Pros: Weight, Pocket Clip, Blade Material, Blade Sharpness
Cons: Lock Ease of Use, Pocket Clip
A good knife hampered by a few flaws
Although I'm rating it a 3, I like the knife. The handle is comfortable, the deep carry clip has recessed screws, I really like the blade shape (normally I'm with David C. Andersen), the metal seems quite nice (won't really know for a year), the scales delight my non-knife loving wife (this was for her), and overall it looks good. It is pretty pokey, and seems pretty sharp out of the box (don't ask how I determined that). The handle is non-slip without being aggressive. There are a lot of 4 star knives out there that beat this, and a very few 5 star, yet I'd recommend this to folks that feel this would work for them. The price, steel, and overall form are wins. To disassemble, use T6 and T8 if you care, but be careful not to lose the lanyard pin and such. There is a sweet spot for tightness on the pivot where the blade is centered and opens, so there is no loosening it (I don't know that that would help anyway). Cons are that the spring is far too strong, especially given the dimensions. Overcoming it to open it is difficult even for me, and makes the top flipper almost useless. The top flipper doesn't have a comfortable purchase, and the thumb studs aren't well-placed. Closing the knife is more difficult than it should be, due to the spring, and I'm used to liner locks.The clip is a bit too strong, though I prefer too strong over my Massdrop Gentleman's folder's too weak. I got it for my wife's purse, but she has made it a junk drawer (kitchen drawer for misc. items, not sterile for food) knife. Which isn't great, but that means I get to play with it.
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