United Cutlery Honshu dagger UC 2630

[marcinek]

I have few Master Cutlery products, which would be closest thing (possibly) to United Cutlery,despite some sources compare them two and mark United as more of the quality products.

I do not have United Cutlery, but I very much think that they are in pair for what you are paying for.I think they can be used and may even surprise by performance is only my guess..

Thanks for sharing your interesting conclusions. What has lead you to believe that Master Cutlery and United Cutlery are comparable, and what has lead you to believe that the quality of United Cutlery may surprise people?

I own neither brand,because what I have read has lead me to believe they are of low quality.

But if you are claiming one should be looking at United, I'd certainly be interested in hearing more about your conclusions about the brand, and how you came to them.

Like I said...I just assumed they were, like Comeuppance said merely knife like objects! But I have been wrong many times before!

 

[halbschaf]

It is true that a self-defense knife really only needs to be sharp once. Cold Steel's cheaper offerings (machetes, anything made from carbon steel other than SK5) tend to be high-end flea market fare quality. Something you could buy as a teenager and go hack up some brush in your backyard with, but not something to bet your life on. Their more premium blades - made from VG-1, San Mai (VG-1 with a laminate), AUS-8, SK-5, etc - are incredibly reliable and fantastic values. Their 3V knives are quite a deal, and are tough enough for basically anything.

If you want a knife for self-defense and nothing else... Pretty much any cheap POS fixed blade will do. Heck, a Smith and Wesson HRT boot knife is probably all you'd ever need.

I owned many CS products as diff. Voyagers, vaquero, throwers, boar spears, tomahawks, etc. and I love them.
Some weeks ago I bought the bowie machete and smatchet machete, which are on the cheap side, from what you are talking about, I assume. I have tested them a bit and must say that I think they would do most jobs like much more expensive stuff.
Most of my knives are really expensive ones, the last both cost around 1000 and 600 €.
Anyhow, they don't satisfy me to 100 % and after that I decided to try more inexpensive versions for the future.
The last CS's I suppose won't be disappointing, but with the UC it seems to be the other way round.
And as I have paid this unrealistic price for the UC, I would have liked to hear something positive.
But this doesn't be the case and I have to live with it.
I will take this dagger to test, how rigid it is.
Shit 😠