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Complaint Review: Frost Cutlery - Nationwide
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Frost Cutlery
Nationwide, USA
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www.cutlerycorner.net
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Frost Cutlery Cutlery Corner Some investigation is needed Nationwide
Let's take a look. Knife collecting has become a seriously large business and Jim Frost has purchased the rights to use old defunct once great knife company names. Smart business move. He's promised to continue with the quality of manufacture of some of these old "greats". Has he? I'm not sure. Hence the need for investigation.
I've purchased a few knives from Cutlery Corner. The first batch was a NOS (new old stock) bunch of pocket knives. These all had a shield on one scale (handle) with the words "Frost Cutlery" on them. They all seemed well made with jigged bone handles, brass liners and bolsters. Fit and finish was good. The blades predominately were imprinted "Soligen Steel Germany, although two of the knives were marked "Surgical Steel" and "Japan". Now you'd suppose the german steel knives would be made in Germany, but no, they were all marked "Made In Pakistan".
So I assume Mr. Frost was buying quality parts, then shipping them to Pakistan for assembly, final finishing and boxing. In other words "Outsourcing". All of these NOS models were actually very nicely made. Decent quality control.
My last purchase from Cutlery Corner was a "Chipaway" brand knife. I assume this is a new line put out by Mr. Frost. It was/is very disappointing. It is marked "Made In Pakistan" and came in a box which said "Pak-Knife" in large letters. The handle is polished multi colored camel bone attached to a very small tang (I'm almost positive it will break during usage). The blade is stainless steel, but there's no way to know which grade.
The sheath is really disappointing. It looks nice, but upon close inspection it is sloppily sewn (some threads aren't even sewn all the way through the leather. And the reinforcement around the inside is made from a sponge rubber. The kind you expect flip-flop sandals to be made from. The leather is also so thin that the blade went right through it the second time I sheathed the knife.
Now Mr. Frost has created an empire and I know wealth often brings respect. Not in my book however. I wonder how many of these new branded knives will turn out like my "Chipaway". And will he truly live up to the "Hen And Rooster" name as he's claimed he will. Time will tell.
