I recently purchased a Paradigm pro. It's S30V blade tip cut into the spacer piece of metal on the clip end of the knife. It was impressive how the blade remained sharp, yet worked a small grove in the peice of metal. I returned the knife because of that issue and I also saw some videos that raised other concerns for me with the shift mechanism. Anyway I decided I would stick with a simpler model and get the Buck Vantage pro large. I placed an order for it...only thing is, I accidently clicked the "small" version button instead.
I open the package when it arrived and made the discovery as I looked at the tiny box...not the size I was expecting. I opened the box and held the little knife. Ehh..not bad. I slipped it into my pocket and headed to work. I then started practicing opening and closing it. Hmmm...not bad at all. By the end of the day, I thought, well let me just see about this knife...as a EDC. The S30V obviuosly cuts awesome just like my Paradigm. I was really starting to like the little knife.
Ok...so I'm going to keep it.
Here are some things I found with the knife. It is about the same size as my Case knifes. With some practice, the blade can be flicked out quite easily and quickly. It is very light. The blade is nice and thin and should hold up for along time. The blade is well centered. Absolutely no blade play in any direction.
The negatives. I don't think there are any grinding/finishing tools at the factory that made this knife....lol...remember this is coming from a Case knife guy. The back of the s30v blade that sticks out when its folded is actually quite sharp on its edges too. The G10 scales are bigger than the metal liners and are also sharp. If you like to flick the blade open with your pointer finger, you will find the liners are equally sharp on the inside portion of the liners. There is also something jiggling inside the knife...I cant figure out what that would be.
So here's what I'm thinking. I would like to sand these sharp unfinished edges down. Anyone work with G10 before wanna give me some sanding tips? Special recommended tools? I'm pretty confident on touching up the sharp raw edges on the metal liners after I take the knife apart. I've never tried working with S30V, but I dont think it will be that hard to roll the sharp corner edges down a bit. I'm seriously considering removing the clip and shaving down the spacer and G10 to make that indentation disappear too. You know, just let the knife rest at bottom of my pocket. Lets face it, this knife is not a serious defence knife and I can't find a need to have it clipped in a tactical manner on the brim of my pants pocket.
I open the package when it arrived and made the discovery as I looked at the tiny box...not the size I was expecting. I opened the box and held the little knife. Ehh..not bad. I slipped it into my pocket and headed to work. I then started practicing opening and closing it. Hmmm...not bad at all. By the end of the day, I thought, well let me just see about this knife...as a EDC. The S30V obviuosly cuts awesome just like my Paradigm. I was really starting to like the little knife.
Ok...so I'm going to keep it.
Here are some things I found with the knife. It is about the same size as my Case knifes. With some practice, the blade can be flicked out quite easily and quickly. It is very light. The blade is nice and thin and should hold up for along time. The blade is well centered. Absolutely no blade play in any direction.
The negatives. I don't think there are any grinding/finishing tools at the factory that made this knife....lol...remember this is coming from a Case knife guy. The back of the s30v blade that sticks out when its folded is actually quite sharp on its edges too. The G10 scales are bigger than the metal liners and are also sharp. If you like to flick the blade open with your pointer finger, you will find the liners are equally sharp on the inside portion of the liners. There is also something jiggling inside the knife...I cant figure out what that would be.
So here's what I'm thinking. I would like to sand these sharp unfinished edges down. Anyone work with G10 before wanna give me some sanding tips? Special recommended tools? I'm pretty confident on touching up the sharp raw edges on the metal liners after I take the knife apart. I've never tried working with S30V, but I dont think it will be that hard to roll the sharp corner edges down a bit. I'm seriously considering removing the clip and shaving down the spacer and G10 to make that indentation disappear too. You know, just let the knife rest at bottom of my pocket. Lets face it, this knife is not a serious defence knife and I can't find a need to have it clipped in a tactical manner on the brim of my pants pocket.
