Civivi Cogent: initial impressions.

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People knock WE/Civivi for putting this type of clip on tons of models. I'm okay seeing it standard because it works well with my pockets. It doesn't give me much of a hot spot on most models. The flush-fitting screws are great. I'm okay with not having the scales recessed because often, I see that coming at the cost of having an empty recess or fill plate on the show side.

As I said, if they want to compete with the big boys, they'll need to step it up even more. Addressing the clip is a way. If they are fine staying a notch below, so be it.

BTW, did you notice that the Cogent has a similar blade shape to the WE Snick, Civivi Relic, and Sencut Snap? (One of the in-house designers at WE has been on a kick lately.) Already having those gave me cause to wait for future button-lock releases. I might give the Altus a try.

They Blade shape is right at the boarder of looking goofy for me because the clip point doesn't start far enough back on the spine of the blade, much like a Buck 110. So no, I'm not interested in those other models.

As for the rest of your comments, I don't agree with most based on my experience but I won't be addressing them here as they aren't about this knife and are off topic. I'd appreciate if you do the same.