Tekto Knives might be a modern day Quartermaster

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Although they say their knives are made w imported and domestic parts,they scream China.They seem overpriced for what they are ,especially their button lock folders. Here is their story ;
In 2016 several of the early Tekto partners returned from an outdoor excursion in the backwoods of Maine with frustration and disappointment. Even some of the most reputable names in the knife space had failed in the harsh northeastern environment. The cold and brutal conditions left our knives chipped, dull, and unreliable.
The ordeal inspired us to spawn a research and development project that eventually led to the creation of Tekto. At Tekto, we focus on out-the-front automatic knives that have won accord with even the most demanding users whose lives depend on the quality of their knives. Today, Tekto challenges the industry with a straightforward proposition: I find this hard to believe, as far as failing folders, and their knives w Chinese D2 coming out superior.
 
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They've gotten bad reviews on Reddit. One knife reviewer said the company asked him to lie about where the knives were made.

The marketing language is definitely over the top.
 
goldie said:
Although they say their knives are made w imported and domestic parts,they scream China.They seem overpriced for what they are ,especially their button lock folders. Here is their story ;
In 2016 several of the early Tekto partners returned from an outdoor excursion in the backwoods of Maine with frustration and disappointment. Even some of the most reputable names in the knife space had failed in the harsh northeastern environment. The cold and brutal conditions left our knives chipped, dull, and unreliable.
The ordeal inspired us to spawn a research and development project that eventually led to the creation of Tekto. At Tekto, we focus on out-the-front automatic knives that have won accord with even the most demanding users whose lives depend on the quality of their knives. Today, Tekto challenges the industry with a straightforward proposition: I find this hard to believe, as far as failing folders, and their knives w Chinese D2 coming out superior.
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Honestly, I’ve thought the same thing.
 
Supposedly they used to drop ship their knives from Ali Express i guess now they are getting what i think are most of the parts from China now and assembling them here.Better off just buying a Civivi for less they look similar.....
 
"All knives are designed, engineered, tested and assembled in the USA from imported and local parts" is all over their webpage. They're not really hiding anything, but still, they seem somehow less-than-forthcoming about what's coming from where and that rubs me the wrong way..

I don't think it's legal to import autos assembled. My understanding with their autos is that the Chinese-made (let's be honest, when they say "imported," but not specifically from where.. it means China..) parts get assembled stateside and then sold. I wouldn't be surprised if Tekto's manual folders come put-together straight off the boat.. and they are happy to just let us assume they are also assembled in the USA..
 
goldie said:
"In 2016 several of the early Tekto partners returned from an outdoor excursion in the backwoods of Maine with frustration and disappointment. Even some of the most reputable names in the knife space had failed in the harsh northeastern environment. The cold and brutal conditions left our knives chipped, dull, and unreliable.
The ordeal inspired us to spawn a research and development project that eventually led to the creation of Tekto. At Tekto, we focus on out-the-front automatic knives
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Sooo...are they mountain men or assassins? The dissonance is deafening.
 
goldie said:
In 2016 several of the early Tekto partners returned from an outdoor excursion in the backwoods of Maine with frustration and disappointment. Even some of the most reputable names in the knife space had failed in the harsh northeastern environment. The cold and brutal conditions left our knives chipped, dull, and unreliable.
The ordeal inspired us to spawn a research and development project that eventually led to the creation of Tekto. At Tekto, we focus on out-the-front automatic knives that have won accord with even the most demanding users whose lives depend on the quality of their knives.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's a hot one. OTF automatic knives for backwoods use. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Hung up by their own promo garbage. I don't care where the knives are made. They get a hard pass.
 
Twindog said:
They've gotten bad reviews on Reddit. One knife reviewer said the company asked him to lie about where the knives were made.

The marketing language is definitely over the top.
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But wait...they did a collab with EOTECH and called it the F1 Alpha (so badass). If anyone knows knife design, it's an optics maker. ;)
 
goldie said:
Although they say their knives are made w imported and domestic parts,they scream China.They seem overpriced for what they are ,especially their button lock folders. Here is their story ;
In 2016 several of the early Tekto partners returned from an outdoor excursion in the backwoods of Maine with frustration and disappointment. Even some of the most reputable names in the knife space had failed in the harsh northeastern environment. The cold and brutal conditions left our knives chipped, dull, and unreliable.
The ordeal inspired us to spawn a research and development project that eventually led to the creation of Tekto. At Tekto, we focus on out-the-front automatic knives that have won accord with even the most demanding users whose lives depend on the quality of their knives. Today, Tekto challenges the industry with a straightforward proposition: I find this hard to believe, as far as failing folders, and their knives w Chinese D2 coming out superior.
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Everything about this is ridiculous, so we're in agreement there.

However...TO BE FAIR....

It's not any worse than some of these Veteran/LEO owned/started knife companies who have some nonsense in their "About Us" section like "The founder of SheepDawg/Patriot/Outside the Wire/Blue Line Tactical* John Smith, a now former Ranger/SEAL/SWAT Team Commander/Spec-Ops Tier 1 Wizard has owned knives from all the big names, and have carried them in multiple theaters (including ones he can't talk about) and every time, they failed in some way. They couldn't stand up when it really counted. That's when he knew that the only way to find a knife that could truly handle it all, that he could trust his life on, would be to design and create the perfect knife himself...."

Cut to the pics of this do-it-all unbreakable, life-saving knife and it's, yep, you guessed it: a drop-point fixed blade, blade between 4 and 5 inches with a neutral handle shape, and the blade is either S35vn, 154cm, or (these days) Magnacut. Absolutely the most common looking knives ever made.

And these guys STILL manage to pull in fans who then defend them on the internet. 🤣 🤣 🤣

So, I guess the point is, ridiculous nonsense ad-copy can be found on every continent.



*Not a real company name, but give it time 🤣
 
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