Cheap yet good knife

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Sharp Tactical Folding Pocket Knife

Budgetgadgets is a fairly new company that takes operates in the free delivery market.

The item that I will be reviewing today is a knife, folding release, of reasonable size. When closed it measures approx. 5 inches, when opened it is about 8. The knife is completely made out of stainless metal, and the actual blade is coated in a black substance, for a sleek look. There is a very narrow slice of uncoated metal, which is the actual edge of the blade. The coating has the same colour as the handle. The blade has a proper thickness, and is rigid.

Now for the actual review.

I will judge the blade on several fronts: Construction quality, appearance, ease of handling and cutting abilities.

Construction quality
As soon as you get a hold of this knife it feels very sturdy, and has a nice complete finished look. The coating on the blade is nice and even without imperfections. Opening the knife is very smooth, and the locking system works very well. All is operated by one hand easily. Only downside is that is isn’t locked when closed. This doesn’t bother me though; as I keep it in the pouch that it came with when not in use. There is no wiggle room between the blade and the handle.

Appearance
It’s a matter of taste, but as far as I’m concerned it looks great. The knife is entirely made out of good materials, which make it look valuable. The unpainted metal parts are partially brushed, and the black handle had a nice textured surface which looks sturdy.

Ease of use
As I said before, the knife is easily operated with one hand. Considering the handle of the blade is slightly larger than usual, this knife is operated by larger hands than average ones easily. It’s also able to transfer more force to the blade by having a larger handle.

Cutting abilities
This is what it’s al about in the end, how well does it cut. A test with a piece of paper works flawless, the knife just glides right through without ripping the paper, and leaves a very clean cut. Plastic is cut with ease to, all on factory sharpness.
Cutting fruits is somewhat harder, considering the increasing thickness of the blade, meat on the other hand is very easy to cut.

Overall score
A knife that offers outstanding value for a small price. For only 7,64$ including shipping this knife comes to your home.
Grade: 9,5/10

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Fraid not, I do like their products, but that is entirely coincidental. They have some crappy stuff to, that I just don't buy. :p
 
So it's just a complete coincidence that your first post here mentions the company by name, provides a link to it, and includes a glowing review of a knife that most of the members here would see as cheap junk?
 
I guess so, because I am rather new to the blade community, and not as experienced as you ;).

I am just really glad with the blade, but if you could tell me what is wrong with it I will have learned something today :).
 
Well, to be blunt, it's a cheap piece of junk. It's an inexpensive Chinese-made knife that will fall apart over long-term use. The liner lock will wear steadily until it's at the far end of its travel, leaving you with a blade that won't lock open properly, if it even does so now. The coating on the blade is intended to hide flaws in the steel more than to make the blade look "cool." And I'm willing to bet that the heat treatment of that blade is such that the knife dulls extremely quickly, sharpens up again easily, but simply won't take a good edge.

Plus, it's really ugly.
 
The counterfeit Dark Ops knife listed as a Cold Steel gave me a chuckle.

Rotten stuff, but thanks.
 
CenturionNL

Welcome to the forum, and thanks for your review. You will find there are basically a lot of nice folks here with lots of different topics to choose from.....enjoy.
 
Welcome to BF Centurion:thumbup:
I would look into Benchmades and Kershaws for good quality and price.

Or a real version of any of the knives copied there........
 
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I feel like a big shot at that website, you can find me in the 20.00 or more section.:cool:
 
I think the word "junk" would be a compliment when applied to those items!

If you're not a shill for that company and you're genuinely looking for a cheap, good quality knife, go to the Spyderco website and look at their Byrd line.
 
The last thing a vendor should do is go to a forum where people really do know what good knives are all about, and tout junk. I now know to actively steer people away from these particular knives and the associated company and website.

So, thanks for the warning. I will now do everything I can to make sure no one buys these worthless knives.

One more thing: This thread should be titled 'Cheap and worthless knives.'
 
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