Magpul Knife

[doc holiday13]

Pretty awesome what they're doing. Pushing limits and changing manufacturing processes

 

[intunegp]

It's different, but way too early to say whether it's better/worse/the same. Kershaw did a MIM blade on the 1597 Offset in like 2007, it was 440C and there isn't a ton of info on them as far as reviews from actual users and how the blade performed. I don't think they ever molded any other blades for any other knife after that, so take from that what you will.

Nobody in the knife world is begging for MIM blades, and I think Magpul will have to prove that they can make a knife either better or cheaper if this technology is going to become more common for knives, and they definitely didn't hit the mark on the latter with this one.

Whether or not it is a piece of crap or the next big thing, it's cool to see the innovation from a company like Magpul that has the time and money to invest.

 

[doc holiday13]

It's different, but way too early to say whether it's better/worse/the same. Kershaw did a MIM blade on the 1597 Offset in like 2007, it was 440C and there isn't a ton of info on them as far as reviews from actual users and how the blade performed. I don't think they ever molded any other blades for any other knife after that, so take from that what you will.

Nobody in the knife world is begging for MIM blades, and I think Magpul will have to prove that they can make a knife either better or cheaper if this technology is going to become more common for knives, and ....

440 is crap. Plain and simple. Injection molding of any kind has improved significantly since then too

While the industry isn't begging for mim, it's a genius way to cut production cost, increase production speed, and produce way less material waste. there is actually little to no need for a consumer to have MIM as requirement for their knife blade construction

 

[intunegp]

440 is crap. Plain and simple. Injection molding of any kind has improved significantly since then too

While the industry isn't begging for mim, it's a genius way to cut production cost, increase production speed, and produce way less material waste. there is actually little to no need for a consumer to have MIM as requirement for their knife blade construction

That's a great sales pitch for the meeting at Magpul, but all the cost cutting and production efficiency still resulted in a knife that costs more than the average person is willing to spend on a knife while not being proven to offer any advantages to the end user.

It is exciting to think what it could mean for the future of knives, but someone is going to have to show why it benefits the consumer to choose a MIM knife for it to really take off. Whether it's because they're cheaper for the same quality, or better quality for the same money, there's going to have to be an objective advantage to break through to the MIM=bad crowd which has a huge overlap with the people in Magpul's target market.