Mercworx "David" quick review (first post!)

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DPenny_USAF

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Ever since stumbling across the Mercworx product line online a few years back I have always wanted one. I have quite a few nice knives made by Benchmade, BlackHawk, and Zero Tolerance. Still, $420 bucks? Such a price seems crazy when comparing to knives of equal quality such as Chris Reeve, and both serve a similar battle-driven purpose (what i need). But my girlfriend being the wonderful person she is bought me one :D, sick of hearing me saying how much I wanted it.

The knife is GREAT. Having a perfect balance of size/blade length to make a great battle blade, but not too large to take up a lot of space on a vest/drop leg rig. The knife feels great in my hand, and really feels alive. The Chili handle makes for a strong grip, without having to choke the life out of it, and feels very comfortable in the reverse grip. The hefty weight makes a chopping motion very easy, and I used this knife over the weekend on a backpacking trip, and it served well with most outdoors chores.

Overall... it may be $100 overpriced compared to comparable knives, but I think the unique look and the fact that not many people have them makes it worth it. But then again thats my opinion.
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Good obervations.

Welcome to BladeForums!
 
Damn nice girlfriend, I have to tell my fiance that I'm "trading" and not buying when it comes to expensive knives :o. Great review and welcome aboard :thumbup:.

ps. she sounds like a keeper, $420 for a present, whoo!
 
Haha yea my girl is the best. I am having trouble posting pics... any suggestions anyone? I have tried using image shack and other hosting sites to generate a URL but nothing has worked. Any help would be appreciated!
 
DPenny_USAF said:
I am having trouble posting pics... any suggestions anyone? I have tried using image shack and other hosting sites to generate a URL but nothing has worked. Any help would be appreciated!
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I think you are using your photobucket email & IM link when you should be using the IMG (the bottom one of the four choices.)
 
Welcome to BF!

www.photobucket.com works fine for me. Create an account, upload your pics and copy everything from the "IMG Code" field under the desired picture into your BF message.

Have fun and let's see those pics! :)
Akos
 
Those two pics are great, the first one shows the knife much better. How did you get the green reflection on the second? :)

They make some nice-looking knives, but I don't have anyone to buy me one!
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Those two pics are great, the first one shows the knife much better. How did you get the green reflection on the second? :)

They make some nice-looking knives, but I don't have anyone to buy me one!
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Thanks! The green on the blade is just reflection from the trees in my backyard. Yea I got lucky on that one! Haha.
 
Congratulations! Great knife, she must be a very special girl!
Is the David fully sharpened double edge? You gotta think twice before making any moves with that thing.

PS: If you copy the full IMG Code line from photobucket, you don't need to press the "Insert image" icon here in the bladeforums message window as well. Thus you can avoid those image tags appearing before and after your knife pic.
 
kukoka said:
Congratulations! Great knife, she must be a very special girl!
Is the David fully sharpened double edge? You gotta think twice before making any moves with that thing.

PS: If you copy the full IMG Code line from photobucket, you don't need to press the "Insert image" icon here in the bladeforums message window as well. Thus you can avoid those image tags appearing before and after your knife pic.
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Oh ok gotcha, thanks. The knife has a false double edge, but I think it would be VERY easy to put an edge on it if thats what you wanted, but for my purposes I will keep it the way it is. Your right, A large double edge would be a dangerous tool without the proper experience with it.
 
I have only handled them at local shows and shops but the chili peper handle is one of my favorite handles.
Sadly its a little out of my range right now and for $400 you could have a heck of a piece of INFI.
Great knives though, great pics.
Man your lucky.
 
Cheers! I'd be very happy to get one of those for my birthday. I only own the Seraphym, but I'd love to get something bigger, like the Sniper.

Welcome to the forum.
 
Very nice knife. I have a Shiva (double edged dagger), been debating buying another for a while now. Like several folks have said, you can buy a nice piece of INFI for the same price, not to mention some nice customs on the site here, so I've been putting it off for a while. Have to give in soon though.

Corwise_USAF :)
 
I keep talking to friends about getting a Lachesis or Clotho and they keep telling me they are too spendy for what you get. I point out that Strider SNG's cost more and they see no problem with that. I wonder why that is?
 
Partly because Strider has a more visible business with more customers and a track record of quality and customer service. Mercworx is much less well-known.
 
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