Fozzy wrote:Bit like fishing lures are made to catch fishermen not fish
You are dead right, I did have a laugh watching a show, on mate I think it was, where the final few tests were how the consumer would react to the item and the changes that were made purely to appeal to the consumer's sense of aesthetics.
A butcher/abbatoir worker/Farmers/professional shooter etc is going to have a totally different outlook to a cashed up occaisonal hunter. If it doesn't do the job well when used frequently it won't keep on selling. BUT an infrequent recreational user will often know no better and put up with using a dog of a thing a few times as he spent a fortune on it and would never admit it was a mistake(I bought a small bowie and carried and used it for years before I finally admitted it was crap for what I did- but it did look good).
I bought my latest straight backed boner (victory brand) after a mate who works in the boning room of the local abbatoir said they were good steel and sharpened well (the only difference being they usually use angled blade), before that I didn't know what they were like and stayed away from them.
And really, when was the last time you used your knife to split firewood? Or fight to the death with a savage Indian? If I want a fire I gather a few small sticks to start with or use petrol, any kindling that is too long breaks easily enough or if it is for the main fire I use an axe/hatchet/chainsaw or if walking light I just let it burn through the middle early on.
Oh and when it comes to defending myself from Savage Indians there is a reason I take my missus along.