Medford Knives

[Steely_Gunz]

Medford is a person who puts his content out publicly in order to hawk his wares, so he's fair game. We can say that Zuckerberg is a Lizard Person, Bezos is billionaire weirdo with a pee fetish, and that Kanye is...well, I'm just letting Kanye keep digging his hole with his brand of awful/crazy. If you're public and in it for money/power, that's the price. Medford makes $800 boat anchors and shellacs them with a bit of rah-rah 'merica and they sell. I think they are fine knives. I've handled a Praetorian and I can't really fault it...other than it was thick and clunky to open and although i was never a high-speed/low-drag snake eater, I could think of a dozen other things I would rather kit out for the amount of space/weight that folding knife took up. It's fine. It's well made. It's over-engineered by about 200% for what a folding knife needs to be to accomplish the needs of a folding knife. That's not getting into some of his other views of what he thinks are OK that I don't agree with, but that's not for this thread. In short, I don't really care for his products or his ways, but that's ok. I get say that and get to vote with my wallet to not buy his stuff. He gets to go home and cry salty tears into a pile of money because some dummy on a knife board said mean things. We both are gonna be just fine.

I still find the box they come in to be a mixed bag. It's kinda cool, but adds unneeded cost to the package. It's not really foam-fit as a presentation style case for collectors. I'm not one who puts a lot of stock in the boxes of knives of the less premium variety, but I think anything coming in above CRK pricing should at least come with a bit of foam. It doesn't NEED it, but it does add a bit of a nice touch. I have always liked how CRK walks that line between offering you a presentation that shows that they are proud of their product yet they fully expect to you use the knife hard and take care of it yourself. They give you a nice box with a little card with the birth info, and all the tools for you to maintain the knife until you choose to send it in for a factory spa treatment. I don't need the American Girl doll Pelican luggage, but that's just me.

 

[GusSharp68]

Yeah thought so. You’re okay with bashing Medford but I counter your assertion with an example of bottom-tier packaging from a beloved brand and you’re conducting evasive maneuvers

For one, I said from the beginning Medford makes a quality knife. Second, I said the case was a nice touch especially for a knife that doesn't fit in a typical storage case like the ones I happen to have. My only point was why'd they stop at a stupid bubble wrap envelope when for a few extra dollars they could have done it like Grimsmo did. Got it fanboy?

 

[King of the Cheese]

For one, I said from the beginning Medford makes a quality knife. Second, I said the case was a nice touch especially for a knife that doesn't fit in a typical storage case like the ones I happen to have. My only point was why'd they stop at a stupid bubble wrap envelope when for a few extra dollars they could have done it like Grimsmo did. Got it fanboy?

So your argument is “everybody package like Grimsmo or it’s half-assed”? I’m not a “fanboy” but you haven’t made sense from the start with your anti-Medford packaging rant. Anyone who buys medfords knows their packaging is among the best.

 

[GusSharp68]

Next topic - how do you feel about the “no disassembly” policy? I personally don’t like it. I enjoy taking my CRK, spartan, and Reate knives apart for cleaning, similar to field stripping and maintaining a firearm.

I can only imagine the strange things that some people have done to their Medford knives, forcing Greg to be so concerned about this. I also think it would be quite easy to define “abuse” in his warranty policy, to include improper assembly/disassembly. This way I think enthusiasts could maintain their blades without expense and delay of shipping to Medford.

Agree that's also very strange.

 

[GusSharp68]

So your argument is “everybody package like Grimsmo or it’s half-assed”? I’m not a “fanboy” but you haven’t made sense from the start with your anti-Medford packaging rant. Anyone who buys medfords knows their packaging is among the best.

FFS To make it clear to you (which appears an impossible thing to do) I would say the same about any manufacturer that includes that type of case where the expensive knife inside bangs around if they also used a cheap crappy bubble wrap envelope. Clearly I've made sense to others. You're just different in your opinion. Have a nice day, unless you have to get last word in than have at it. Not my problem if you can't understand the point I made.

