Looking for comments on Muela knives. I really like their Bowie/Hunting knives.
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Muela knives....comments please
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I have a couple of the 'Muflon'? Series Bowie knives. I bought them before I got into 'knives'
The steel is 440a at a guess or 425 as a possibility. The edge holding is fine for a low price blade. Mine were less than $50 each. Mine have nice Kraton handles and decent leather sheaths. IMHO forget that knife! Get a D2 Ka Bar fighting knife. For the same kind of money and it is 1000 times better!
W.A.
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The steel is 440a at a guess or 425 as a possibility. The edge holding is fine for a low price blade. Mine were less than $50 each. Mine have nice Kraton handles and decent leather sheaths. IMHO forget that knife! Get a D2 Ka Bar fighting knife. For the same kind of money and it is 1000 times better!
W.A.
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"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
Ranger motto
A few useful details on UK laws and some nice reviews!
http://members.aol.com/knivesuk/
I think for the price they are fine. I have never personally owned one but I've handled them at shows and they are fairly decent quality. I think their stag handled models are very nice. Like I tell everybody, if YOU like a knife GET IT. What I like and what someone else likes might be a difference of 180 degrees. Two of the most popular knives on these forums, the Spyderco Native and the MT LCC, I personally can't stand and wouldn't own either. That doesn't make them bad because I don't like them.
I purchased a BIG vanadium alloy Muela fighter some years back; not what one sees in their catalogs nowadays.
I considered it a design masterpiece and I have still not seen or held anything to match it.
However, the blade had a double warp in it.
I returned it for a refund and did not order another.
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I considered it a design masterpiece and I have still not seen or held anything to match it.
However, the blade had a double warp in it.
I returned it for a refund and did not order another.
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Luke 22:36, John 18:6-11, Freedom
If one takes care of the means, the end will take care of itself.
I have handled some Muela knives in Spain and they are great considering the price down there. I bought a 6" bowie/hunter with a full, tapered tang, stabilized wood handle and brass guard. I am not sure about the steel type, but it is a vandium/moly type and the quality is good. Grinds are very accurate and the overall quality is impressive, considering that I paid around $35 for it two years ago in Barcelona!
Generally Muela have a good rep, but i can't vouch for that particular knife you want. It does seem rather expensive though. At that price I could think of a lot of other blades to buy, but like Gene says - if you really like a knife, go buy it.
Regards Jan
Generally Muela have a good rep, but i can't vouch for that particular knife you want. It does seem rather expensive though. At that price I could think of a lot of other blades to buy, but like Gene says - if you really like a knife, go buy it.
Regards Jan
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Muela makes several good hunting knives as well as traditional Spanish navajas. I've owned a few of their hunting models and have been pleased with them. If you want to check out other manufacturers of Spanish cutlery, check out Aitor and Nieto.