New Collectors - What's Important for me to Know?

Severed Thumbs,

Hacking a branch (with a folder...Remember the 8th grad shop teacher). Ok survival situation. Wouldn't you just bend the branch down easing pressure off of the pinched blade? Remember hacking implies you are above the branch.

Anthony, stabbing into flesh and hitting a rib. Come on, man if you are fighting with a knife you better have "mad" skills.

Kevlar glove and a brick wall. Sounds like what a folder was intended for. LOL

Are these "Mall Ninja" approved tests? :D

Too many people want to make their fixed blades into folders. Part of the reason a folder may fail and close on your fingers is because folders are designed to fold! DUH

WWG

WWG
 
Kevlar glove and a brick wall. Sounds like what a folder was intended for. LOL

Are these "Mall Ninja" approved tests?

Too many people want to make their fixed blades into folders. Part of the reason a folder may fail and close on your fingers is because folders are designed to fold! DUH
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Thats not the point! Obfuscations are useless! :)
The knife can handle it as well as several others in their line. I don't know of any custom (Or even a Strider!) that can.

Knife technology has advanced a LOT in the past 5 years. You might be surprised.

APL
(With many scars from failed liner locks!)
 
Anthony: Although I do not believe you meant to insult the "top tier" makers of tactical folders, I find myself disappointed by your post. First, to make a statement that 50% of the makers out there make substandard folding knives is your perrogative. However, to not name names leaves EVERY maker of tactical folders a possible candidate for your list. So, some readers of your post may be asking themselves "Gee...I wonder if he is talking about RJ Martin". So, if I am a member of your list, come out and say so. If I am not, please give me the courtesy of saying so.

Second, I would like to state, categorically, that I will put my folders up against any commercially produced folding knife in the world for a quality comparison. Or any custom folder, for that matter. No owner of any of my folders has ever had one fail in-use. Nor has one failed due to an un-intentional spine whack. This is a good thing, because, I will GUARANTEE you that, even if you were wearing 2 Kevlar gloves, you would be without fingers. Yes, my knives have zipped through Kevlar vests like they weren't even there.

Lastly, I would like to point out that it costs me more in materials to build a tactical folder than the selling price of many factory knives. Hell-I have $8 invested in just the bearings alone!! So, let's not mislead the collecting public in the idea that a maker who makes even 200 tactical folders per year that sell for $500 is getting rich. When your products lives in the "value" zone like mine do, the only way to make it work financially is to be productive. And, to understand that selling even one poorly made knife will be your un-doing.

Sorry that this is slightly off-topic. Perhaps we need more threads that critically review knives and point out which ones are "right" and which ones aren't.
 
POP QUIZ

Ok, lets separate the Mall Ninjas from the real Killers.

Life and death struggle, no guns, what is THE most important thing to be carrying routinely on your person in addition to the knife of your choice?

The clock is running, buzzin with your answers. The winner gets a frosty draft beer in Atlanta.

There is only one correct answer.

For extra credit are you carrying a folder or a fixed blade?
 
Hi Anthony,

Obfuscations aside, folders are not designed to do this.

Also, I would like you to answer RJ's question about which makers you were referring to. Ok, it was my question first.

I think he does bring up a valid point. Those who are new and don't know all the players as we do. Might misinterpret what you wrote or just flat out think you are full of BS.

If RJ has taken exception, there are probably other makers that take exception to your 50% comment.

I know you don't want new collectors taking your suggestion and calling knife makers and saying "Anthony Lombardo on a thread in Blade Forums said that 50% of the custom tactical folder makers out there make an inferior knife to a $100 Benchmade or Spyderco...are you one of those makers.

You might have one or makers calling you on this.

So it is probably best to list the makers or recant your statement.

WWG
Seller of custom tactical folders that are superior to anything Benchmade or Spyderco makes. See how easy it is to list names.
 
RJ, I don't have a list of pisspoor knifemakers. In the world of knives, a maker is only as good as his last knife, right?

I have seen good and bad from all tiers of folder makers. I have seen framelocks slip, liner locks gall and blade detents fail to serve any purpose out of the pouch. Some even from Les's list of "top tier" makers.

I have seen many that were dull and poorly ground. I have seen many with loose clips from stripped screws and blade wobble that was impossible to remove without overhaul.

And so have you! Thats why you build your knives a certain way! Thats why you use heavy liners, precision pivots and large screws! You are making MY CASE for me. The vast mjority of custom folders are WEAK. Few are engineered as well as a factory knife for the simple reason that most factories employ ENGINEERS! (Right Tim? I see you reading this thread). Thats where you have a great advantage vs. your peers, RJ as you are also an engineer by profession.

So stop acting like your honor has been trampled and be realistic. The best makers of tactical folders are always refining and re-working their designs to be stronger and sharper. If strength were not a desired aspect of a tactical folder, the slip joint would reign supreme in that market. It doesn't.

So, let's not mislead the collecting public in the idea that a maker who makes even 200 tactical folders per year that sell for $500 is getting rich. When your products lives in the "value" zone like mine do, the only way to make it work financially is to be productive. And, to understand that selling even one poorly made knife will be your un-doing.
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Again, not my intention. I was merely stating the obvious, that many tactical makers make hundreds of knives a year in order to support their families. Nothing wrong with that. And when is $100,000 gross "getting rich"?
Not on this planet.

Since we are all about full disclosure, how many knives did you make last year, and can you break that down between fixed and folders?
 
Hi Anthony,

Of course the Rolex tells better time than the G-Shock. Especially when the G-Shocks battery runs out.

Wore a G-Shock almost every day I was in the Army.

Worn a Rolex every day since.

WWG
 
POP QUIZ

Ok, lets separate the Mall Ninjas from the real Killers.

Life and death struggle, no guns, what is THE most important thing to be carrying routinely on your person in addition to the knife of your choice?

The clock is running, buzzin with your answers. The winner gets a frosty draft beer in Atlanta.

There is only one correct answer.

For extra credit are you carrying a folder or a fixed blade?
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Bail Money!
Folder!
 
Anthony: You are missing my point completely. Of course I understand there are bad knives out there. Not just folders, either. But, instead of talking about the makers who are doing it right, you are casting aspersions on everyone.

You have not, as you put it "trampled my honor". As I indicated in my first post, you have merely disappointed me.

I was taught long ago by my father, who was a good and wise man, not to be concerned about what others thought of me, but instead, to be willing to look honestly at myself and never stop trying to be better. I believe the statements I made above about my work to be true, and I have backed my work with an iron clad guarantee for over 25 years.

I made 158 knives last year. Exactly half were folders.
 
rj martin said:
Second, I would like to state, categorically, that I will put my folders up against any commercially produced folding knife in the world for a quality comparison.
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I'm calling you out RJ. The only way to settle this is for you to send me your finest folder for extensive, life long evaluation. :o
 
Life and death struggle and knives are involved? Not a place I want to be....

A piece of rope for a tourniquet. SOMEONE is going to bleed or need restraining. :confused:

I'll enjoy a draft with you, no matter. :p

Coop
 
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