The test of time.

[deltaboy]

Basic maintenance is nothing more than keeping them sharp ,clean and oiled!

[Steve Warden]

Basic maintenance is nothing more than keeping them sharp ,clean and oiled!

What about blades coming loose, shields falling out, handles cracking and splitting, steel too soft to keep an edge (that constant sharpening is going to wear a blade down quicker than a harder steel), brittle steel?
These are all things that can make up a cheap quality knife. All the cleaning, sharpening and oiling in the world can't fix cheap.
Cheap is cheap and it will eventually rear its ugly head.

By the way, there is "cheap" when it comes to quality, and there is "cheap" when it comes to price.
A knife cheap in price doesn't always equate to a knife cheap in quality.

[deltaboy]

Basic maintenance is nothing more than keeping them sharp ,clean and oiled!

What about blades coming loose, shields falling out, handles cracking and splitting, steel too soft to keep an edge (that constant sharpening is going to wear a blade down quicker than a harder steel), brittle steel?
These are all things that can make up a cheap quality knife. All the cleaning, sharpening and oiling in the world can't fix cheap.
Cheap is cheap and it will eventually rear its ugly head.

By the way, there is "cheap" when it comes to quality, and there is "cheap" when it comes to price.
A knife cheap in price doesn't always equate to a knife cheap in quality.

We will see how they hold up but so far I had no issues other than regluing a shield that fell out on a Barlow!