New Victorinox Outdoor Master?

[FortyTwoBlades]

Everything from the fundamental design to the price point are incongruous with Victorinox in my opinion. A single model done using one of their existing Fibrox handles (eliminating tooling cost) would do very nicely. Do a Mora-like straight clip pointed blade in 1/8" or 3/16" stock with a full flat grind and the edge shoulder left just a touch thicker than their culinary knives and it'd be a slam dunk. The only additional tooling they'd need would be for the blades and a sheath of some kind. A reinforced nylon would suffice, though an injection-molded polymer sheath would be ideal. As an initial venture, a simple nylon would minimize expenses and risk and a polymer one could be rolled out after proven success or as an "deluxe" SKU.

 

[Petunia D. Feeble]

This seller is most definitely legitimate

CKF would disagree with you:

The knife looks good if it's a legitimate product though.

 

[MTB]

I don’t know who that is and I don’t know what a DCPT-1 is. I highly doubt SMKW commissioned the making of that knife. The Chinese knock off probably every knife you can imagine.

Seeing as how Victorinox themselves has announced this now, its pretty legitimate.

 

[Petunia D. Feeble]

I don’t know who that is and I don’t know what a DCPT-1 is. I highly doubt SMKW commissioned the making of that knife. The Chinese knock off probably every knife you can imagine.

Seeing as how Victorinox themselves has announced this now, its pretty legitimate.

Custom Knife Factory? They're Custom Knife Factory...

SMKW probably didn't commission the knife themselves, but they did place the order and when confronted by the manufacturer of the legitimate knife in person they reportedly just blew him off. That shop doesn't have a good reputation.

 

[Triton]

Not sure if any has seen or stated this on here yet. but Victorinox USA has confirmed on the book of faces that these knives are in fact made my Muela in Spain. I'm kind of bummed its not Swiss made.

...and that's that. When I buy a swiss knife I don't know... I want a swiss knife.

 

[MTB]

Custom Knife Factory? They're Custom Knife Factory...

SMKW probably didn't commission the knife themselves, but they did place the order and when confronted by the manufacturer of the legitimate knife in person they reportedly just blew him off. That shop doesn't have a good reputation.

Clever. Still doesn’t change the fact that I’ve never heard of them.

It very well may be his design but I’m willing to bet if they never heard of this company either then they thought it was just some crazy guy blaming a manager who most likely has nothing to do with ordering. More info is almost always needed when looking at things on Instagram, Facebook, etc. I’ve been dealing with SMKW for 20 years and have never had an issue.

 

[Petunia D. Feeble]

Clever. Still doesn’t change the fact that I’ve never heard of them.

It very well may be his design but I’m willing to bet if they never heard of this company either then they thought it was just some crazy guy blaming a manager who most likely has nothing to do with ordering. More info is almost always needed when looking at things on Instagram, Facebook, etc. I’ve been dealing with SMKW for 20 years and have never had an issue.

If a dealer as large as SMKW hasn't heard of CKF then they've got something seriously wrong with their market research. Not surprising since they've put stock in a dramatically overpriced Victorinox (that isn't a Victorinox) and in Chinese clones of well known knives.

 

[ml100]

Held the knife in my hands a few day ago at a local Victorinox dealer here in Switzerland. Well, dissapointed. Very heavy, blade to thick. Handle somehow bulky. Steel not identified, so it is probably 1.4116. They do not even show the knive on the homepage of Victorinox Switzerland. The dealer got it it fom the Victorinox rep just the day before I handled it. I was hoping for a fixed Victorinox, but certainly not this one.
IMO, the market is full of bushcraft knives that are better an cheaper.

 

[DrRollinstein]

Clever. Still doesn’t change the fact that I’ve never heard of them.

It very well may be his design but I’m willing to bet if they never heard of this company either then they thought it was just some crazy guy blaming a manager who most likely has nothing to do with ordering. More info is almost always needed when looking at things on Instagram, Facebook, etc. I’ve been dealing with SMKW for 20 years and have never had an issue.

So you've been a knife guy for at least 20 years and you haven't heard of CKF? They're beyond my budget usually, but they're pretty damn popular. Smkw most definitely knows who they are, and blowing them off over this would certainly be a problem.

 

[MTB]

So you've been a knife guy for at least 20 years and you haven't heard of CKF? They're beyond my budget usually, but they're pretty damn popular. Smkw most definitely knows who they are, and blowing them off over this would certainly be a problem.

Yep. Never heard of them till now. I don't know what they go for but I personally have no use for and pay no attention to over priced knives. Except my Benchmade 943. I do love that over priced knife, lol. Again, more info is needed before lambasting a company. Social media is seldom a good(or complete) source of information.

Can we refocus the thread on the over priced Spanish made Victorinox knives now?