but charles.... about that gerber thing....  if they bring the production back to the us... but do it like buck is now producing ( horror)  i think they better leave it to the chinese  LOL

sorry buck   ( they really let me down with my new  547 open season folding skinner )

it said on the box :  for european market ( sticker).... i hope for you guys the better ones stay in the us !   they should have put a sticker over the B  ( an F )

i have an alpha hunter for a few years.. perfect knife

i had a deputy in my pocket for over 20 years  one of the best knives i ever bought

but the 547......  omg

 1* same sheath as the alpha but...  dried out and very bad leather covered with a lot of black paint

2*  much to dull to use  ( they call it a skinner ! )  just a joke ( had to reset the angle )

3* very bad centering of the blade

4*  almost rattling loose blade 

i thought well lets just sharpen and adjust this babe (because its a beauttiful knife ) and forget the whole thing ...  and in the process i decided to take off the steel side plates to polish them  than i would have my own "custom" buck......

5* the plates were made of a real soft metal and bended almost when toughing them so bad to polish

6* under the plates where cracks in the wood !!

7* when i finally put the knife together again 2 of the screws gave up before they were even tight

these screws are almost inpossible to get in our metric system  ( we only have tork flatheads in mm )  so i had to drill new holes .......

THATS WHAT WAS WRONG

so now for a while for me no more suck... eh   buck knives

what surprised me the most was the "steel"  sideplates ... what a rubbish !

and why put a sticker on the box "for european market " ??    weird !!

..... and charles  lets not forget that here in the Netherlands this is not a cheap knife ( more than  $150 )

good idea charles !... i am curious

and check out ( if you still have the box) if you can find a sticker "for usa market"or something like that

well most of the time i am a Lucky man....and i dont think they make 2 qualities too

in the netherland "export"is simulalr for  double checked or extra good and i cannot believe buck is killing its market so.......

just unlucky i guess

Danny cleaning the Roomba!

Thank's for the gift of friendship Charles .

Thanks for the birthday greetings Charles .

Thank you will be happy to talk on the topic of knives

Thanks for the birthday wish, Charles!  Take care!

Thanks Charles.

Thanks Charles, I'll look into the other group as well.

Thank you Charles for the birthday wish, sorry I wasn't on here sooner to say that, I really appreciate it.

Thank you Charles for the birthday wishes. Not much time to visit iKC these days. Hope you have a safe and productive hunting season. I will not be able do any this year. My son is hunting a little though and hope he brings me some fresh venison. I did have some fresh rainbow trout for my birthday dinner, enjoyed them from my camping and hunting friends up the road.

Thanks Charles!!!

Hey, Charles... Thanks for the invite.. I'm very happy to accept.. Hope we can have many discussions in the club..........We both love our knives!!!!  Cya soon!!!!!

Thanks for writing Charles . Another year added. Getting older and maybe wiser? I sometimes wonder if that is the case. Enjoy the Christmas holidays!

Thank you for the welcome Charles, this seems like a nice place!

No Charles, thank you.  Your participation, on the site,  is very much appreciated.

Thank You Charles!!!

Thank you for welcoming me in to this great group.

Earl

Thank you kindly, sir.

Thanks to all who have welcomed me to this site.

I'll be lurking some of the forums to start, and get a feel for the site.

Thanks again,

Greg

Thanks for the thought, Charles!!  I really enjoy our conversations in the chat.. You are quite a guy!!!! many more to come!!!!!!

Thanks, Charles.

Thanks for the welcome, Charles

Thank you, Patrick

Thank you. Glad to be here. P

Thanks, Charles!

Thank you Charles !

Thanks Charles for the warm Welcome

Thanks for the warm welcome ... looking forward to learning and hopefully contributing to the group.

I appreciate the invite to join the firearms group. I will!

Thanks for the birthday wishes!

I LOST ALL MY FRIENDS lol

Thank you Charles.

Congrats Charles!

It's all you, Charles.  Thanks for being here, at iKC.

Thank You. I hope to learn some things from the Forum Members.

Ed

Glad to be here. Thanks!

Thank you Charles, Much appreciated Brother

Glad to have you as a friend brother, after the BLADE show I'm hopefully going to have more time to make friends here :-)