winchester knives

model 70 · #1 08-02-2005, 05:26 PM

what's your thoughts on them? just picked one up al wal-mart for under $9. wood/metal handle, one handed operation and is SHARP right out of the box.

BILLY D. · #2 08-02-2005, 05:39 PM

I BOUGHT ONE A WHILE BACK, MAD NICE AND GGOD LOOKING, MEMBER WHAT MOM SAID ABOUT PRETTY FACES?

IT'S A NICE KNIFE BUT COULDN'T CARRY AN EDGE IN A WHEELBARROW. GREAT POCKET SCREWDRIVER THOUGH. IT SUCKS!!!!!!!

Rick R · #3 08-08-2005, 06:08 AM

Wal-mart = China

But that's a different thread!

Winchester knives are, indeed, imports. The knives coming out of China are mostly JUNK. In all fairness, Taiwan is making some pretty good stuff. Winchester - definitely on the low end of the quality scale. Get back to us in a month or so and give us an update.

Viper1 · #4 08-14-2005, 10:37 PM

I've used one now for over a year to clean fish. Only had to sharpen it once . Yes, it was made in China. But, it's a good knife for the price. Just wish it was made in the U.S.A.

Viper1

TKO · #5 02-11-2006, 09:00 PM

You get what you pay for. Its a descent $9 knife. I keep one in the truck for cutting things I would not want to use a good blade on.

rick savage · #6 02-14-2006, 04:22 PM

most all the major brand knives have international knives made,so be careful when buying, you do get what you pay for. not to say that knife won;t be good just not as good as the ones made here. winchester along with remington have been making very good knives for years, good luck

Mike Moss · #7 02-14-2006, 11:30 PM

If you mean the liner lock knife with the partial serrated blade I have used one and after I saw how it performed I now have about a half dozen of them.

I shot a buck and gutted it out so fast with that knife. Usually it takes a moment to get thru the hair and started thru the skin. That knife is so sharp that I could see the cut hair jumping left and right away from the blade. It was like one of those Jap steakhouses!!

As a mfg. rep. I have an account with a wholesale house and I can get just about any knife at about half price. These Winchester/China knives are a better buy. They are marked "Surgical Steel" whatever that means! but indeed they are sharp and hold an edge. I have a large knife collection and I prefer one of these knives in case I loose it. On the takeback side they are a liner lock and harder to clean the gunk out afterwards. Those brass rivets and wood inlays sure look nice to me. Yes they are $9! You don't get what you pay for. You get what you know and work for.

rick savage · #8 02-23-2006, 09:01 PM

they don;t hold up with long term use. your u,s,a, or german knives will do better

Mike Moss · #9 02-26-2006, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rick savage
they don;t hold up with long term use. your u,s,a, or german knives will do better

What do you base this on?

Have you used this knife for a long time and found that something is not up to something else? Be specific.

rick savage · #10 02-27-2006, 11:13 PM

mike this is only my 2-cents, yes i have used these knives, i have a knife store and try alot of knives. i use them mostly on hogs. not saying there not good knives but for us they don;t hold up as good as a case,puma or boker.

GoodOlBoy · #11 02-28-2006, 09:32 AM

My 2 cents as well.

I own four winchester/wal-mart knives all fixed blade. Two are great blades that hold an edge well. Two you can't put a freakin' edge on, and the blade geometry is WAY off, but they make pretty decent tent stakes in a pinch.

My brother bough that exact folding knife, and his holds an edge well. A buddy of mine bought one and took it back three times before he got one that would sharpen.

I think its a crap shoot. You are more likely to get junk than not, but for $9 its worth a shot. Like I said I got two good ones out of the batch so I can't complain too much.

GoodOlBoy

Mike Moss · #12 02-28-2006, 04:41 PM

"A buddy of mine bought one and took it back three times before he got one that would sharpen. "

Now thats persistance. I would have given up with the first bad one. I have only used one these and it worked well and does not need to be sharpened.

I will just use the others as time goes by.

If I had a knife store I would not want customers to know about $9 knives that look that nice.

rick savage · #13 02-28-2006, 09:07 PM

i don;t mind at all when they buy knives at walmart, when they want a good knife they end up in my store

GoodOlBoy · #14 03-01-2006, 09:47 AM

Yes but understand that Rick is right too. My winchester are nice little around the house piddlin' knives, and have skinned several chickens etc, heck I even keep one in my truck just in case, but when I am hunting and or my life might depend on my knife it is Kabar, and Camillus.

GoodOlBoy

Mike Moss · #15 03-01-2006, 12:10 PM

Kabar!

When I was a kid my dad gave me a new Kabar sheath knife with an orange handle.

We were in Boy Scouts and at the armory setting up for an exhibit. I was hacking on a piece of wood with the Kabar like you would with a hatchet.

The Kabar knife blade broke in half.

The one WW knife that I have used did fine. The next Kabar might break in half. Almost all of Stanleys tools are made in China now and they don't break.

Go ahead and clean chickens with your Kabar!

Wait a minute! Your skinning chickens? Why are you skinning chickens? And the guy took a knife back to Walmart 3 times and sharpened it each time. I am calling baloney and I think a Kabar will cut baloney.