 

[King of the Cheese]

FFS To make it clear to you (which appears an impossible thing to do) I would say the same about any manufacturer that includes that type of case where the expensive knife inside bangs around if they also used a cheap crappy bubble wrap envelope. Clearly I've made sense to others. You're just different in your opinion. Have a nice day, unless you have to get last word in than have at it. Not my problem if you can't understand the point I made.

Do you want me to go take a video of me putting my Medford knives in their cases and shaking them violently to show you they don’t “bang around”? Because I will if it’ll help you understand.

 

[GusSharp68]

While I can appreciate the man and his regular YT content and the build of his knives, I can never get myself to buy any of them, I'm sure they are built to last, he claimed in one of his videos that a special forces soldier carried a prototype praetorian for 5 years without fail before gifting him a new one well after the line was established. I see some people here having a time with name-calling and such for medford, but I think it's just bad practice and ethics to insult a knife maker, if you don't like him, his ways. Or his machines, kindly move along.

how am I insulting Medford? Suggesting that a slight improvement to the case while also saying the knife is of highest quality. A knife I am otherwise thrilled to own I might add. Honestly, isn't that one of the reasons this forum even exists? I am hardly the type of person that offers up any negative critique of any knife but felt compelled to comment on the oddity of a really nice case, a great knife, and then.....bubble wrap. Why is this so difficult to comprehend for some of you?

Edit, sorry perhaps you referring to the people insulting him personally rather than me commenting about the case. Regardless, your point is well taken.

 

[GusSharp68]

deleted, somehow replied to myself LOL

 

[GusSharp68]

Do you want me to go take a video of me putting my Medford knives in their cases and shaking them violently to show you they don’t “bang around”? Because I will if it’ll help you understand.

Would you like me to make one too to prove I'm telling you the truth about my experience with it?

 

[Locutus D'Borg]

As much as I can appreciate the craftsmanship put into a Medford Knife (I have a Praetorian T with predator ti scales), what I can't understand is why they would give you a case that has no foam insert that keeps the knife from banging around in the case. Grimsmo gives you the exact same case with a custom foam insert that fits the knife perfectly. Is Medford just lazy, stupid or careless? How hard would it have been to include a custom foam insert for that $1,000 plus knife?

Any leads on someone that makes them for Medford knives and S3 t2000 cases would be appreciated. In the meantime, I'll just make my own I guess. Even tried reaching out to Medford by email inquiring about it and after 2 emails still not one response from anyone at the company.

I can send you the little clear plastic ziplock-type bag my Strider came in. lol

 

[GusSharp68]

Would you 2 stfu? Jeeze, back to knives.

Op, call Medford, no one emails anymore.

actually Ms Medford responded in a very nice email just yesterday. Respect, have to credit them for responding. At least her last names was Medford, could be a cousin

 

[GusSharp68]

I can send you the little clear plastic ziplock-type bag my Strider came in. lol

have a few of those already, lol. And I was perfectly fine with that. Now if he put the knife in a baggy then in the S3 T2000 case, well then I'd have something to say.

 

[GusSharp68]

I’d be cool with it if my knives came with hard cases. (Most of mine are zero tolerance, so it’s just the Bubble wrap and a cardboard-type box.) my favorite is like what Demko (or Civivi/we) does, with the zipper pouch, cloth, LH pocket clip…. It’s a nice little presentation and keeps all your stuff together….
But, the packaging is only .001% as far as I’m concerned. Definitely a nice added bonus when done right, but certainly not enough to influence my knife purchases whatsoever, one way or another.

Agreed. I have never once bought a knife because of the packaging either.

 

[GusSharp68]

it’s a gray area with taking it apart. They’re going to deny you if you’re pulling it apart to polish washers or relieve lockbar tension - to clean it out who’s going to know…

Edit - I also feel bad for you guys leaving your medfords in the cases and not reaping the rewards of breaking them in / developing a relationship with them. Send me a bubble mailer with no packaging I’m going to be putting it through way more than a trip in the back of a usps truck

i'm just waiting for the right sized tree to chop down with it. Which reminds me my chainsaw came in a case that doesn't let it bang around now that I think about it

 

[Yo Mama]

actually Ms Medford responded in a very nice email just yesterday. Respect, have to credit them for responding. At least her last names was Medford, could be a cousin

Probably Greg's mother, she is very kind and amazing. She greeted us on the factory tour I took.

