read on them if you do your research.
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Of course you already know most of this from a thread you started a while ago: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1268101-Down-Under-Knifes-quot-The-Outback-quot
 
craytab said:
The story behind these is well documented. I believe the company is banned here. You can find spam accounts where they piss on another company and praise themselves. A company advertising some connection to Australia but are made in "Asia". There is lots of dirt to read on them if you do your research.
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Craytab, most of the USA production knifes are made in Asia.... Cold Steel, SOG,etc.Australia is next door to Asia, I don't see how quality can be even possibly affected by country of origin....quality depends on how tight is QC Quality Control.I don't know anything about ban on discussions about non-bladeforum members,such as this company. each model of their knives they ever produced was up to date astonishing piece of art apart of troubled sheaths on The Outback. I just wanted fans of this mark to share their enjoyment from Down Under products, that's all
 
craytab said:
You can find spam accounts where they piss on another company and praise themselves. There is lots of dirt to read on them if you do your research.
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Craytab - this is very common practice-! Nearly every company is praising themselves and their products and pissing on all competition in every possible way....capitalism is defined and based on false advertisement and disinformations.
 
I don't get it. Almost $200 for a 440C blade made in China?

For that price, I can get similar blades with better steel made by the custom guys here on the forum. If I wanted to drop that coin I could also be looking at Bark River, and similar very high quality makers all done domestically with top notch QC and warrantee. Is there a draw to these "Down Under" knives that I'm not aware of?
 
Seriousbladeno1 said:
Craytab - this is very common practice-! Nearly every company is praising themselves and their products and pissing on all competition in every possible way....capitalism is defined and based on false advertisement and disinformations.
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Seriously... this... what's this thread supposed to be? Something stinks.
 
Seriousbladeno1 said:
Craytab, most of the USA production knifes are made in Asia....
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Well, by a simple definition, no. USA production knives are made in the USA. A very rudimentary concept to understand.

Seriousbladeno1 said:
Cold Steel, SOG,etc.Australia is next door to Asia, I don't see how quality can be even possibly affected by country of origin....quality depends on how tight is QC Quality Control.
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Did I ever say country of Origin maters in the quality of the product? That is a rhetorical question, because I never said such a thing. I own plenty of quality products from "Asian" countries. The problem is Down Under Knives does not specify country of origin. If they can't be honest about that, what can they be trusted with? Proximity to Australia is a ridiculous argument. They claim to have this "Down Under" heritage when they really are just another company that is having knives made for them in "Asia". Marketing BS.

Seriousbladeno1 said:
I don't know anything about ban on discussions about non-bladeforum members,such as this company.
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Of course there is no ban on this discussion or else this thread would have been shut down. The fact is this company has a shady reputation at best including banned accounts here for spamming with shill accounts. Simple research will show you this. If you don't want to hear such comments don't repeatedly start threads on the subject.

Seriousbladeno1 said:
each model of their knives they ever produced was up to date astonishing piece of art apart of troubled sheaths on The Outback.
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Prove this. Art is one thing and it is in the eye of the beholder. A functional knife from a respectable company is another aspect all together, and that is where my money goes. I don't need a $200 wall hanger of unknown origins commissioned by a shady company.

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I just wanted fans of this mark to share their enjoyment from Down Under products, that's all
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So what is your experience with these knives?
 
I got one Outback once, and sent it right back. Part of the tip was missing on the blade, and the little plastic bone things dangling from the sheath, were all broken in the box. Horrible quality control.
 
Seriousbladeno1 said:
Craytab - this is very common practice-! Nearly every company is praising themselves and their products and pissing on all competition in every possible way....capitalism is defined and based on false advertisement and disinformations.
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Not reputable companies. As far as I know they are banned here for such practices. Reputable companies let their quality product do the talking rather than shill spammers. I don't think we should get into the economic and political BS of discussing "capitalism". That would be against the rules in this part of the forum.

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Seriously... this... what's this thread supposed to be? Something stinks.
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It does stink a bit.
 
Wut? Lol USA production knifes made in Asia?

Clearly you have no clue what you're talking about, in another failed thread.

If a knife is produced in the USA it's made in AMERICA.

And it's knives not knifes.
Seriousbladeno1 said:
Craytab, most of the USA production knifes are made in Asia.... Cold Steel, SOG,etc.Australia is next door to Asia, I don't see how quality can be even possibly affected by country of origin....quality depends on how tight is QC Quality Control.I don't know anything about ban on discussions about non-bladeforum members,such as this company. each model of their knives they ever produced was up to date astonishing piece of art apart of troubled sheaths on The Outback. I just wanted fans of this mark to share their enjoyment from Down Under products, that's all
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Good god man this is so incorrect. Wow.
Seriousbladeno1 said:
Craytab - this is very common practice-! Nearly every company is praising themselves and their products and pissing on all competition in every possible way....capitalism is defined and based on false advertisement and disinformations.
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Wait, Down Under Knives price points are 200 dollars for 440c steel blade knives, made in CHINA? Doesn't that just say it all right there?! What am I missing..
 
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I have always liked the concept of the Outback Bowie.

In another thread way back, one of my friends here bought one as a wall hanger, I have no experience with them nor do I see any direct experience with them from anyone that I know.

Anyone have any real experience with a Down Under Outback?

I just like big knives, but for $190, it should be useable.

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You guys leave Nobody and his posts about knives alone.

This guy clearly has it all figured out. LOL
 
For 200 dollars I could get a custom make with a steel of my choice from one of many reputable custom knife makers right here on Bladeforums all made here in the US ofA, why even consider anything less? What am I missing am I being absolutely ignorant?
 
RevDevil said:
Chinese made garbage by way of unscrupulous folks in Finland. Unlicensed copies of John Bowring's work. Undeniable high quality you say? Prove it. Please cite some sources. I'd rather knapp a petrified dinosaur turd.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...Do-you-know-something-about-Down-under-knives
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Making unsubstantiated claims has been standard operating procedure for this guy. We never did get any justification for this one a couple days ago...


Seriousbladeno1 said:
Black coating has been first and foremost designed on military and law enforcement blades and filling one simple reason - preventing reflection of light from any sources mainly during night sabotage/undercover or military operations....

Use of coating on blades fulfilling rust prevention on carbon blades is only a secondary reason for this, ...
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Having English as a second language is not an excuse for making stuff up.

This company's shoddy products and pratices have been well documented.

The basis for "Serious" bladeno1's claims has not.
 
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