Thread: Good US knife retailer ?

I had a Becker knife on order , even thou the shipping was high , ONLY to get a email from them , saying they need to double that amount , so doulbe the cost of the knife ? , NICE ,

So anyone have a reccomendation of a knife retailer in the US , thats half way decent on shipping etc ?


Later Chris

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Just had a look at knifeworks , and they charge $50 for the 1st , 3 lbs international shipping .
So thats not very good .

Cheers Chris

Originally Posted by ChrisF

Just had a look at knifeworks , and they charge $50 for the 1st , 3 lbs international shipping .
So thats not very good .

Cheers Chris

Par for the course really, I bought 3 knives from them a few months ago. $48.95 freight. Still landed 3 knives into NZ cheaper than buying 1 in NZ.
You are wanting your cake and to eat it also.

Youshop. Set up an account

Originally Posted by ChrisF

Just had a look at knifeworks , and they charge $50 for the 1st , 3 lbs international shipping .
So thats not very good .

Cheers Chris

All US retailers charge insane shipping prices, as HNTMAD said get a Youshop address, I have saved a few hundred dollars this year alone with my youshop account.

Many will now not accept non US credit cards.

Look to be honest it's less fuss just to try and get a knife from a nz supplier than to bring one in, both Top-gear and blademaster carry a good selection plus you can try before you buy, also if they do not hold the one you are after they may bring it on.

Of coutss if you want a custom then that's a different question, but there are also some excellent nz knife makers, Brent sandow does custom work, in both D2 and Damascus, and Svord makes some excellent blades, in fact I just visited his forge the other day and picked a up a couple more, of which I will write bout shortly...

Plus there are a few other custom makers, including some which are active on this site, best bet is to get a custom piece or a Svord, then you will get what you truly want and won't waste money on duty and shipping.

I found DLT Trading - Engraved Bushcrafter Knives from Bark River Knives, Blind Horse, Fallkiven, Blackjack, and Enzo Knives - Stay Sharp the cheapest recently, about $20 US for one knife.

Originally Posted by Shelley

Look to be honest it's less fuss just to try and get a knife from a nz supplier than to bring one in, both Top-gear and blademaster carry a good selection plus you can try before you buy, also if they do not hold the one you are after they may bring it on.

Of coutss if you want a custom then that's a different question, but there are also some excellent nz knife makers, Brent sandow does custom work, in both D2 and Damascus, and Svord makes some excellent blades, in fact I just visited his forge the other day and picked a up a couple more, of which I will write bout shortly...

Plus there are a few other custom makers, including some which are active on this site, best bet is to get a custom piece or a Svord, then you will get what you truly want and won't waste money on duty and shipping.

I will never buy products locally, I refuse to pay up to double the cost of what I can get from the States, some individual items I have saved up to $100-150 by getting it in from overseas, and that's shipping included. Pay with paypal then no dramas about the NZ credit card being declined..easy
Also the range of products here in NZ is a joke, if you want the best from USA or Europe then there is only one place to get it, and get it for a damn good price... overseas.

DLT

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Par for the course really, I bought 3 knives from them a few months ago. $48.95 freight. Still landed 3 knives into NZ cheaper than buying 1 in NZ.
You are wanting your cake and to eat it also.

You kept that quiet.
Details, photos?

No , I donot want my cake n eat it , The price for basically one 7 inche knife was to start with $30 USD , which I thought was not that cheap , then they emailled saying the made a mistake , and the cost was $60 USD , and asked for me to approve that price increase .

And why is it , that no one ever offers a international surface rate ? , oh yeah , thats because , we have no container ships coming to NZ any more ?

Cheers Chris