Sasquach wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 8:11 pmAs a post script to this conversation, there are some new (at least I hadn't heard of them until recently) American cutlers hitting the market with high end (and high priced) knives. Bradford, White River K & T, Smith & Sons, and Medford K & T to name a few. I'm still wishing for an American cutler or two to step into the gap left by Camillus, Schrade, and Queen and offer good quality EDCs at working man prices. I don't know about you but if I pay 2 or 3 hundred dollars for a pocket knife I find myself leery of putting it to hard use.Ivoryman wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:52 pmSasquach wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:37 pm Great pics Iman. Some gnarly stag on that one!
Don't let that seal get away with your knife!!!
Thanks for the critique of the Artisan. I'll have to get my hands on one. There are so many new imports popping up. I've always avoided buying Chinese products for political reasons and because most of what I saw was was cheesy junk. Times have changed, I'm still politically adverse to supporting China but one can't deny that they have stepped up and started exporting some high quality knives. So I guess you could say that my aversion to Chinese cutlery has been reduced by 50%. The QSP I acquired recently is a prime example, I wasn't happy about the Chinese origin but I was highly impressed with the quality and now it is solidly in my EDC rotation. Spain, Germany, El Salvador, Taiwan, and Italy among others are hitting the market with some fine knives so my collection which was about 90% USA and German is now becoming truly international.
Amen, with you again. Used to could get GECs all day long for $60-70-90. I see now we were living the dream and didn't even know it. I definitely think a good cutler could make knives that sell for $100ish and make it in this market. Just make a good knife and you can get GEC prices if it's worth it. And I think Queen would still be in the market if their quality had not fallen off the cliff. I was paying over a hundred for theirs until the quality dove so low I started asking for refunds. IF that quality had stayed up or improved like GEC, I would still be buying them. If Schrade made a good knife here, I would be buying. I see Case, GEC, and Buck seem to have no problem selling knives. Apparently people think they are worth what they are charging. Those three at least prove there is market share to be had. Hey, people will pay Chrise Reeves and William Henry prices IF the knife is up to snuff for that price level. Obviously people will pay for appropriate quality knives.
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