Are these any good or are they junk? Carbon or stainless? I found an old country hardware store that sells alot of junk knives, but he did have some Buck and Case mixed in. At the price point, I know they are not Case or Queen.
Price tag was $6.
IMPERIAL IRELAND....
IMPERIAL IRELAND....
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I am not really qualified to say much about Imperial knives but I have owned several. Some of the guys here collect them so I guess they are collectable. I have never been impressed with the quality at all. I am not sure about the steel but the ones I have had have not been bad to rust. I have never considered them a knife I would use on a day to day basis if I had much work to do. Most of them I have had had metal handles some covered with some vinyl material. I myself prefer to concentrate on fewer knives of better quality. To me it would be a very rare Imperial that would fetch 50.00 on Ebay.
Tom
Tom
I bought a few during the Great Schrade Closeouts. The quality is absolutely mixed and random.
Most of the Imperial/Tradesman knives are not very good, but a couple of are OK. The Apex was poor, as were the Frontier branded Imperials.
The best were the Imperial camp knives ($1.99 on closeout), and I was suprised by the lack of blade play in a white plastic-handled peanut ($1.39).
Edited to add: I'm pretty sure they're all stainless.
-Bob
Most of the Imperial/Tradesman knives are not very good, but a couple of are OK. The Apex was poor, as were the Frontier branded Imperials.
The best were the Imperial camp knives ($1.99 on closeout), and I was suprised by the lack of blade play in a white plastic-handled peanut ($1.39).
Edited to add: I'm pretty sure they're all stainless.
-Bob