Given the quality of the stuff S&W was content to have their name on in the past, I wouldn't hold my breath
It seems they are more interested in gaining the market segments that Taylor currently has for their accessories, rather than any desire to improve quality.
What about Schrade? Riding on an old company name was more than played out by the time they ran out of the old stock parts and started making everything with a tactical black finish. Please Grant, maybe you can talk some sense in to them.
Quote from: Alan K. on July 19, 2016, 05:01:08 AMWhat about Schrade? Riding on an old company name was more than played out by the time they ran out of the old stock parts and started making everything with a tactical black finish. Please Grant, maybe you can talk some sense in to them.I doubt I could have any influence over an $85 million sale. Selling to Smith & Wesson means they now own the rights to Schrade and all other Taylor Brands, and they can do what they want with it. The article makes it seem as if Mr. Taylor is staying in charge so I doubt we will see any changes. Def
Odie Tucker of SSI Data, which tracks sales of guns, ammunition, accessories, and knives, says that the acquisition will give Smith & Wesson traction in important markets. “Smith & Wesson have been wanting to expand their presence in the outdoor space, so I’m not all that surprised,” he says. “The acquisition of Taylor Brands should give Smith & Wesson a strong start in the knife category. Sales of Schrade and Smith & Wesson knives have been holding steady in a rapidly declining market, which is very strong performance,” Tucker says.
Some of the Frost products are OK
The purpose of business is not to provide the best service but to provide the only service.
Quote from: Sea Monster on July 19, 2016, 05:05:30 AMThe purpose of business is not to provide the best service but to provide the only service.Or to put it another way: The purpose of business is to benefit certain persons, unfortunately those persons are usually an owner/shareholder or an executive in the business, customers often (mostly ? ) come last.
Frost knives? You just had to bring up Frost knives. I believed the late night info-mercials that told me I could buy 100 knives for $100 and sell them for $10 plus each. I bought $2000 worth in 2011 because I thought I could make a business out of them, and I'm still stuck with about half of them. To be fair, I sold enough of them to pay for them, so anytime I sell one now it's profit, but they are a hard sell and I was disappointed in the quality which was not at all what I was expecting. They're guaranteed against defects for a year to the original purchaser. Well, I've got a box of about 80 or more of them that don't lock or the handles are broken that I can't return because I've had them more than a year, or because Frost sold them to me by telling me I could sell them, but the guarantee doesn't extend to whoever I sell them to. My distaste for cheap Chinese knives that developed from my experience with Frost has extended to Taylor Brands, and I can't even look at the Bud K catalog anymore.
Some of their fixed blade knives are actually not bad as long as they are forged and not cast. I had one of their machetes and it split in half and the pointy end flew right past my head. It turned out to be cast steel and probably had an air bubble. The Frost Machete, by the way, looked exactly like the Schrade SCHLM. And I Also have This Frost knife with the Wilson grip tape on the handle that looks amazingly like the Schrade SCHF18. This just confirms in my mind that it's all the same stuff and everything that comes from China comes out of the same factories and they just stamp whatever name on it you want.
When it comes to S&W, I'll just stick to my Model 19.
Quote from: jerseydevil on July 20, 2016, 04:05:58 AMWhen it comes to S&W, I'll just stick to my Model 19. Wise decision!