This is a genuine bowie knife! (southern accent)

AntDog said:
I feel the same way about my kids, trust me. I have plenty of special knives given to me by my kids because they thought I would like them. I carry them on occasion, and make sure they see me using them, but it doesn't make them perform any better...

My oldest daughter gave me a turd with a handle and I carry it whenever I know I'm gonna see her. She always says "you still have that knife Dad? I'm glad you like it!", and I do like it. For sentimental reasons only. It still sucks, I just would never tell her that.

Not trying to hurt your feelings or diminish your love for the knives your daughter gave you. Just saying I understand. And it is precious for your child to care enough about your interests that they give you a knife at all. It doesn't make the knives I've been given suck any less, but we've got to love em!
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I understand and appreciate the thought, but that might perpetuate the idea that, for example, Frost knives are good (I have no experience with them, just basing this off of what you said.), and that you think Frost knives are good, though; if she thinks that you know a lot about knives, she might think that Frost makes good knives (And it doesn't sound like you're a fan.) since, ie, you said you really appreciated it, and since you're always carrying the Frost knife when she sees you -- so, if, for example, a friend of her asks for a recommendation on a good knife, she might recommend that brand.
 
jac_solar said:
I understand and appreciate the thought, but that might perpetuate the idea that, for example, Frost knives are good (I have no experience with them, just basing this off of what you said.), and that you think Frost knives are good, though; if she thinks that you know a lot about knives, she might think that Frost makes good knives (And it doesn't sound like you're a fan.) since, ie, you said you really appreciated it, and since you're always carrying the Frost knife when she sees you -- so, if, for example, a friend of her asks for a recommendation on a good knife, she might recommend that brand.
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Ugh. I truly hope not. But on the other hand, not breaking my daughter's heart is more important than my reputation as a knife enthusiast.
 
AntDog said:
Ugh. I truly hope not. But on the other hand, not breaking my daughter's heart is more important than my reputation as a knife enthusiast.
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Priorities, this AntDog guy has them. :thumbup:
 
Inazone said:
I fell asleep on the couch while watching TV last weekend, woke up in the middle of the night and decide to see what was on. Sure enough, I got to "Cutlery Corner" and couldn't tear my eyes away. Not since the last time I was at a gun show had I seen so many pieces of absolute crap (with apparently sharp edges) all in one place! When some green-handled, black-bladed anti-zombie knives came up, the comedy value doubled, and then when the guy started talking about "that there new Ninja Turtle movie" while pitching katanas, well, that was truly magical.
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I saw that too. :D
What if you want to give every single person at work a knife for Christmas?
Cutlery Corner is the only way I could ever afford to do that. ;)

They do have some nice Case knives show up every so often...
At least it gets more people buying knives, which may lead to them buying better knives, followed by even better knives.
 
Lol, I just picked up an MTech 2008s "Combat Bowie."

It was $15.90 out the door from my LKS. I tried to feel shame for buying an MTech, but I don't. It's too awesome :)

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Apophis said:
Lol, I just picked up an MTech 2008s "Combat Bowie."

It was $15.90 out the door from my LKS. I tried to feel shame for buying an MTech, but I don't. It's too awesome :)
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I know this will sound like hypocrisy after criticizing the "as seen on TV" knives, but I have bought MTech knives for myself as well as both given and received them as gifts. A few years ago, after seeing some knife torture test videos praising the no-name "rough use knives" sold by Cheaper Than Dirt at the time, I decided to order a couple at $10 apiece. Of course, they turned out to be MTechs. While I haven't subjected them to rough use (or any other kind) they didn't have any visible flaws. I ended up buying a couple of their tacticool folders, and the only flaw (other than being an MTech) was that one of the two had a slightly off-center blade. Hard to be too critical about that considering that plenty of name-brand knives have this issue as well. I gave my brother some sort of goofy MTech pry bar/knife thing ala Becker or Ontario, and my wife bought me their so-called Tactical Survival machete. At least on the surface, none are turds, polished or otherwise. In other words, my MTech offenses are many.

That being said, when someone here on the forum buys an MTech, Frost or comparable brand, they know what they're buying. We all know that a cool-looking knife can just as easily be complete garbage as not. Someone buying a knife off late-night TV may not.
 
Thanks for sharing your experience, Inazone. I appreciate your candor.

Time will tell if the MTech above is garbage or not, but at $16 I can't imagine not getting my money's worth out of it.
 
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Would it be a decent idea to actually buy something like a lot of 30 or so cheap knives like this to practice freehand sharpening? Or is the steel so crappy it really wouldn't be helpful to learn how to sharpen it since quality blades would be a whole different ballgame? I had a couple MTech's a friend gave me that I've been practicing on and I got them pretty sharp but I don't know if that's just because they're so low quality that they sharpen easy and dull with the first slice through a small branch or something. The blade isn't marked on either so I have no idea what kind of steel they are but I imagine it's terrible whatever it is. I haven't tried them out on anything but paper yet, guess I should.
 
AntDog said:
Thank you sir! I try to always remember what's important in this life. Say, that's sigworthy..... Mind if I steal it?
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Go right ahead, brother!! You're definitely a good guy in MY book. :thumbup:
 
If you want a pile of maybe sharp pry bars for I don't care if it breaks work, there is no better deal LOL
It only has to stay sharp for a few minutes right?

