Is Maxamet from Taiwan "better" than from USA?

[Gears_QQQ]

What a horror!!! One of them wanted to spy on maxamet. Although I will use it rarely and only for cutting

[Fireman]

Before everyone concludes it must be the users at fault I would like to point out a Maxamet PM2 will set you back $288. I think we can all agree people shelling out for that already know not to pry with a knife or use it as a screwdriver.

To be fair, I've met plenty of people who "buy the best" because in their mind spending more money means buying something more durable. Plenty of people who buy M series and AMG cars because "they're the best" - without caring what makes them the best

[Bill1170]

Before everyone concludes it must be the users at fault I would like to point out a Maxamet PM2 will set you back $288. I think we can all agree people shelling out for that already know not to pry with a knife or use it as a screwdriver.

Wealth does not confer wisdom, nor even common sense.

[SpyderPhreak]

One might also note that the pictures posted by the OP represent the entire population of broken Maxamet knives available on the Internet: nine (9) knives. I know there have been primitive cultures that counted, "1, 2, many" but I don't think most of us here would consider nine knives to be "many." Not out of the thousands of Maxamet knives manufactured in Golden.

I happen to know, FOR A FACT, that one of the OP’s pictured knives was broken with accidental lateral stress. It’s the PM2 shown against a dark granite background.

IIRC, he was cutting some heavy rubber conveyor belt material, and the blade twisted, then snap. So yes, large forces, then accidental lateral force (similar to prying), and it broke the blade. He admitted fault, and to my knowledge did not send it in for warranty.

So now there’s only 8 that broke under normal usage…