Jaguar M4

stepdaddy · Post by **stepdaddy** » Thu May 01, 2003 3:21 am

Was just wondering how much work would be involved to sharpen the false edge on the Jaguar M4. Has any one ever done it how did it come out.

SD

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Thu May 01, 2003 3:28 am

Dunno, it's only 420 steel so it shouldn't be hard.

tonyccw · Post by **tonyccw** » Thu May 01, 2003 2:41 pm

Pretty easy. About 45 minutes to an hour of elbow grease. Not worthwhile though. The handles would more likely fall apart before the edge got dull. Seriously...

stepdaddy · Post by **stepdaddy** » Sat May 03, 2003 1:36 am

I dunno why everyone is so down on the M4. I think it's a great knife for the $25.00 I put out for mine. It's my most flipped knife and I think it's far superior to any other low budget Bali. If it was crafted any better it wouldn't be a low dollar bali. I use mine for everything I'm afraid to do with my Benchmade. If I want BM quality I know I have to pay BM prices. But for $25.00 my Jaguar gets thrown around and flipped like hell. For all the hype over the new Cheetah it is still a low dollar bali and I think the Jaguar has it beat. Others might have thier own opinion but I really enjoy flipping the M4.

SD

tonyccw · Post by **tonyccw** » Sun May 04, 2003 4:21 pm

SD: My M4's handles started flaking after only a week's work of use, got so bad I had to take a flap wheel to it so I don't get pieces of the chrome coating stuck into my skin. The pivots refuse to stay tight even after several attempts at applying loctite. Worse yet is I actually fractured one of the handles at the pivot when I was doing a pivot adjustment. And finally, tried to keep an edge on it, but the 420 steel is barely servicable as a using steel.

Ronin · Post by **Ronin** » Thu May 22, 2003 4:23 am

StepDaddy,

I had most of the problems that tonyccw had. However, I did get my money's worth out of my M4 ! I've been using it for gardening! It's great for digging little holes so that I can plant seeds, break up root balls, and punch drainage holes in starter pots. It's as loose as a tippsy goose, but still going strong. 'Hope to have tomatos soon.

mrbigg · Post by **mrbigg** » Thu May 22, 2003 6:51 am

hey mr ronin,

my old wobbly herbertz is used as a prytool/screw driver at work - plus, when my hands are free, i can practice.

it's been dropped on concrete so many times, i can't close the latch, unless i hit it with a file

ExamonLyf · Post by **ExamonLyf** » Fri May 23, 2003 1:03 am

I really wouldn't waste the 30-60 minutes it takes to sharpen the swedge on the M4.

I had the same basic stuff happen Tony mentioned.., and absolutely zero luck doing any pivot adjustments that did any good.

A true piece of junk...., but sort of what we expected. I have to admit the M4 did surpass my expectations for "POS of the Year" though, I thought it would be a little better....

It may be a tough match-up with the M4 & Cheetah for final honors, but I'll hold off on that until I see the Gen 2 Cheetahs. Gen I is right in there with the M4....lol....but at least it's much heavier and swings well until self-destructing

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