Welllll, Not yet. Buck was run by Al, then Chuck Buck and until lately by CJ, Pete Gerber ran Gerber, James Parker ran Case and Parker and Parker-Frost, "Uncle" Henry Baer ran Schrade, Pete Kershaw ran Kershaw, ... OTOH, Case had been run into the ground by those businessmen that didn't understand the pocket knife market prior to Parker buying them and "saving" the company. He went broke doing it, but it brought them back to the quality they'd given up for cost savings.
I would like to do something like that . I really do want something I would use all the time .I bet you could sell it and buy a #8 or #26 style (I bet RMK would trade you).
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Of course, a good many of them startedWelllll, Not yet. Buck was run by Al, then Chuck Buck and until lately by CJ, Pete Gerber ran Gerber, James Parker ran Case and Parker and Parker-Frost, "Uncle" Henry Baer ran Schrade, Pete Kershaw ran Kershaw, ... OTOH, Case had been run into the ground by those businessmen that didn't understand the pocket knife market prior to Parker buying them and "saving" the company. He went broke doing it, but it brought them back to the quality they'd given up for cost savings.
Just fyi, there is a custom maker that makes Randall clones in super steels like 8670, AEB-L or Magnacut. I have 4 knives of various designs on order from him and the Randall clone, His Ouachita model, will be in Magnacut. These are maybe 2/3 the price of a Randall.
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Of course, a good many of them started
out as employees of other knife companies.
Like kershaw and al mar worked for gerber,
and went on to have their own business, etc.
Same with the knife industry. Existing organizations hate change, so the innovators leave and test their ideas in new businesses.
The pocket knife I carry is a $425 Hinderer,.
I could field dress a deer with that 25 in nothing flat. Beautiful knife, just beautiful. Where's a photo of the sheath?The want for my Randall 25-5 was my push to make the Ouachita model. I still carry and use my 25 but that Magnacut Ouachita is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. I’ve even got one a little bigger too, like 25-6 size.
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Those are the special editions, really. The base models are basically all $425 with G10/Ti scales in blue or bronze ano or stonewashed finish, and go up $25-$50 for black DLC or $200 for full titanium handles.Hinderer has an $800 folder listed, and it is sold out, along with the $650 folders! Undoubtedly nice knives, but way out of my throw away zone!
Huh. You think AEB-L is a super steel?Just fyi, there is a custom maker that makes Randall clones in super steels like 8670, AEB-L or Magnacut. I have 4 knives of various designs on order from him and the Randall clone, His Ouachita model, will be in Magnacut. These are maybe 2/3 the price of a Randall.
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Huh. You think AEB-L is a super steel?
As MM pointed out, it's a simple steel- which is the opposite of how most people define "super steel"- but very tough and corrosion resistant. I think some people might believe that 52100 is super steel, and when forged correctly, maybe it is, though it rusts extremely easily
I can like something without believing it's the newest thing under the sun. I also want to try some 15N20, another very good steel mostly previously limited by availability in the right stock thickness.
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Replying to my own thread . I sold the knife, but feel free to carry on amongst yourselves.I am curious about what others think on this subject . I have always used my knives no matter what , but I also never owned a knife worth more than 200 dollars . I have a Randall now, just wondering if you folks use them or as I have been doing just admiring it and putting it back on the shelf where it sits till my next time by ?