WH Quest article in Blade.

[Quy4n8]

I have two questions in regards to this article. First, does anyone have the Quest? What do you think of it? The article makes it sound pretty good, but I would like your opinions.

Second, toward the end of the article, it talks about Mr. Brown giving the WH Icon to his instructors and those knives lasting about 4 years so far, but ANY other lockback giving up the ghost in 6 to 8 months. I find that pretty startling. Not that the Icon has any flaws, but it is basicly a modernized lockback. It would seem to me that a Spyderco Chinook or some similarly heavy duty lockback would hold up nearly as well, if not better than the Icon. Am I missing something? Thanks.

Richard

 

[brownshoe]

Only thing you are missing is more belief in your gut instint. Any decent lockback should last 10 to 20 years of hard use. This includes the $35 Buck 110. There's a lot of BS in Blade. The rag serves basically one purpose...build the hype to sell the product. WH is a big advertiser and any Blade article about an advertiser is not to be believed unless confirmed elsewhere.

 

[Quy4n8]

That is why I asked the question here, to get a more balanced view. Does anyone else have any thoughts?
Thanks, Richard

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Unless they babied the Icons and deliberately trashed every other lockback, it's a ridiculous statement. As brownshoe pointed out, the Buck 110 ... you know many of them have outlasted 6 to 8 months of hard use.

 

[abo4ster]

I saw this article. What is ZDP-189 and how does it compare to other steels like S30V???