Mtech-040 Karambit Complaint.....

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manofleisure

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I picked up this knife for several reasons...

Price: 10$

Blade: a sort of spear tip which will allow stabbing as well as slash/rip

Style: small compact karambit,a little easier for pocket carry compared to my previous karambit with a 3 1/2 inch blade.

Thumb rest: Awesome features 1. acts as a thumb rest but is actually a device for limb destructions or guntings 2. at also acts as a wave feature but as far as looks seems to be the better tool for offense/defense.

Blade came in the mail today with hardly an edge.Looks great but fits the grip for myself just a tad off but it is do-able.

What is totally un-cool is that the pocket clip was placed on the opposite angle as the thumb ring which does not allow for the pull of the wave feature from the pocket.

Basically I have a very cool featured piece of crap since I am unable to use the best feature of this knife due to manufacture stupidity.

Go figure....
 
Not to be a stick in the mud, but you get what you pay for. And you usually don't get what you don't pay for. You're not going to get much from a company that rips off American knives and makes them in China. Sorry to say, but you're going to have to spend a fair bit more than $10 to get a quality karambit.
 
So what's to complain? You paid $10 & got a $10 knife. Seems fair to me! ;)
 
M-Tech, and the word "complaint" in the topic said it all,....

only to then read the thread and actually discover that the author is serious, and has written an actual review before coming to the conclusion that a $10 M-tech is crap!,... is quite humourous in my opinion. :)
 
infamous said:
M-Tech, and the word "complaint" in the topic said it all,....

only to then read the thread and actually discover that the author is serious, and has written an actual review before coming to the conclusion that a $10 M-tech is crap!,... is quite humourous in my opinion. :)
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Why is that humorous? Not everybody starts with Spydercos and Benchmades. I know that before I bought my first real quality knife, I bought a bunch of loser blades. Sometimes, with the amount of media blitz that companies like MTech build around themselves, its hard to differentiate a loser from a winner.
Matt
 
infamous said:
M-Tech, and the word "complaint" in the topic said it all,....

only to then read the thread and actually discover that the author is serious, and has written an actual review before coming to the conclusion that a $10 M-tech is crap!,... is quite humourous in my opinion. :)
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Well I quess I found out the hard way right...

Well I don't have the big buckaroos to throw around like most on this forum.

I just wanted to try out a cool knife for what seemed to be a good price at the time.I have had cheapo knives in the past that actually were worth the price and when you lose one at work you don't cry a river of tears when you do it.
Oh well, I will indeed try to spend more dinero for sure next time.
 
For ~$10, try an Opinel or a Mora. Neither one is terribly impressive but good for the money and they both cut well.
 
M-Tech sells pieces of s***, what did you expect? Do a spinewhack test and check if it the lock is as crappy as my M-Tech folder's. Because of their inward-curved tip, kerambits are even more exposed to excessive stress on the spine than other fighting folders. This is what causes faulty liner locks to fail which well result in severed finger tendons.

By the way, the Wave feature is an Emerson Knives exclusive. They'd invite legal trouble if they equipped it with a functional Wave.

As Ryan already said, in that price range an Opinel would be your best bet. If you want a SD knife, fixed blades are the only viable choice for $10.
 
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By the way, the Wave feature is an Emerson Knives exclusive. They'd invite legal trouble if they equipped it with a functional Wave.

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It is not a wave per say to be straight up...it sure as hell acts like it though...and it is better in my opinion.

It functions....just not with the clip upside down LOL!

I had a nicer cheapo karambit that was actually less then $10.00 about $7.00 bucks and man,that thing just flew out the pocket nicely.

It was a copy cat wave or close to it.
 
I'm not sure why you are all ragging on the guy. We just had a lengthy thread not too long ago about how this particular model (or one similar to it) was soooooooo good and such a good deal. "Such nice g10 handles" etc, etc...
One of these threads was bound to pop up very soon.
 
Jazzman & manofleisure;

Let's get 1 thing straight, In my response, not once did I imply that you should spend more money on a knife, nor did I say anything about Spyderco's or BM's.

I for one own several inexpensive knives, including M-Tech's.

So why did I find the topic humourous ?

Simply because when I purchase a $10 knife, I don't expect it to be anything, but what it is......, which is a cheap, inexpensive, $10 knife/piece of shaped steel. Yet manofleisure went on to write a review depicting all the problems inherent in the product's design, function, and aesthetics, before coming to the conclusion that it is quote: " a piece of crap".........