The ironic thing is if you gave a pile of those "440" series knives to people in some dirt poor country in Africa, they would be the best tools around.
 
ak585479 said:
Would it be a decent idea to actually buy something like a lot of 30 or so cheap knives like this to practice freehand sharpening? Or is the steel so crappy it really wouldn't be helpful to learn how to sharpen it since quality blades would be a whole different ballgame? I had a couple MTech's a friend gave me that I've been practicing on and I got them pretty sharp but I don't know if that's just because they're so low quality that they sharpen easy and dull with the first slice through a small branch or something. The blade isn't marked on either so I have no idea what kind of steel they are but I imagine it's terrible whatever it is. I haven't tried them out on anything but paper yet, guess I should.
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All sharpening practice is a good thing. You will get the hang of holding a consistent angle and sharpening all kinds of different patterns.
There will be a difference with a well hted quality steel. But you will still benefit from the practice.
 
Rhinoknives1 said:
All sharpening practice is a good thing. You will get the hang of holding a consistent angle and sharpening all kinds of different patterns.
There will be a difference with a well hted quality steel. But you will still benefit from the practice.
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Good point. I didn't even consider about the benefit I'd get from practicing on many different patterns with this approach. I may just have to pick up one of these $1/pc junk lots. Appreciate the advice Rhino.
 
The Frost info commercials sell a lot of knives, last time I checked Frost Cutlery sells more knives than any other knife company In the USA. That said, you get what you pay for. Some of their knives are just as good as any other inexpensive knives sold in the USA. The people that I have seen that purchase hundreds of their knives usually resell them at flee markets or yard sells. I guess the only reason people buy them is they don't cost much, they are useable and from the ones I handled fairly well put together; especially their skinners. I agree with some other posters that you should shop around before purchasing some of the expensive knives they sell on their show as occasionally you can find them for less money and that includes some of their FROST brands, but by in large their price will be the lowest or close to it, but their shipping charges is another thing. You might get a good price on a case knife for example (Case distributes some of their knives exclusively thru FROST) but then they charge you 15 to 20 dollars to ship it wiping out any savings on the knife unless it is an exclusive run. The real problem with cutlery in general in the USA is that very few knives are made here. Most are either made or assembled overseas. Of course there are custom cutlery designers in the USA but they are expensive and usually beyond the reach of the ordinary working person. The making of a good knife in the USA is not a lost art, but it is quickly becoming one that is too expensive for most people. Maybe some day that will change; in the mean time knife companies such as Frost will flourish, Frost already has more brands under its name than any other USA cutlery company, and grows larger every year. Some companies have tried to challenge FROST, but all failed, went broke, or were bought out by FROST, heck even the shopping networks can't compete with them and really gave up trying.
Like I said in the beginning, you get what you pay for, and with FROST that could be novelty knives on the cheap, semi-expensive good knives, or very expensive knives that might be picked up elsewhere for less money. So shopper beware.
 
Hilarious! Have you seen the one where the guy is banging the spine of a samurai sword on the table (saying how strong it is) and about 8" of it breaks off, flips up and stabs him in the stomach? Junk junk junk!!!!
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Last I saw the guy that got stabbed is selling coins/silver etc. on one of the other shows on TV. I keep expecting him to accidentally swallow a half dollar and start choking on it.

That whole network is a scam. They sell silver that is worth from $21 to $30 for about $50-$60 on up. One of the guys has charts and papers copied he flashes for the camera predicting about silver going up to $500 per oz. ( currently not quite $21 per) and every now and again is unsuccessful in covering up the date on the paper or graph which are at least 2 or more years old.

How about transformer silver collector coins for $200 each ( $21 worth of silver) :)

By the way the guy that is still selling knives who was there for the stabbing was trying to explain why" high carbon surgical stainless" was better for ninja swords/Katanas

Don't know how people live with themselves.

Joe
 
The Mastiff said:
Last I saw the guy that got stabbed is selling coins/silver etc. on one of the other shows on TV. I keep expecting him to accidentally swallow a half dollar and start choking on it.

That whole network is a scam. They sell silver that is worth from $21 to $30 for about $50-$60 on up. One of the guys has charts and papers copied he flashes for the camera predicting about silver going up to $500 per oz. ( currently not quite $21 per) and every now and again is unsuccessful in covering up the date on the paper or graph which are at least 2 or more years old.

How about transformer silver collector coins for $200 each ( $21 worth of silver) :)

By the way the guy that is still selling knives who was there for the stabbing was trying to explain why" high carbon surgical stainless" was better for ninja swords/Katanas

Don't know how people live with themselves.

Joe
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When I read the part about that guy choking on a half dollar I laughed so hard I spewed out the mouthful of water I was drinking!

Thanks for the laugh man! ....Now hand me a mop!
 
C'mon guys, I love those shows. Whenever I can't sleep, I turn them on and take a shot of bourbon every time I see/hear something incredibly stupid, useless or just plain ugly. Usually takes me about 20 minutes to be passed out cold. ;)

ak585479 said:
Would it be a decent idea to actually buy something like a lot of 30 or so cheap knives like this to practice freehand sharpening?
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No. Unless you just want to chase burrs back and forth for the rest of your life, and end up with diddly to show for it. I seldom disagree with Laurence, but this is one of those times.

ak585479 said:
Or is the steel so crappy it really wouldn't be helpful to learn how to sharpen it since quality blades would be a whole different ballgame?
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Yes. Buy one moderately-priced entry-level knife from Case or Buck or Kershaw, etc and learn on that. Then by the time you get good at sharpening, you'll have a sharp, decent knife that you're not ashamed to be seen with.
 
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