Moore Maker #2301 Buffalo stockman

I like your comment mlovett "Simply over priced jobed out factory knives. " I have also run into advertisements indicating Mooremakers are "texas made." For what are basically cammilus and queen products, I also wondered if the price difference between Mooremaker and the factory offerings was accompanied by any change in quality. I've never seen a Mooremaker up close. However, I have never been impressed by the current cammilus slipjoints. I guess using 1095 steel makes them different from the factory lines, but should this really command a premium? Is a Mooremaker cammilus or queen made product better than the factory line?
 
The ones I have examined, were of good quality, but no more so than an older case xx. The blades are of 1095, but again so are many of the older models from western, schrade, case, ect. The moore's are supposedly, of cowbow style, Stockman pattern for example, But every one else has the stockman as well. Every one of the people who have shown me their pride and joy, was under the impression that they were hand made customs, and as such a great bargan. You don't even want to be the one to tell them, that they arn't custom's, nor even hand made. The Rc. hardness of the blades is too low to tade advantage of the 1095 steel. They may become collectable or maby not. If anything the hype will help the resale. The qualuity, while good, isn't anything special, or at least not on the ones I've examined. I'll take a reasonably priced Case, XX any day. Don't know about the new ones, but many of the older cases were of 1095 as well. 1095 is a good competent quality, high carbon cutlery steel. It is not a superior cutlery steel. It is still a low cost steel in the better cutlery market. M. Lovett
 
I'm probably way off base here, but could it be that Moore knives are more expensive simply due to the fact that they are a small company and order a relatively small number of knives from Camillus and Queen therefore they are charged more for a small run?

Tom :confused:
 
Yes, Tom, you are correct, but also, the Moore's demand more of camillus, than just the "run of the mill" camillus quality (which of course is nothing to bragg about). In other words the knives are expensive, but you are also getting a better qualiy knife. A few bad ones get through, but very few. The quality is actually a little better than the old case. Unless of course your talking about pre-1960 case knives, than of course it would be about the same.

It costs quite a bit for the tooling to make these knives. This, plus the extra attention that the Moore's pay camillus for, paired with the fact that Mooore maker is a small company, equals a not so cheap knife.

The reason the RC is lower on these, is so that the knives can be stropped on a belt, or saddle while in the field.

I own four of their knives and Im quite happy with them.
 
Good point, rev. All I know is that I am tickled to death with my Moore knife in every way.

The other item that Moore should get credit for is their "holster" styled knife pouch. The pouch is made by Big Bend Saddlery and is of top quality, saddle leather. The knife fits the pouch just right making the knife very easy to retrieve and sheath with one hand. Combined, the knife and pouch also make a great looking set.

Best,
Tom
 
I agree, I think they do a "top notch" job on their knives. Ive made slip joints, Ive been making knives over 23 years, its allot of work, especially if you want to make a quality knife. Many (not all by any means) of the makers Ive seen these days do not pay much attention to "fit and finish". The knives look great far away, then you inspect them and its a different story. The late Mick Koval (great, really nice guy) and I would stroll the knife shows and look at the different makers and take "mental note" of what was being produced. We noticed some great ideas, but "poorly excecuted". There is such a rash of makers now that there is some real competition out there. This is good, but its bad also. Mick was great when it came to paying attention to detail. He, like myself, felt it was important that the knife you made was more than just a knife that was pretty and could be used, but that it was well made. Everything fit well, and that you would not be ashamed to have someone inspect it.

The moore maker knives, all things considered are good knives.
 
Dang, I'm gonna go get mine out right now and cut something.

Tom :thumbup:
 
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