Knife Manufacturers You Avoid

RandomAyes said:
Lots of Boker Manufaktur Solingen knives are stunning, but holy smokes, the prices!

For that much $$$ I'd rather buy a custom knife made in the USA.
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Probably not the Old School Tree Brand slipjoints? They are FANTASTIC value, costing less than CASE and as good or often better: The Magnum stuff is best avoided though:barf:
 
I roll my eyes at anything sold on the shelves at Sporting Goods stores such as Remington, S&W, Gerber, Leatherman, ETC. If you stock every B&M store with 100 knives, how can you possibly have a good handle on QC? Just saying....

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BRKT, Strider, Buck, SOG, Gerber, MTech, Mantis, Extrema Ratio, Kai, TOPS, ESEE, CRK, AGR, WH, Kabar, CRKT, Fallkniven, Ontario, Taylor, United, Frost, Busse, Dark Ops, Microtech, McCusta, EKI, Puma, Randall, Helle, Joker, Seki Cut, Mission, Hanwei, GEC, Kizylar, Klotzli, etc etc etc

some for materials, some for quality, some for design, some for price, some for people
 
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Gerber - I've a hatchet by them that has held up remarkably over the past ~10 years. current blades... staying away

Buck - "420HC"
SOG
Cold Steel & Benchmade - eh.

CRKT - actually I own two decent knives by them ("E-lock Starlight"? and some Stubby Razels). other than that, the steel is either bad (aus4/6) or design just isn't useful to me

Busse, Chris Reeve Knives, Lone Wolf, RH etc. - you think i'm made of money?? ;)
 
hardheart said:
BRKT, Strider, Buck, SOG, Gerber, MTech, Mantis, Extrema Ratio, Kai, TOPS, ESEE, CRK, AGR, WH, Kabar, CRKT, Fallkniven, Ontario, Taylor, United, Frost, Busse, Dark Ops, Microtech, McCusta, EKI, Puma, Randall, Helle, Joker, Seki Cut, Mission, Hanwei, GEC, Kizylar, Klotzli, etc etc etc

some for materials, some for quality, some for design, some for price, some for people
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Dude!! That's some list. So basically you'll buy benchmade and spyderco and nothing else? You'd be better off listing what brands you DO like.
 
I forgot to list Mtech... other then the Twist which somehow is a pretty good cheapo bali despite all logic.
 
Like some other folks here , I avoid models moreso than companies.

I have no interest in SOG , Gerber , 95% of Spyderco and Benchmade's offerings.

Hell , I like what I like , no apologies.

Tostig
 
LX_Emergency said:
Dude!! That's some list. So basically you'll buy benchmade and spyderco and nothing else? You'd be better off listing what brands you DO like.
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Oh, there's more that I will buy. Have gotten my hands on a few hundred knives, with less than 50 being BM/Spyderco. For the most part, I'm only avoiding brands that don't currently offer what I want. The minute they do, I'll have it. And some of those I'm avoiding at the moment used to sell knives I owned in the past. Actually, BM pretty much goes on the list with their 2011 offerings, even though I used to have more BMs than anything else. There's a lot of upcoming Spydies I'm interested in, but I currently only own one.

I don't have many 'blacklisted' brands, just a narrower range in what I'm interested in buying.
 
hardheart said:
BRKT, Strider, Buck, SOG, Gerber, MTech, Mantis, Extrema Ratio, Kai, TOPS, ESEE, CRK, AGR, WH, Kabar, CRKT, Fallkniven, Ontario, Taylor, United, Frost, Busse, Dark Ops, Microtech, McCusta, EKI, Puma, Randall, Helle, Joker, Seki Cut, Mission, Hanwei, GEC, Kizylar, Klotzli, etc etc etc

some for materials, some for quality, some for design, some for price, some for people
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I think you're missing out with Fallkniven.
 
morrowj_98 said:
You had American made Paraframes? I thought all Paraframes were made overseas. Are you talking about the Gerber Harsey Airframes? If so, they are quality. I miss mine.
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Perhaps I worded that wrong. I had two other gerbers that I do not remember the names of.
 
Gerber: Their knives just suck.
SOG: Aus8 steel does not justify the price of their knives.
ColdSteel: Warranty and customer service are... u know.
Buck: Buck gives me a mixed response. Their 420HC steel is really good, but i wish they had better designs.
 
No cold steel knife has appealed to me yet. I have a couple older gerber gators that are good enough for hunting knives but none of their recent offerings. I have a few crkt's I really like but the steel is less than desirable but I live with it cause they were inexpensive and I like sharpening. They sure seem to fit the hand nicely and the designs are innovative. I hate every S+W knife I've seen.

I hate to admit but I'm not a big fan of SAK's . I have a couple victornox's and wengers and they don't seem to hold an edge very well and they're not comfy in the hand.
 
Gerber: because of poor quality

CRKT: This might be unfair but their cheaper stuff just uses lousy steel

Cold Steel: I just really don't like the styles
 
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