S&W (Tailor) knives certainly used to be POS, but in the past couple of years they have improved the quality of their knives and are no longer stealing custom maker's designs without paying them. Seems the bigger they've gotten the more respectable they've become. Now that they are building a manufacturing faciltiy of their own their quality should improve further.
BTW, I wouldn't have called Taylor the Hi Point of knife companies. That distinction has and still belongs to companies like Fury and Master, both of which have always ripped off other companys' and custom maker's designs and had them executed in the lowest grade materials possible.
If you can't get the hang of sharpening, even after books, videos and tools, check your favorite good restraunt and ask who sharpens their knives. It's a good bet a guy with a van drops by and sharpens every knife in the place before the lunch crowd shows up.
BTW, I wouldn't have called Taylor the Hi Point of knife companies. That distinction has and still belongs to companies like Fury and Master, both of which have always ripped off other companys' and custom maker's designs and had them executed in the lowest grade materials possible.
If you can't get the hang of sharpening, even after books, videos and tools, check your favorite good restraunt and ask who sharpens their knives. It's a good bet a guy with a van drops by and sharpens every knife in the place before the lunch crowd shows up.
