knives made in china claiming there made else were ???? (your thoughts)

[G. Scott H.]

I went and checked out the other thread, and chu is right. This is all based upon an honest misunderstanding on the part of the OP, so the premise is not valid in this particular case. However, had a knife actually been misrepresented (marketed as being made in one place while actually being made somewhere else) that would be fraud, plain and simple.

 

[2 shot]

I went and checked out the other thread, and chu is right. This is all based upon an honest misunderstanding on the part of the OP, so the premise is not valid in this particular case. However, had a knife actually been misrepresented (marketed as being made in one place while actually being made somewhere else) that would be fraud, plain and simple.

Looks like there was no honest misunderstanding on the OP part. He has owned and carried this knife for a while, it clearly has CHINA on the blade. Don't know why he tried to make us believe it was a USA made knife. Frost Cutlery USA on the blade is just typical (USA) flag waiving marketing deception by a US corporation.

 

[cchu518]

I believe the OP's original point is that he is frugal. And this speaks volumes. There is clearly a stratified market for knives. Looking at myself, I have multiple chef knives. 4 are made in the US and one is from Germany. My parents were chefs and I can cook with the very best i.e. if a Michelin star chef were to eat my food I wouldn't be nervous serving them something from my kitchen. One of my closest friends did the test recipes for all of the Tribeca Grill cookbooks when he worked there and I could hang with him. So I buy fairly high quality, dishwasher safe chef knives. Most of my kitchen knives are made in the USA for that matter.

I also got into modern folders early this year so my one hand openers as of current are made in the US and Seki City Japan. I have two mini grips, a mini presidio and a Spyderco Delica. My traditionals - an Opinel, a Peanut and a trapper which are both Rough Riders are made in China jobs as I had less invested in traditionals than moderns that is until I started using traditionals. Now I EDC that made in China Peanut and a Micra. Moving forward I'm totally in love with Peanuts and I will definitely get a G10 Case and something in D2, all made in the USA of course. If I get a fixed neck knife it's going to be from HardEdgedKnives. I won't be needing another RR Trapper as the one that I have is built like a tank. I'm going to have that little $12 made in China knife for as long as I have the other knives. That said the pricing premium of different knives made around the world are practically mutually exclusive to knife buyers. As much as I enjoy CRKT products the 8CR13Mov steel that they use just isn't as good as 440C, 154CM, VG10 etc...etc... so I gravitate towards paying more for USA and Japan made one handers as well. That isn't to say that my RR's are garbage because they aren't. They are quite capable.

I would gather 98% of this forum would never buy a $3 Frost knife. But who knows at $3 Frost knife, I'm sure the HT sucks and the edge rolls. But that said if someone is cutting only salami and apples and they only have $3 to spend on a knife than that $3 Frost knife probably isn't such a bad thing.

My whole point is that no $3 China factory knife is going to be encroaching on someone wanting a Rough Rider. They sure as heck aren't going to be taking business from Case, GEC, Spyderco and 100% not from any of the serious custom makers. The pricing premium is totally different for all these niches.

 

[R15K]

do to a recent post i thought id ask the above question heres my op:
\ if something says made in Canada and its not i don't give 2 shits cause i don't own my country nor do i care if my money stays in Canada. if its cheap and it works then i get it. im not gonna go out of my way to by something and spend extra money just because the funds will stay in our economy. if the government wants to keep money in our economy then they should stop investing money in overseas crap they don't need because its not up to me to to save the economy im busy saving money in my wallet. that's just my opinion

The Walmart mentality. :barf:

What scares me is that you sound young... These are the not the values we should be passing on to our kids. Generic products make for generic people and a generic culture.

It scares me that we're so willing to overlook deceptive marketing practices and and reward unprincipled behavior to save a few dollars. Soon nothing will exist that isn't a faceless mega corporation concerned with nothing but supplying Chinese mediocrity at prices so low every manufacturing corner that exists will be skipped.

I just wonder how long till my doctor starts wearing a shmock and a name tag with "associate" on it.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

I don't want to see this thread or its clone brought up again in the General Knife Discussion. Try the Political Arena if you want to discuss the ways of the world and the economics thereof.

In no discussion forum do you need to vilify other participants in that discussion. This thread is closed.