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The OP here lamented the loss of the original series of SharpFinger knives, and most of us agree. But the entire customer base is not going to give up on the knife itself just because the new ones are Chinese.
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Sorry I for one will never own a Taylor Chinese Schrade, never ever. Don't care if it is free,I won't own one.

Only one knife I own is not made in the USA. It is a Taiwan Gerber. I am not going to get into the politics,and yes I own many things made in China.

I happen to be able to choose where my knives are made, something not usually possible with our everyday products. So I choose USA made knives.

Oh and my '86 Dodge Ram 150 was made here too.:) (177,342 miles on a original 318cu,never been rebuilt :D)
 
Todd A, I kind of feel the same way. I have a few Chinese knives. I wanted an example butterfly knife, but didn't want to spend the money for a Benchmade, so I picked through the Chinese ones and gave 20 bucks for it. The one I really like and bought deliberately is a Choi Do (chinese kitchen knife, looks like a cleaver but it's a slicer). I probably have a couple of others kicking around here in stealth mode.

Last knife I bought was an older Schrade with 1095 blade, single blade trapper. I had forgotten how truly easy those knives are to sharpen. Much easier than the stainless.

I prefer to buy domestic when I can, but I'm not hyper about it. My wife's car is a Toyota Avalon (US made, though!), for example, but my truck is an F150.
 
Todd A, I kind of feel the same way
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You guys can drop the "A". My name is Todd.

It is not only the made in China part.I have a problem with Taylor LLC.They can use the name,after all they paid for it.But the are making money off the reputation earned by Imperial Schrade Corp on a sub-standard product.

Compare a Taylor Schrade Old Timer side by side with a US one,I have, and you will see. I did a side by side with the 34ot "Middleman" stockman and a 194ot gunstock trapper with the China copies at my local Tractor Supply Store and was far from impressed.
 
Okie - I just checked the UPS tracking for the knife, and it's in your area marked "OUT FOR DELIVERY". :)
 
Wittle brown twuck is out and about.
Sometime today Okie the Cruffler will shout.

Chapped behinds are not all cured by Vaseline
Instead a Sharpfinger with a edge so keen.

Just some guys on a Internet Forum
With common interests shared with decorum.

Okie will have a knife to skin a hawg
Given to him by owner of Semi-Worthless Dawg

Or Okie can make son a Peanut Butter and Jelly
With said knife sharpened by a guy that rides Black Betty

Wittle brown twuck will arrive sometime today
With a Sharpfinger of old made by Shrade.
 
Tourist - I didn't end up taking any. I've got some plans for a lightbox and thought this would have been a good opportunity to try it out. However, I ran out of time with some other projects and just wanted to get it shipped out.
 
TrapperReady said:
Tourist - I didn't end up taking any.
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No prob. I just wanted to get some idea on how to render good photos when using mirror edges. I've tried just about every idea given to me, and I think it's simply the poor camera I use.

Oh, and Steve, my aunt Clara used to say to my freeloading cousin Bobbie, "Un pescatore fa le candele difficili."

Basically, a Sicilian idiom for, "Keep your day job."
 
Literally that means something like "a fisherman makes candles with difficulty" I think (though my Italian is still not very good).

Man I have so much to learn about Italian.

Spinner
 
OkieCruffler, I don't understand why you are so worried about this sharpfinger thing. Why don't you just buy one of those Smith & Wesson Supertactical folding knives? Everyone else is doing it. :p
 
Spinner, I think it means something like, "A fisherman is not a candle maker." Meaning, he should keep working at what he is trained to do.

Steve wrote some poor--yet funny--poetry about me, and while I laughed, I did have to wince.

He might be good with knives, but he is no candle-maker.
 
Aw! I missed a couple dawg pictures!

Beautiful.

I've wanted a Black Lab for 25 years, now. One day.

John
 
Well, I'm kinda confused....

Now I'm not familiar with the work of a master tinker. And it's been awhile since I handled a Sharpfinger so maybe I'm remembering them differently. BUt anyhow, I recieved the knife today and here's the pic I promised...

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Not exactly what I was expecting, but I guess it'll do in a pinch.
 
Tourist - Your East German camera comment was funny. Okie's picture is more of a masterpiece. Please rest assured that the knife you sent back to me was the one sent on to Okie.
 
Actually, I figured it the other way.

I thought that you, Trapper, had switched the labels by accident on two boxes destined for different clients.

Okie, do you like the SharpFinger?
 
Okay, I can't let that joke go on too far. Cool knife tho', looks like it jumped right out of a movie. Here's the real deal...

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Now I'll be the first to say that my pics don't do this steel justice. I don't know how well you fish or make candles, but your skill with steel is impressive indeed. I don't mind bragging a bit, I can put a pretty nice edge on a blade, I'm the family sharpener. I find the process relaxing. But the edge on this knife is just wicked. It's sharp enough that it scares me alittle. I have a couple of scaples on my desk for giggles, they have nothing on this knife. It shaves right down the skin. I'm resisting the urge to run around the house cutting things up with it. Have to run to work now, but I'm gonna try to get some better pics tomorrow.

I can't thank you guys enough. You've shown the spirit that this board was founded under and reminded me why I keep checking to see what's going on.
 
Guys, on that note, let's close this one. We can start a new thread for Okie to post his pics on. :)

John
 
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