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Pros: Blade Material, Ease of Opening, Handle Feel, Handle Material, Lock Ease of Use, Overall Quality, Pocket Clip, Weight
Cons: Blade Sharpness, Lock Type, Sheath
I love it, but not perfect from the factory
I use this version of the Vuja de as an EDC and a work knife every day. The handle is the most comfortable of any karambit I've checked out. I wear a size small mechanix glove; my husband wears an XL and says it is uncomfortably tight on both the ring and the length of the grip. I don't do complicated flipping, but opening and closing into forward and reverse grips one-handed is easy if you can hit the button, which does break in with use. The ringed bite handle is longer than the safe handle and the blade, meaning you can unlock the knife, grip the ring, and swing it open with your fingers clear. Like most production knives, it came with a steep, somewhat sharp edge. With a steeper grind, it cuts like the dickens, while not really looking like a knife when closed and sporting a short blade. This isn't a useless toy, but you will have to tweak the screws and lubricate a little to smoothly flip without using any force. The MV-X blade steel, which no one else seems to use, holds a good edge under my very aggressive grind, and comes back easily with stropping. The ring is a hardened steel, possibly MV-X. Yes, you can strike with it, but the screws aren't that thick. The ring lets you catch your preferred finger in the grip the draw from your waistband, pocket, boot, etm. TL;DR Yes, it's finicky compared to a lockback or crossbar knife, but the coolness factor is matched by it's utility once it's open.
