Ouch.just lost 5 roundhouses to customs
so, yeah- no bearings, no flipper tab, no axis lock or button lock...
They tryin to go all England on your ass? Next thing you know, it'll be 'no knives with pointy tips'.
Ouch.just lost 5 roundhouses to customs
so, yeah- no bearings, no flipper tab, no axis lock or button lock...
I could use a new watch!Crazy, next thing you know, they will have you on a watch list for designing them........or maybe........
This ^This is obviously purely subjective and my opinion strictly. Before that though let me preface by saying that different scenarios call for different folding knives but here are some things I like across all sizes.
-slim in pocket in both thickness and width. A folding knife spends most its life in my pocket.
-not overly “ergonomic” handles that force your hand to hold the knife in certain grips. Personally i prefer relatively straight handles (Sebenza and Emerson cqc7 are good examples)
-a blade that has some straight portion so I can lay it flat on my stone. So the opposite of what I like are blades that are all belly and recurve.
-tip up carry option
-finally as a general rule I find 3.25 inch blade length to be ideal for an edc knife. Not too long that it will scare anyone but not too short that you wish you had a bigger knife.
^^^^^ThisPeople still like folders!? I gave them up like a bad habit, years ago. They cost too much for what you get and they are dangerous imo.
That's fine, gives me two more chances to get one!^^^^^This
- Pocket clip
This is another thing where small things matter. Deep carry clips are great for being unobstrusive (and please have the option for matte black clips. I wear dark/black pants a lot, and really dislike silver clips that stand out).
My favorite clips curve up enough at the very end, so that my favorite method of drawing the folder from the pocket, is to place the heel of my hand on the end of the knife, my thumb slides in the pocket to grab the knife while my index finger grabs that raised end of the clip to pull the knife out.
I've had knives where the end of the pocket clip wasn't raised enough to grab. With hardly any surface area to grab (especially if the clip had a pretty strong grip on the pocket), simply extracting the knife from the pocket was a chore.
The raised end also makes it a lot easier to slide over the edge of the pocket.
You had 2 more chances of getting one before Obviously you haven't seen or are unaware of my success rate on Friday SalesThat's fine, gives me two more chances to get one!
A folder that opened that easily, would definitely fail the NY test.If I can shake it loose, we have a problem. I've had one folder stab me in the thigh. One!
I need to it to be able to resist opening while clipped to pocket and running at full speed.
These are some excellent observations. Not obvious to the uninitiated and really important.