Mad Dog Knives

Some years ago In a Land far far away (Actually just North of here in Prescott AZ) Kevin Killed a Rabid dog with one of his knives Hence the name. He was also given a Contract by the Military to make knives for them. He sucessfully demonstrated the outstanding performance of his knives. Alas as all tales sometimes end was not able to meet the terms of the contract and wound up loosing it. Chime in if I'm wrong...
He does make an Outstanding Performing blade and is a superior craftsman. They are worth it.
 
I know my buddy Hot Rod Kelly is getting rid of all his Busses and collecting Mad Dogs now. I'm not sure what the fuss is all about but maybe I'll get to see one tomorrow when I go pick up my Chuddy Bear sheath off him.
 
bobbystoney said:
I know my buddy Hot Rod Kelly is getting rid of all his Busses and collecting Mad Dogs now. I'm not sure what the fuss is all about but maybe I'll get to see one tomorrow when I go pick up my Chuddy Bear sheath off him.
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keep me posted bro
 
Listening to Kevin talk about himself is worth the price of admission...
 
Mad Dog is a friend and we have hunted together in Africa but I don't claim to have any insight into why his blades are so expensive ..... what I can tell you is that the blanks are cut with a band saw and he free grinds every single bladse, fits and finishes each handle himslef and makes the kydex sheath for each blade ........ seeing Keving grind a 10inch Panther blade with ultimate precision free hand is truely a craftsman of note. That said ....his blades deliver exceptional performance and tough as a railroad track without the normally associated over weight feel and look to it.

If you can get past the fear of using a high end piece .... it's like Snap-On tools ....... you can buy cheaper but long after the bargain price is forgotten, the lacking performance will still frustrate you to no end.
 
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Just got back from Aarons a little while ago and got to fondle a couple of these bad boys. I think he's nuts for spending that kind of money on them but they are pretty awesome and he absolutely loves them and is looking for more.

To answer your question though, I'm not sure what makes them that expensive. Like most expensive knives I'm sure the "cool" factor plays into it.
 
Disclaimer: I do not think the maker of Mad Dog Knives is an absolute idiot, you shouldn't either. I saw something on his website which anyone could tell is under construction (and if you didn't visit the website I stated as plainly as possible without directly saying it in the second line of this post) that made me chuckle and posted it in this thread to share. Please do not read the following post with the assumption that the maker of Mad Dog Knives is a sociopath or somehow hates all knives except his own I would think it would be obvious that you should not assume that but apparently some people did, so here's a little disclaimer or warning label so you don't misunderstand.

Why would they put that warning on here? Well, unfortunately most warning labels are there because someone did it!
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Well, I'm not going to claim to know much or anything about these knives... hadn't even heard of them before this thread but... I went on the mad dog website to take a look at his knives, while there were some issues with coding I saw and a lot of the knives he was asking hundreds if not thousands of dollars for received no description or picture I was VERY impressed by how confident he was that his knives were the ABSOLUTE best.

From the product selection sidebar of his store:

Other Knives recommended by Mad Dog (0)
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This is a fearless statement of confidence that his product is the best, if you can't get a mad dog knife, there is really no reason for you to buy any other knife.
He created a section in his store for other knives he would recommend... just so we could know that there are NO OTHER KNIVES WORTH RECOMMENDING, mad dog is simply that many miles beyond anything else.

I want one.
 
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Kevin thinks highly of Sebenzas. Years ago he had several SEAL ATTACKs on his table at a knife show in Mesa, AZ. He was asking $250.00. Wish I had the money back then :)

I have been to his shop in Paulden and he showed me around. He had a DSU2 that he was beating on a piece of Pine with. The serrations held up quite well. He then showed me how it made a great combat knife by swinging his hand around and bringing the knife up near my throat. Okay, you win. It was an interesting visit and I appreciate what goes into his products.

The initial draw began with the association he developed with NSW. They liked his knives and bought several. Times changed quickly but many guys still swear by the ATTACK and continue buying them to collect and use.

There was a documentary about SEALs in Afghanistan a while back and one of the operators was wearing a SEAL ATTACK on his war belt. It was very obvious if you knew what you were looking at. Whether they are too expensive is a personal decision but if anyone wanted to donate their well worn ATTACK, I would be willing to take it off their hands and give it a good home :)

Dan
 
j3jymann said:
Well, I'm not going to claim to know much or anything about these knives... hadn't even heard of them before this thread but... I went on the mad dog website to take a look at his knives, while there were some issues with coding I saw and a lot of the knives he was asking hundreds if not thousands of dollars for received no description or picture I was VERY impressed by how confident he was that his knives were the ABSOLUTE best.