Now that, is what I find humourous, as several people stated;

"you get what you pay for"

"So what's to complain? You paid $10 & got a $10 knife"

...and you wonder why I found it humourous. :rolleyes:

So just to reinforce my position so that you both are able to comprehend;

- I have no problem with inexpensive knives
- I never once stated that you should spend more money
- I never suggested that you should of purchased a
Spyderco/Benchmade or the likes
- and I personally have purchased several inexpensive knives i.e. M-Tech's

However, the main point is, is that I don't go around comparing my M-tech's to my Spyderco's, and I don't complain when my $10 knife is not up to the standard's of a $100 knife........ simple as that.

I do not wish to cause offence, if so I apologise, however I firmly believe that I did nothing wrong for stating that I found the topic to be humourous, as I'm sure many others would agree, that you do indeed get what you pay for, and to complain about a $10 M-tech being crap, and not of high quality,... is definately humourous,.... and if you both fail to see the humourous nature of the topic, then I pity you both....... 'nuff said.
 
manofleisure said:
Well I quess I found out the hard way right...

Well I don't have the big buckaroos to throw around like most on this forum.

I just wanted to try out a cool knife for what seemed to be a good price at the time.I have had cheapo knives in the past that actually were worth the price and when you lose one at work you don't cry a river of tears when you do it.
Oh well, I will indeed try to spend more dinero for sure next time.
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You don't have to spend "big buckaroos" to get a quality knife. Look at a Spyderco Delica or Endura Or Camillus EDC for $50. Premium steels for a very non-premium price. Or under $30, there's the Benchmade Monochrome, Kershaw Vapor, or Kabar/Dozier folder ($20!).

Unfortunately, if you have your heart set on a karambit, you will have to spend more, since the karambit is a rather specialized knife.
 
There is pretty cool Kershaw Storm II - made in USA, out of Sandvic 13v27 for $28 at NewGrapham. Ther is toothpick from Queen Cuttlery out of D2 for about $45 at knifecenter... There are many good knives around for reasonable price. Also check CRKT.

Thanks, Vassili.

Also Higonokami - warikomi blade with Shirogami in core for about $15 at LeeWalley.

P.S. Here some pics of Storm:
http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/Kershaw-Storm-II.html
and Higonokami
http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/Higonokami.html
 
Knifeclerk said:
I'm not sure why you are all ragging on the guy. We just had a lengthy thread not too long ago about how this particular model (or one similar to it) was soooooooo good and such a good deal. "Such nice g10 handles" etc, etc...
One of these threads was bound to pop up very soon.
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musta missed that thread.......but really they do look ok, for $10 anyway, i bought one, looked it over and gave it to my bro-in law, a carpenter, he broke it within a week FWIW. he did like it until it broke though........
 
OT: But my store carries a Smith & Wesson Military somthingorother. Black blade. Black aluminum handle. Reminicent of a WWII Comando knife ala Fairburn. It also has a wave feature with the guard. This knife retails for $63 or something like that. They also mounted the clip on the wrong side. If you were to want to use the wave feature, you would have to pull it out and turn it around.
Poor designs are not exclusive to cheap knives. But to Chinese knives!
 
i never figured out why a firm like S&W sold such crappy knives! But i would never trust my life, nor any of my fingers on a 10$ knife. If you know what the price is for quality steel it is impossible to make a good 10$ knife, let alone make a profit from it. So they go for the looks, crappy materials, and mass produce them in third world countries with inferiour steel.

what would they use in their blades, 400 A SS?
 
Not to beat a dead horse, but you bought a $10 knife. And you are complaining? You get what you pay for. You want a good Kerambit; but an Emerson.
 
I find it funny that everyone says,"oh you bought a cheap knife."

That does not change the fact that anyone with a little freaking sense could place a pocket clip on the right side where a feature like a so called "wave" would actually be of use.

If you read what I said, it was that I was pretty much happy with what I got but besides the rather stupid mistake on the placement of the clip on the knife.

You would think someone who was in the shop would pick one up and look at it or play with one by now to see the straight out retard of a mistake that would keep $10 knife buyers like myself wanting to maybe buy another at some point?

Maybe they could like sell a few more or something?
 
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