Moore Maker: Am I wrong?

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Wild Bill 1896

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Some years back I bought one of these knives. It's a Remington pattern trapper with a split liner lock on the clip blade, blue bone scales and an open top leather belt pouch. The dealer said he was a new maker who did good work and she expected him to really take off. I liked the knife and bought it, though it seemed kind of expensive. But hey, a new maker about to take off! I could have been getting a huge bargain.

Now I read that Moore Maker is just another house brand knife made by Queen. I am not a happy person about this. I paid a fair price for a custom or semi-custom knife and got a factory piece. I don't think the dealer intentionally mislead me. We had dealt with each other for years with no problems. I am not going back to her about this because she quit the knife business several years ago. At the time of purchase I had no computer access to try to check out "Moore Maker".

I think my problem is I feel I was deceived and taken. Whether anyone intended to or not, I feel this way. My bargain on a fine knife has become a decent knife for which I paid too much.

I apologize for rambling on, but this has been bothering me and I wanted to vent where someone might understand.

 
I bought a Moore as well, and posted on here a while back that I thought it felt like my Queen. I don't know all the details, but I asked one of my distributors about the Moore knives, and they also told me they were made by Queen. I don't know, but maybe someone will tell us the true story behind the Moore Maker knives.
 
I found their website.

http://www.mooremaker.com/

The Moore Maker story is at their website, which says:

Moore Maker INC. was established in 1985 by Wayland Moore, and Glynard Moore, in Matador, Texas. Matador is a small town at the bottom of the Texas panhandle, 65 miles northeast of Lubbock, and 300 miles west of Dallas. Agriculture makes up the bulk of the local economy, with cattle ranching and cotton farming being among the top occupations.
The Moore's started making bits, spurs, and buckles in the family garage, soon thereafter they began to build dehorners. Next came bullnose fencing pliers, and later, knives, saddle pliers, and other fencing and ranching tools. Today Moore Maker INC., is the largest manufacturer of knives, and ranching tools in Texas. All Moore Maker products are top quality and guaranteed for at least a year, some for as long as the life of the owner. The reason Moore Maker emphasizes quality in their products over any other aspect, is that if a consumer buys the best and that item lasts him or her forever, then that person will come back and buy from us again, and he will tell all of his friends. That reputation is what we strive for.
The knives and tools that Moore Maker produces are tested extensively on some of the worlds greatest ranches before they are ever sold to the public. The King ranch, the 6666 ranch, the Waggoner ranch, and the Pitchfork ranch are among those that use and test the knives and tools from Moore Maker. If there is any deficiency in the tools, it will be soon found by the men of these ranches, then the tool will be redesigned to meet the demands of the working cowboy.
Moore Maker INC. has built knives for President George W. Bush, Gov. Rick Perry, Charlie Daniels, and George Strait. Moore Maker is active in the local community, and regularly donates both time and money to livestock shows, and local schools. The Moore family still owns and operates Moore Maker INC. on a daily basis, and still finds the time to ranch and farm around Matador.
Wayland Moore is the President of the company, Glynard Moore is the Vice President, Dave Moore is the V.P. of Marketing, and Kyle Moore is V.P. of Manufacturing. The main offices of Moore Maker INC. are slightly under 100 feet from the Moore family home, and less than a mile from the town of Matador.






[This message has been edited by el cid (edited 05-18-2001).]
 
Their knives are made by Queen.
They are of comparable quality to Schatt and Morgan, also by Queen.

Queen also makes -Winchester, Case Classics,
Marbles, and several other pocketknife brands. It is obvious just by looking at them.

It is very difficult to make a good multi-blade knife in production. The amount of equipment required is staggering and expensive.

Whenever I see someone selling a "new" multi-blade pocketknife, I immediately compare it to one by the "big boys"...you will immediately see the similarities.

The Biggies (Queen, Schrade, Case, Camillus)
Stamp, grind, and heat treat all their own blades for 99% of these knives. Name one "tactical" knife company that does all of that for ALL of their knives in house!!!

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I bought one of the Moore knives several years ago and never was too impressed with the edge holding ability of this knife. I still have it but it doesn't get used. I inquired at a friend of mines sporting goods store if he knew who was making the knives and he claimed that a co. called Blue Ridge was making them for Moore at that time.
 
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