From the product selection sidebar of his store:



This is a fearless statement of confidence that his product is the best, if you can't get a mad dog knife, there is really no reason for you to buy any other knife.
He created a section in his store for other knives he would recommend... just so we could know that there are NO OTHER KNIVES WORTH RECOMMENDING, mad dog is simply that many miles beyond anything else.

I want one.
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This kind of bragging/trash talking by a maker rubs me the wrong way. He can recommend NO OTHER knife? Really? Thousands of knife makers, manufacturers, designs, knives for very specific applications, all made by very dedicated and talented people, and to him they are ALL crap? No one inspired him to make knives to begin with, he learned his skills from no one he just invented everything himself?

His knives may be good but it sounds like he lacks class.
 
I believe the infamous cliff stamp reviewed one, two actually (broke both) Kevin wasn't not happy with the review.
 
Allcaps321 said:
I believe the infamous cliff stamp reviewed one, two actually (broke both) Kevin wasn't not happy with the review.
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Yep, and I seem to remember reading that at least one was broken in a static hang test, which was part of their advertised ability. IIRC, a Scrap Yard or Swamp Rat knife at 3/16" thickness was similarly tested and faired fine.
 
It appears Steven Segal uses one against a Gerber Mk2 in a ridiculous knife fight scene in "Undersiege 2 ". So they must be good.
 
I've never owned one or even thought about buying one but I recently did a trade with a Mad Dog collector and got to talking with him about them. The main selling points I got out of it are that the blades are all differentially hardened. Soft on the spine to take a beating and hard on the edge for edge retention. Also the tangs are mortised so that no metal is touching your hand for comfort and also you don't have to worry about corrosion on the tang because its inside a sealed environment. The handles look very ergonomic.
 
MassMatt said:
This kind of bragging/trash talking by a maker rubs me the wrong way. He can recommend NO OTHER knife? Really? Thousands of knife makers, manufacturers, designs, knives for very specific applications, all made by very dedicated and talented people, and to him they are ALL crap? No one inspired him to make knives to begin with, he learned his skills from no one he just invented everything himself?

His knives may be good but it sounds like he lacks class.
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Well ...when you cut through all the BS, you will know that Kevin does not sells direct, only via his distributors and he has no website. Post this website where he says no other knife is worth the while as it doesn't exsist. Kevin is not every ones cup of tea but this uncalled for attacks makes the knife community the poorer.

Kevin has never run any blade down in the 10 years I have been visiting him although the Dark Ops ads did tickle his funny bone. He holds the Sebenza in high regard and I gave him a Peter Bauchop Makulu Bowie so he has at least one other customer maker :D

As for Sparks test ...... let me put it this way ... anything can be broken ...... those that can, make knives ...those that cannot ....critique! I lost my respect for Spark the way he went about it. He had an axe to grind and he chose a public forum to do so ...... no upstanding where I come from.

Show me a knife that cannot be broken and I show you a crew served blade.

BTW, responding to hearsay, I have to question your comments on class!

Let me tell you what MD did for me ..... 2 years ago armed robbers broke my place down and made of with my knives and guns ...... one was a custom MD Bowie made by Kevin for me. I was gutted ...... did cheer up a little when MD sent me a mail to say he will build me a new Bowie ...... I thanked him but declined as there were many other things I had to replace. Still ...he went ahead and made my Bowie at no cost and he was very frim on that. That my friend ....that is class!

Here is the blade in question ...... worth well over USD 2000 I would guess ...

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Some more porn .....

Top is a MD Destroyer ...basically a MD ATAK on sterodis, middle is the MD Zambezi and bottom is my 15 year old MD ATAK 2.

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j3jymann said:
Well, I'm not going to claim to know much or anything about these knives... hadn't even heard of them before this thread but... I went on the mad dog website to take a look at his knives, while there were some issues with coding I saw and a lot of the knives he was asking hundreds if not thousands of dollars for received no description or picture I was VERY impressed by how confident he was that his knives were the ABSOLUTE best.

From the product selection sidebar of his store:



This is a fearless statement of confidence that his product is the best, if you can't get a mad dog knife, there is really no reason for you to buy any other knife.
He created a section in his store for other knives he would recommend... just so we could know that there are NO OTHER KNIVES WORTH RECOMMENDING, mad dog is simply that many miles beyond anything else.

I want one.
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Could you post this website where Kevin claims this please ?
 
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