So do I 💯💯💯

Keep an eye on the sp53 handle for coming loose, and ENTIRE run of them was sold slightly undersized so the handle can fail!

@@Thepreppersbunkeroutdoors will do thanks. 👍 So far mine has been good to go but I’ll watch it.

That is really cool! Queen was an interesting brand that made a lot of changes over the years as it switched hands. It would have been cool to see it make a comeback but the brand name might not have enough brand power to make it worth it.

Hahaha I might have had 20 lbs more muscle but I was about the same weight. If I had some discipline I would be back in that shape now.

Thanks man! I'm so excited for the revival of the brand!

Details absolutely matter and swapping steels on the dl was an awful idea- but 420hc when properly treated should hold an edge about the same if not better than 5160. Toughness is likely a little lower. I would have to see Dr Thomas' charts and info at knife steel nerds to be sure.

I have a similar set of kitchen knives!

Acceptable at a great price would be good! Legacy!? That would be amazing!

The factory seconds I got from Amazon were from okc themselves but you are right- There is plenty of bad stuff on amazon

Thanks!

If BRK can get Ontario to just slightly tweak their Sp line of handles... I would be OVERJOYED

Not even government corruption, but the slime ball type of private business that lives off of government contracts. Close enough though lol

Heck yeah

12 from me!

Hey homeboy!

@@hillbillynick2000 716 showing up…

Heck yeah!

I hope that under blue ridge the grinds will all be at least a 9/10! We will see, okc has the ability!

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Man a lot of knife folks in that area!

I wonder who made it. I'm interested in it myself.

@@Thepreppersbunkeroutdoors Cant say for sure who made it, but I got it from KnifeCenter.

Score!

Since they will be the same company and the same management I would guess so!

I think they won't. I emailed them for warranty for an okc blackbird sk5 and they declined. Said they don't plan on making those anymore. Wish you better luck.

@@bserieshatch1 dang. Maybe it was just because it's being discontinued

Yup and yup!

Glad to hear it! I hope the heat treat is good!

@@Thepreppersbunkeroutdoors me too. The way the blade ground while sharpening. I think the heat treatment was sufficient. I don’t plan on doing much with it other than mounting it on the front of my rifle. I did use it to trim my Christmas tree last year. I’ve also use that to shave some fat wood and so far so good.

So as far as that goes when sharpening most of what you will be able to judge is overall hardness- However there is a VERY wide range of things that could be absolutely F'ed in the heat treat at one hardness, especially with 1095 which can easily have or developed micro fracturing around carbides. But anyways without getting too nerdy about it- Have fun with it!

I know that at the end OKC was doing a collaboration with Case knives and that Case continues to make the same knife even after OKC went under- meaning of course that it was not OKC who made the knives. I would not be surprised at ALL to know that someone else manufactured all of OKC's s35vn and magnacut knives.

@@Thepreppersbunkeroutdoors Thanks. Very interesting👍.

Ontario already has PLENTY of items that are imported from Taiwan, and they already have, at least to some degree, trained employees in need of steady work. Our economy promotes exporting our own jobs then people complain about inflation and the diminishing quality of available work as they spend every dollar they make doing retail therapy with imported goods. OKC should move out of New York but there is plenty of infrastructure for skilled labor here

Maybe they'll make em again!

Yeah it's a bummer!!!

They bought the company, then the assets.

If you bought the company you own the assets. How many companies have you been involved in buying?none is my guess.

@dwainsw4076 No All of this info is public and easy to find.

There was a golden era where both of those knives would likely have been fantastic, but it was short lived

What did you expect with the name and model? It's not etched into the blade. You can easily fix the rough cut edge and spine. Stop crying.

I mean, they use to be in the $30-80 range which in today's currency is like $50-130 so Lord willing they can hit that area, maybe more for their bigger stuff especially if it's well made.

It's REALLY hard to say at this point. It wouldn't hurt to grab one just in case (aren't they usually D2?) but you might get a factory second (or third) that is a turd anyways which idk if that would be worth it 🤷‍♂️

@@Thepreppersbunkeroutdoors Tak 1 is 1095hc, they did make a D2 years ago wish I had nabbed one back then. I love making their blades my own, they almost always need reprofiled so unless there is a major defect I'm cool with a wobbly edge...Easy fix 😉

@@Airik1111bibles good deal!

If they don't want to go out of business (a business in which the brand was known for defective products) they can't honor the previous brands warranty. You just rekindled an american brand that was good at some point but then went to piss. Are you going to invest about 6 million dollars in the equipment and tooling making it all from scratch to remake their existing models which were unprofitable just to replace those models which were purchased with money you never saw? Did Harley honor the warranty given by AMF when every Harley on the road was known as a total pos and the new brand had to make a totally new bike from the ground up? A lifetime warranty is only good for the company behind it. The new OKC will be exactly that- a new OKC. Yes, they bought the name. Lord willing with that name somebody will be making awesome American made knives with their own lifetime warranty. Hoping the new brand will warranty the pos $50 knife that you bought a decade or two before hand is childish.

That would be cool!!!

How are earth do you think I would get that information- And to what end?

That was my impression but I don't know yet that anything is certain. I'm waiting on another update.