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[mbjannusch]

Agreed, anyone buying a plastic handled, linerless knife expecting it to perform and hold up as well as a more conventional framed knife is delusional. Me thinks the guy is just looking to bash an import.

Once again, a plastic linerless knife is not one you would want to chop brush and limbs, this isn't what the knife is designed to do. It is designed to slice and do similar type work. If you think or use it for anything else, you are delusional as to the reality of the ability of the knife. If you want a knife/tool to do the harder more difficult work get a fixed blade knife, I prefer a large knife, one I can chop with. That is why they make a large selection of knives to choose from. Or you can just buy an ax...

 

[pinnah]

My Ecolite (plastic, partial liner) and Bucklite Max do just fine for hard bend cutting limbs.

Maybe I'm delusional or doing it wrong?

Note, I didn't say "chop". I said bend cut. Bend the branch and slice into the outside of the bend where the fibers are stretched. It's hard steady pressure with a bit of a slicing motion. It's hard work on a knife but not abusive. Will often leave the blade bound up in the wood depending on the wood. Again, the removal can take some twisting and pulling but that's not abusive either.

Based on the reports, I don't think I would trust a Bantam for this. Loads and loads and loads of synthetic handled knives from other manufacturers that are up to this.


Also note that the guy who made the video wasn't comparing his Bantam to Buck 110. He was comparing it to a plastic framed Bucklite. Plastic does not automatically imply weak or pliable. Poorly chosen plastic and/or poorly formed plastic does.

This is a design/specification flaw.

 

[RAZORBLADES]

Buck wanted into the cheapo market now they are in it,problem is its costing them loyal customers,manyof them old timers who now think EVERY buck is china made.

 

[Badhammer]

Buck wanted into the cheapo market now they are in it,problem is its costing them loyal customers,manyof them old timers who now think EVERY buck is china made.

How many customers do you figure they're loosing a year? Buck's sales seem to be doing pretty good. Wishful thinking perhaps?

 

[Plumberdv]

Buck wanted into the cheapo market now they are in it,problem is its costing them loyal customers,manyof them old timers who now think EVERY buck is china made.

To use a legal term I've heard on TV, "Assuming facts not in evidence".

 

[pinnah]

Buck wanted into the cheapo market now they are in it,problem is its costing them loyal customers,manyof them old timers who now think EVERY buck is china made.

I don't think this an issue about inexpensive knives. The original Bucklite were "cheap" and made of plastic but the guy who made the video "abused" his for many years with no failure.

Inexpensive knives for the trades are crucial for Buck, I would think.

This is about soft plastic. Bad design.