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I don't know where the Purdey knifes are made but they look good.
However I would not buy one from Holts if you live in the USA. Holts sent me the wrong Purdey knife from what I ordered and it was a complete boondoggle in trying to get it returned and the right one delivered, or for me to be given a refund.
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Yes you can get Damascus blanks for under $50 but who's making them and what kind of steel is used ? Made in China ? Well that would be a deal, wouldn't it ? I think good Damascus made in the US from known steels so it can be harden properly would cost a bit more. JMHO
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Paul, they are coming in from Turkey and Pakistan, the steel they are using is what China rejects............ I'll buy a Damascus blade made in the US
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This is a CSMC damascus blade boot knife that I bought from Lou in April, at the Bray's Island Exhibition. Geoffrey Gourmet was engraving in the same tent and I prevailed upon him to personalize it for me with some scroll on all four sides of the grip bolsters, and my initials in the inset medallion. I have several hand forged damascus blades by Habersham Forge in Cornelia, GA, and I feel like I got my money's worth on this knife. Don't know where it was made, don't care. Don't care how well it would sharpen, either. Boot knives are for sticking holes in "things", not slicing them open. The blade has a double spine to strengthen it.............. in case you hit bone, dontcha' know. SRH
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The knives I mentioned above are identical to the knives seen in the links posted by Chantry.
Brand names apparently carry a hefty premium. Which makes me wonder if the adage buy the gun not the name also applies to knives, thermos bottles, hip flasks etc.
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The knives I mentioned above are identical to the knives seen in the links posted by Chantry.
Brand names apparently carry a hefty premium. Which makes me wonder if the adage buy the gun not the name also applies to knives, thermos bottles, hip flasks etc.
Of course it does. Brand names provide, in theory, an advantage for consumers by Indicating a known level of quality. Brand names provide, in practice, an advantage for vendors by allowing a higher selling price for any given item at any given quality level, when compared to having no recognizable brand on the product.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Nice pig sticker Stan. Hope you don't wear it out...Geo
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Purdeys drop trigger o/u has been made by Peruginii & Visini in Italy. The guns were finished in England. Dont know if that is still the case.
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Purdeys drop trigger o/u has been made by Peruginii & Visini in Italy. The guns were finished in England. Dont know if that is still the case. That was also my understanding. Various English 'top names' are made in other places, and some 'top names' are more open about it than others! (For example some Powell guns have for many years been made in Spain and Italy, something which Powells have always been quite open about).
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