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Pros: Weight, Handle Material, Blade Material
Cons: Lock Ease of Use, Lock Type
Blades have been over ground and have rust and are very stiff.
The clip point and spey blades dip like they've been sharpened for the last ten years. Also because the edge bevels are uneven I would have to make the dip on the edge worse. They have rust in the finger grooves and a little on the blade, I can remove it off the blades, but a little harder out of the finger grooves. Don't they oil these 1095 blades before they box them up? I don't remember the clip point blade on my last Trapper pointing a full 5/8 inch lower than the handle. Yes it points that far down and doesn't come up straight nor lock up. It will easily pop back and cut my fingers. The last 3/4 inch of the clip blade goes from .035 to .023 at the spine to the tip, it is a broken blade waiting to happen and with lock issue is useless. Spey blade at least has an even spine and is straight fully extended and locks in, it just has that dippy uneven edge bevel and rust. I make knives, but not folders, but I think I could do better than this. It arrived fairly quick.