New Cooper Cutlery knives?

I don't understand the obsession with old tooling. Does that somehow increase your brand's nostalgia because the same machines are being used? Maybe, I guess, if you can make a good knife with it. But that isn't the main selling point of a knife. I don't buy old Remingtons because of the tooling that was used, or because of the process they followed. I buy them because I like them. If it really is the machinery and tooling that's worn out, then it just has to go. You are never going to be successful producing a product like that.

I don't get the weed shield at all, I don't get who their target audience is, I don't get how they put together these knives and thought they could actually sell them. It seems like the folks assembling have never owned a slipjoint in their life. These are super basic QC mistakes/missteps.

This project will be over before it starts. These knives should've never seen the light of day, plain and simple. They are probably trying to rush into production to ride the coattails of GEC's success, but it won't happen. Probably harsh, but that's my opinion.
 
JohnDF said:
Well, according to that article they are selling thousands of knives and can't make them fast enough. So, I doubt they care.
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That will only last so long though.There selling right now because there the new hottest thing. But Once people start getting them in hand and posting what they got it will come to a screeching halt. Not to mention all the warranty returns that will be rolling in.
 
That white knife shown wasn't made on any Queen tooling from the looks of it. Thats just low quality work. Boker, made in China maybe.
From the link posted earlier Cooper has ties with both SMKW and the Parker family, so anything is possible here.
 
Will Power said:
I suspect it escaped....
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Actually its easy....The place has 5 employees according to Cooper. Employee #1 "finishes" the knife. Employee #2 puts it in a bag. Employee #3 puts the bag in a box. Employee #4 puts the box in the "Out" bin. Employee #5 takes the bin to the shipper. Thats how it got out of the "factory" if you can call it that.:rolleyes:
 
Interesting. Is Weed & Co. a brand or a SFO? The one big blue seller of a billion knives says their name under brand in the spec sheet. GEC says GEC under brand. Kinda confusing and weird since they had ties with some of the higher ups at this dealer.
 
When I was managing a sizeable machining/assembly operation, we had the gamut of machine tool quality...... From an 1800's Niles Vertical Boring mill to the latest multi-axis CNC machining centers...... Additionally we had Employees who never ran a machine, but made their wages by using hand tools and their job experience.....

Nonconforming product can be produced on the latest CNC as well as a 100+ year old machine..... Quality of the product is paid for and defined by the customer..... Company management sets the standards and enforces compliance...... Management must assure that the workforce, machinery and materials are up to producing the product the customer is paying for.....

If the customer regularly receives nonconforming product, sales will plummet and the operation will be forced out of business..... IMO, if the reborn S&M wants to target GEC customers, they have a lot of improvement to do......
 
3rd might be the charm? Quality on this one is somewhere in the ballpark of Case, I've had better and I've had worse from Case. Grinds are still a little rough and polish on the bolsters is scratchy.

For the size of the knife and novelty I'm ok with what I paid for it, the other two not so much.
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