More comedy from "Best Made" Just $348 for 420HC, paint & canvas roll

scotchleaf

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I can't identify what those were before they were rebranded. Any ideas?

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So like with the Council Tool Velvicut axes, they took reasonably priced American made items, threw a little paint on them and doubled the price or more? To be perfectly honest, I wish that I had thought of that. ;)
 
I think that it would be more accurate to say that R. Murphy MAKES the knives. From what I saw from a factory tour video, although they do use "commodity" steels like 1095 and 420HC, they at least appear to attempt to use "best methods" like salt bath HT.
T.L.E. Sharp said:
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R. Murphy sells the same knives.
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Didn't these guys sell otter messer brass mercator with crappier logo and twice the price tag?
 
jdm61 said:
I think that it would be more accurate to say that R. Murphy MAKES the knives. From what I saw from a factory tour video, although they do use "commodity" steels like 1095 and 420HC, they at least appear to attempt to use "best methods" like salt bath HT.
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Hopefully that's the case. I didn't do any research into the brand as they still seemed a bit overpriced.
 
That 4 piece Murphy set in 1095 has an MSRP of $230, but typically trades for $199. The 420HC 4 piece set has an MSRP of $210, so figure $180 street price? Take off $30 or so for the paring knife and that means that the paint job and knife roll cost you an extra $200 MOL, which is $50 more than the street price of the knives. Not quite as bad as when people buy a $30-40 Schrade 1095 tactical knife and put it in a $200 custom sheath but there it is. ;)
 
Wouldn't green river or old hickory be better (or just as good) knives (1095 > 420) for 1/5 the cost?
 
scotchleaf said:
Wouldn't green river or old hickory be better (or just as good) knives (1095 > 420) for 1/5 the cost?
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As previously mentioned,Murphy makes a1095 line that is a little bit more expensive than the 420HC blades. Part of that may be because they use what they called"infused" Honduran rosewood for the handle scales. From what I have seen and heard, the Murphy knives appear to be a step above the ones that you mentioned, much like the 5160 CT Velvicut axes are a step above CT's normal 1045/55 pieces. The objection here is that this Best Made company has, like with those axes, daubed the handles with some paint, provided a carrying poke and doubled the price.
 
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