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Schrade makes great knives and I've owned a few but they just seem a bit... incomplete. It's not something I can put my finger on. It's like they are missing character; like they are mass produced in a factory and not handcrafted in a shed somewhere.

Well Schrade is not hand crafted they are produced in a factory in Taiwan and China and possibly other factories. So in a way they are mass produced but its not like they go to different brands there knives are for Schrade and Schrade only.

And you may be thinking China means its awful but its truly not they did have issues on there first batch runs but they fixed that and there quality control is stepped up. But to my understanding Schrade is leaning more towards there Taiwan factory which has been doing there knives for years without problems.

And for the price point on most of there products you can always modify a Schrade to your liking and if you mess up you are not out of a lot of money and can always buy another.

Like Ka-Bar, or Tops, Mora, etc.

If you want absolutely top notch quality hand crafted is the way to go and LT Wright does a spot on job. But hand crafted means higher prices but with that higher price you get the best quality.