This is primarily a knife for carrying, rather than using extensively. In spite of this and within the obvious limitations I think the design is quite usable anyway.
Skeletonized, with relatively short blade, it's no larger than it has to be to function. The blade shape and grind also work well. Ergonomically, it's pretty well designed as it's comfortable to hold and cut with (even though you in practice only can use one grip).
But the design also has a couple of problems: The place where you can place your thumb on the blade is relatively far forward compared to the blade length. This means you can't push there while making deep cuts near the handle and the thumb also can interfere with what you're cutting when you're push cutting slices.
The other is that the semi-soft, patterned coating doesn't cover all of where you come in contact with the handle. Where this becomes a problem is under the first finger, where you feel a quite pronounced discontinuity, which does not feel good when working with the knife.
The sheath is well made and holds the knife well enough without making it hard to remove it.
Weight: 36 g
Weight sheath: ~25 g
Blade length: 55 mm
Blade thickness: 2.2 mm
Overall length: 145 mm
Overall knife thickness: 3.7 mm
Overall sheath thickness: 9 mm
Balance point: At the first finger
Steel: GIN-1
Benchmade
Skeletonized, with relatively short blade, it's no larger than it has to be to function. The blade shape and grind also work well. Ergonomically, it's pretty well designed as it's comfortable to hold and cut with (even though you in practice only can use one grip).
But the design also has a couple of problems: The place where you can place your thumb on the blade is relatively far forward compared to the blade length. This means you can't push there while making deep cuts near the handle and the thumb also can interfere with what you're cutting when you're push cutting slices.
The other is that the semi-soft, patterned coating doesn't cover all of where you come in contact with the handle. Where this becomes a problem is under the first finger, where you feel a quite pronounced discontinuity, which does not feel good when working with the knife.
The sheath is well made and holds the knife well enough without making it hard to remove it.
Weight: 36 g
Weight sheath: ~25 g
Blade length: 55 mm
Blade thickness: 2.2 mm
Overall length: 145 mm
Overall knife thickness: 3.7 mm
Overall sheath thickness: 9 mm
Balance point: At the first finger
Steel: GIN-1
Benchmade