All About Pocket Knives

Hi, I'm new to this board. I don't know a lot about knives. I recently came in to a large collection of Frost Cutlery pocket knives. Can anyone tell me about their quality.

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This link will give you the marketing short history for Frost Cutlery. -- http://www.onlyknives.com/category/brand/frost-cutlery/


What it leaves out (and someone will correct me if I'm wrong) is, the first knives Frost sold under his own tang stamp were SFO's (Special Factory Orders) from American cutlers such as Queen. At some point he moved his source to Japan and I've had some of those knives. The ones I had under the Flying Falcon stamp were not very good. The knives now marketed by Frost, such as the Steel Warrior stamp, are made in China.

That said, it depends on the knives you have in the collection. The early U.S. made knives are up to the standards of the company that made them and can fetch a pretty penny. The Japanese made knives can or may not have some value. Quality on those knives is spotty. The new Chinese knives are, well, Chinese knives and there's nothing special about them.

There are some here who are more knowledgeable with regards to the Frost knives. Maybe they will see this thread and chime in.

That bout sums it up right there!

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I put Frost in the same boat as the guy at the fair that's up on a stage cutting and cleaning all sorts of unbelievable stuff. Then you buy his product and when you get home it doesn't work the same for you. I don't mean this in a bad way he just does what he needs to make a buck. He sells everything connected to cutting instruments. Once he buys a companies logo is when the fun begins. He offers German steel on a knife made in China He'll have something similar to the Lansky sharpening system only something's not quite right about it. My Buddy had one of his fixed blades with bluebone handles that stained his shirt when it got wet Jerry's right about his original knives but anything from the last ten years could have been sold for as little as a dollar after he bundles it with 100 other knives and swords. I once bought a Stag Bowie (Pakistan) from his TV show. The knife he had on screen had beautiful straight,fat Stag handles it sold for 20 bucks but cost almost that much to ship. When I got it the handle was pencil thin with a weird curve to it making it laughable. I could return it for another one but I had to pay shipping again so I kept it. I took a picture and kept in on my PC (below) All I wanted was a fat Bowie to use as a Machetti around my house so it works fine but I think you get the idea. "LET THE BUYER BEWARE"