Anax, All hail, the King reigns supreme!

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First of all I thought your diatribe was entertaining and hilarious! You may have missed your calling in marketing write ups.

I also appreciate you pushing a product/knife that you love and want to share the great experiences your enjoying with others. I’m guilty of the same thing quite often.

Poking the bear by comparing to a sebenza, another brilliant marketing move cause it will certainly evoke a response. Whether bad or good the anax will be discussed.

Overall, job well done, but of course I disagree. The well kept secret is that Les George is truly the greatest, not a king but rather a king maker!😂
 
Here is my snarky response:
  • longer cutting edge, slightly more belly - A tiny bit more cutting edge means nothing.
  • greater steel (M390) (with exception to new magnacut) - M390 is not "greater" than S30V/S35VN/S45VN.
  • thicker blade stock - Objectively worse.
  • thicker blade tip - All this means is that the edge near the tip is more obtuse and cuts worse.
  • stronger grind (flat) - This is ridiculous. Knives are made to cut. A crowbar has no grind, which is "stronger" than a flat grind; does this make it better?
  • no thumb stud - Not a benefit.
  • 3 ways of opening - groove flick (or slow open), front flick, middle finger flick - Goofy.
  • rare contoured handle swell (width) - Not interesting.
  • more ergonomic handle - No.
  • bigger pivot screw - Not better at all, it looks hideous on the Anax.
  • special triangular hardware - Objectively worse.
  • integral construction - Good luck trying to fix the knife when blade play develops.
  • over travel lock bar stop - Not necessary at all.
  • smaller gap in frame for lock bar cutout - No benefit whatsoever.
  • replaceable and removable lockbar blade rest - Who cares.
  • ceramic ball molded pocket clip w/ no hotspot - The clip is hideous, and the Sebenza clip is better.
  • 2 different kinds of jimping for thumb - Made me laugh.
  • insanely buttery bearing-driven smooth action and great sounding detent - More goofy stuff.
  • one of a kind lanyard system w/ 2 types - Made me laugh.
  • sweetest presentation box - Made me cry.
 
brancron said:
[*]sweetest presentation box - Made me cry.
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Yeah I don’t get this at all, I thought CRK was the one with the fancy box w/tools, grease, authenticity card, etc…?
My microtechs all came in a box, not much different than ZT, except it has a removable lid lol
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Could be worse, and I do like Microtech obviously, I own a few, but I like others a little more (RHK), and not because of the packaging
 
I still don't understand those dumb screw-in "fobs" it came with. Having that sticking out of your pocket? Hard pass, and I saw this as someone who was interested at one point in these. Those dumb things would have stayed in the box for the next owner to enjoy. I mean, it doesn't even have a deep carry clip, which would make a fob more useful, soooooo....?
 
I believe Scott Cook worked for Chris Reeve decades ago and learned tight tolerances from that experience. And I believe Scott Cook was the first knife maker to create the integral. And for 2 decades he was the only maker to make an integral with the contoured (swelled) handles. Now others, including the Chinese, have duplicated his achievements.
 
Blues said:
Well, the designer was Ben Dover...
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In researching this knife more, I didn't realize this knife was made in China by Rike. Rike, another company with IP stealing issues...Sounds like a match made in hell.

$600 for a knife made in China is about $400 more than I'm willing to pay.
 
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