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- Jan 16, 2001
- Messages
- 156
Given to me as a christmas present and was purchased at walmart for 30 dollars. Made in China (DOH!).
The finish is a fine bead blast on the blade and handle. The blade is 440C.
The lockup is rock solid and the blade displays no movement in any direction. AFter a month of use, the framelock contacts about 3/4 of the tang but has stayed put there... even when using the knife hard, the lock moves no further.
Fit and Finish is acceptable. Many imperfections are of course blotted out by the bead blast. The knife is fully assembled with torx screws. This is nice however, the steel buck is using for the screws is terribly soft and ive already stripped a screw on the clip with minimal force. The Ambidextrous thumb stud is nice, but the left hand stud tears the crap out of your pocket due to sticking out a bit far.
The profile on the edge out of the box yielded a functional, but nowhere near razor sharp cutting edge. I decided to not sharpen it before beginning cutting tasks.
The first thing i did is cut some 1/8" cardboard to make a base covering for inside my truck box. Id say i made a total of 20 cuts to shape the cardboard with a total of 20 or so feet of consistent cutting of cardboard if you were to combine all cuts. The edge, while still not shaving sharp, demonstrated the same level of sharpness as before. Also most impressive? after cleaning the knife, there were 0 scratches on the blade. Normally cardboard will scratch the crap out of a blade, but this baby has an excellent heat treat for the price and was unabraided by the onslaught of cardboard grittiness.
WHen i went to sharpen the blade, i started by matching the factory 30 degree angle with my lansky. The edge became sharp to shave hair somewhat, though i wasnt impressed. Since the blade is ground thick along the spine and it has steep holow grinds, the edge ends up really thick if you match the factory edge. thus, got out the coarse stone and reprofiled it to 25 degrees and that is the sweet spot for this knife. it will now shave a gnats ass and as demonstrated will easily slice the users finger painlessly!.
Overall great knife.
Suggested Improvements: Harder steel on screws, Smooth out the thumb studs, MAKE IT IN AMERICA!! COME ON, THIS IS BUCK WERE TALKING ABOUT!, make the hollowgrind a bit less obtuse and the knife would be perfect.
The finish is a fine bead blast on the blade and handle. The blade is 440C.
The lockup is rock solid and the blade displays no movement in any direction. AFter a month of use, the framelock contacts about 3/4 of the tang but has stayed put there... even when using the knife hard, the lock moves no further.
Fit and Finish is acceptable. Many imperfections are of course blotted out by the bead blast. The knife is fully assembled with torx screws. This is nice however, the steel buck is using for the screws is terribly soft and ive already stripped a screw on the clip with minimal force. The Ambidextrous thumb stud is nice, but the left hand stud tears the crap out of your pocket due to sticking out a bit far.
The profile on the edge out of the box yielded a functional, but nowhere near razor sharp cutting edge. I decided to not sharpen it before beginning cutting tasks.
The first thing i did is cut some 1/8" cardboard to make a base covering for inside my truck box. Id say i made a total of 20 cuts to shape the cardboard with a total of 20 or so feet of consistent cutting of cardboard if you were to combine all cuts. The edge, while still not shaving sharp, demonstrated the same level of sharpness as before. Also most impressive? after cleaning the knife, there were 0 scratches on the blade. Normally cardboard will scratch the crap out of a blade, but this baby has an excellent heat treat for the price and was unabraided by the onslaught of cardboard grittiness.
WHen i went to sharpen the blade, i started by matching the factory 30 degree angle with my lansky. The edge became sharp to shave hair somewhat, though i wasnt impressed. Since the blade is ground thick along the spine and it has steep holow grinds, the edge ends up really thick if you match the factory edge. thus, got out the coarse stone and reprofiled it to 25 degrees and that is the sweet spot for this knife. it will now shave a gnats ass and as demonstrated will easily slice the users finger painlessly!.
Overall great knife.
Suggested Improvements: Harder steel on screws, Smooth out the thumb studs, MAKE IT IN AMERICA!! COME ON, THIS IS BUCK WERE TALKING ABOUT!, make the hollowgrind a bit less obtuse and the knife would be perfect.
