[Killian]

I saw an advertisement for a Winchester Bowie knife. Anyone have any experience with these? Are they good quality or to be avoided?

[markk]

Probably not the best steel.

There was a thread about the same within the last couple of months.

[hso]

Just walk away and save your money.

[cortez kid]

I've got one. I guess it's not the best one made, but if your looking for a good looking , play around knife, it's worth the 30 some odd dollars. Got mine at a Gander Mtn sale. $32. Some times you can't afford the $200- $2000 people want for knives.
kid

[glockman19]

I recently bought a Winchester 94 Bowie knife for $19.99 from Big 5.

[Ron James]

Both the Winchester and the Smith & Wesson knifes are very good examples of using a good name on cheap products. It is Chinese craftmanship at it's very worst.

[Euclidean]

A Buck Special is $10 more and will last a lifetime. I have mine and my father's Buck knives.

Sure they're nothing special at all in terms of materials and you have to know how to take care of a knife to enjoy it, but there you go.

[Valkman]

The Winchester knives I've seen at Wal-Mart were horrible - I mean the grinds don't even match and that's kinda strange since they're machine made.

With Buck you may not get exotic materials, which you don't need anyway, but you get Paul Bos doing the heat treat and that's the best you can get. I and many others send all of our stainless knives to him and for good reason.

[brownie0486]

Just walk away and save your money.

:D took the words right out of my mouth sir:D

Brownie

[feedthehogs]

Some times you can't afford the $200- $2000 people want for knives.


Not true. The 5 or 10 cheap knives that people buy at 20 bucks when added together would buy 1 quality knife.

Rather than save for quality, some feel the need to spend every extra 10 bucks they have on some junk.

Just look at the sig lines from posters. 10 firearms, all garbage when that same money could have bought two good firearms.

Quality not quantity is the key.

[Kingcreek]

Quality not quantity is the key.
amen brother.
If you are really seriously strapped for cash and want a good all-around knife, get a swedish mora (eriksson or frost) for about $15 including shipping.
I can still skin and quarter a deer or elk with granddad's 100 year old Marble's knife because it was made with QUALITY. That Chinee winchester will be scrap metal long before it sees a hundred years of service.

[cortez kid]

I've got a couple of Bucks that are quite nice. I'm just saying that a Winchester Bowie for clinking around with is worth the price of admission. I would consider a Randal as a good knife. I would like to know how many here would buy one and pry a rock out of a stump with it. I carry a $60 buck (not cheap to me) and I still use my Taiwan made no name to do alll the heavy lifting. I still say if He wanted to buy a good looking, large, cheap Bowie for funnin around, the Winchester will do fine
kid
P.S Just bought a Frost tacticool Bowie for $15 and it does good too. Although the Winchester looks cooler!
PPs. As far as spending every $10 on something cheap, I'll put my gun collection up against any other mediocre collector here. LOL