 

[snuffle]

actually Ms Medford responded in a very nice email just yesterday

I emailed them randomly once, asking how to interpret the numbers on their blades. Got a very quick answer from her, too. I was impressed.

As far as packaging, I think I occupy both extremes. For most knives, I don't care, and would be fine with cheapo whatever. But there is a range of what is viewed as "acceptably professional", I think, that is hard to deviate from, and there are pragmatic reasons for some things when you're shipping to dealers and such. I do start getting turned off when it seems like the packaging cost a significant fraction of the purchase price.

But for a very few over-the-top knives, over-the-top packaging is part of the artwork, and I kinda love that.

 

[stabman]

Next topic - how do you feel about the “no disassembly” policy? I personally don’t like it. I enjoy taking my CRK, spartan, and Reate knives apart for cleaning, similar to field stripping and maintaining a firearm.

Screw Yer Warranty!!!

A couple days back, I decided to sand down the annoying sharp lip that ran along the lock-bar cut-out on my Medford Marauder. Took the pocket clip off to do so. While I was drying it after washing the grit away, the Loctite loosened in the pivot, so I decided to open the whole thing up. Sadly...

www.bladeforums.com

Called Greg, got the size of screws required, and did it up.
He said that it would void the warranty, but I already knew that.

My thing is that manufacturers be up front about the warranty policy, and he is.

 

[ShaiHulud]

Medford is a person who puts his content out publicly in order to hawk his wares, so he's fair game. We can say that Zuckerberg is a Lizard Person, Bezos is billionaire weirdo with a pee fetish, and that Kanye is...well, I'm just letting Kanye keep digging his hole with his brand of awful/crazy. If you're public and in it for money/power, that's the price. Medford makes $800 boat anchors and shellacs them with a bit of rah-rah 'merica and they sell. I think they are fine knives. I've handled a Praetorian and I can't really fault it...other than it was thick and clunky to open and although i was never a high-speed/low-drag snake eater, I could think of a dozen other things I would rather kit out for the amount of space/weight that folding knife took up. It's fine. It's well made. It's over-engineered by about 200% for what a folding knife needs to be to accomplish the needs of a folding knife. That's not getting into some of his other views of what he thinks are OK that I don't agree with, but that's not for this thread. In short, I don't really care for his products or his ways, but that's ok. I get say that and get to vote with my wallet to not buy his stuff. He gets to go home and cry salty tears into a pile of money because some dummy on a knife board said mean things. We both are gonna be just fine.

I still find the box they come in to be a mixed bag. It's kinda cool, but adds unneeded cost to the package. It's not really foam-fit as a presentation style case for collectors. I'm not one who puts a lot of stock in the boxes of knives of the less premium variety, but I think anything coming in above CRK pricing should at least come with a bit of foam. It doesn't NEED it, but it does add a bit of a nice touch. I have always liked how CRK walks that line between offering you a presentation that shows that they are proud of their product yet they fully expect to you use the knife hard and take care of it yourself. They give you a nice box with a little card with the birth info, and all the tools for you to maintain the knife until you choose to send it in for a factory spa treatment. I don't need the American Girl doll Pelican luggage, but that's just me.

800 dollar boat anchors, I had a time with that, but yes, unfortunately, they are anchor-like his usmc rendition weighs in over a lb and some change.
That's way too heavy for hip wear, and unnecessarily anchor-like

 

[King of the Cheese]

If you think Medford only makes “$800 boat anchors” you clearly aren’t familiar with Medford. M48.. smooth criminal.. slim praetorian… slim midi.. I could go on.

Medford is more than just the titanium praetorian or marauder.

 

[ShaiHulud]

If you think Medford only makes “$800 boat anchors” you clearly aren’t familiar with Medford. M48.. smooth criminal.. slim praetorian… slim midi.. I could go on.

Medford is more than just the titanium praetorian or marauder.

It was an exaggeration by some to prove a point