Review Steel Flame

[DennisM]

I don't understand the hype. $1k+ for a friggen clip? I have plenty of $1k-ish knives but I could never spend that kind of money on an accessory. Especially on something that would get the most wear. Are their products made of gold or other precious metals?

 

[Bill Siegle]

Their products usually do use precious metals. That and the artistic skill needed to build such things drives up costs.

 

[DennisM]

Their products usually do use precious metals. That and the artistic skill needed to build such things drives up costs.

If that is the case - makers ,like you, are severely undervaluing your products.

 

[Bill Siegle]

Yes! Yes we are

 

[Mk-211]

Thanks Dennis!!!

 

[badmatt]

It’s like pandora for middle aged tactibro’s.

 

[Blues]

Now our knives need jewelry. Will our wives get jealous?

 

[bladesmith3]

at my age i no longer need bling. 30yrs ago i loved chrome on my Harleys. now i realize that the less chrome i have, the less time i waste polishing it.

 

[DennisM]

the less chrome i have, the less time i waste polishing it.

Amen ...

 

[John Phillips]

I’ll join you on this hill. I’m a huge Hinderer fan but I cannot even come close to bringing myself to paying $500-$1200 for a pocket clip. Like the OP said, I have $1,000 plus knives but there isn’t a universe to at I’m spending $1,000 on a pocket clip even if there are precious metals involved.

Fair warning, I will deny this was my post if I’m collecting Steel Flame Hinderers in the future.

 

[Quiet]

It’s like pandora for middle aged tactibro’s.

That's not...that's....ok, this is actually the perfect analogy.

 

[Quiet]

Back in the day, Steelflame was slightly less absurd in their pricing, and made some actually neat stuff. I have a few of the American Flag clips that they did, that I paid somewhere around $95 each for, and was glad to do it. They're actually 3D and aren't a laser etch on a standard flat ti clip. Very nice work, They have the Emerson/Benchmade three screw pattern hole, so they've gone on a lot of knives over the years. But SF have also done stupid stuff as well, like those skull clips they've done for Emerson and Hinderer, where the skulls got progressively bigger, to the point where the largest one is about the size of a large gumball, and yes reach four figures(!!!). Those essentially exist for Instagram knifebros to be able to show off their connections and excessive level of disposable income (or lines of credit) to others.

 

[toker]

Back in the day, Steelflame was slightly less absurd in their pricing, and made some actually neat stuff. I have a few of the American Flag clips that they did, that I paid somewhere around $95 each for, and was glad to do it. They're actually 3D and aren't a laser etch on a standard flat ti clip. Very nice work, They have the Emerson/Benchmade three screw pattern hole, so they've gone on a lot of knives over the years. But SF have also done stupid stuff as well, like those skull clips they've done for Emerson and Hinderer, where the skulls got progressively bigger, to the point where the largest one is about the size of a large gumball, and yes reach four figures(!!!). Those essentially exist for Instagram knifebros to be able to show off their connections and excessive level of disposable income (or lines of credit) to others.

I have a few Steel Flame dog tags, bottle openers and a few of their chains. They make some reasonable price stuff, but also some really expensive things for the market you mentioned.

 

[Murindo]

My oldest folder (Crawford Perseco, the folding version of Bob Kasper's Dragon design) with a SteelFlame sterling silver and gold 3D dragon pocket clip. A $ 125 clip on a $ 650 knife.

This was my EDC for work carry for 15 years before I retired. I don't think that either was money wasted. Now, $ 500+ for a knife made in the PRC that looks like most other knives made there, to me that's stupid. However, I respect people for their choices even though mine would be different.