Rec. this on Fri from New Graham. As always service was excellant from NG. On to a short rev. of this knife. Well don't know exactly why I wanted one but I did and now I have it.
Initial impression of the knife after I could get it opened was mixed due to the very uneven back edge grind. The coating was pretty wavy suggesting that the edge grind was uneven and well it was. Almost looks like someone attempted to sharpen the knife to fix it. Not really sharp out of the box. Wouldn't scrape off hair either on the back or front edges. The first thing I had to do is back off the pivot screw as it was cranked down mucho tighto. Loosened it up and snugged it back down and at least could make the blade deploy. Still pretty darn snug though. So much so that my thumb will slide off the disk more than half time when trying to deploy the blade.
I emailed NG about the uneven back blade grind and didn't hear from them so broke out the Lansky and tried to straighten it out this a.m.. Did fix it a bit but not that well. Seems like the plunge for the initial grinding of the blade wasn't done deep enough hence when you try and sharpen the edge back there it just kind of hogs it out a bit. Didn't go crazy on it so it isn't that bad but I'll tell ya for the money paid I would expect better.
As for the deployment issue I took one side of the knife apart down to the liner. It seems the liner is press fit onto the standoffs and there is no way I could see short of trying to pry them apart, which I didn't do, to get them apart. Bottom line impression of this knife is this: When it fires it fires harder than many auto's I have owned so be forewarned as this would be pretty hard to convince a copper I would think that it isn't an auto. Also the blade grinds need to be much better at least on my knife. Don't have the liners pressed on so tight as that you can get them off to at least lubricate the pivot. Well there you have it. I figure I am out 60 bucks and that isn't so bad I guess. Would be much better to be able to check one out in person to make sure the one you were buying is up to snuff. As it stands this one gets a thumbs down from me :thumbdn:
Now don't get me wrong the knife has potential but don't really see it as an edc knife either. More purpose driven in the s.d. roll me thinks. keepem sharp
Initial impression of the knife after I could get it opened was mixed due to the very uneven back edge grind. The coating was pretty wavy suggesting that the edge grind was uneven and well it was. Almost looks like someone attempted to sharpen the knife to fix it. Not really sharp out of the box. Wouldn't scrape off hair either on the back or front edges. The first thing I had to do is back off the pivot screw as it was cranked down mucho tighto. Loosened it up and snugged it back down and at least could make the blade deploy. Still pretty darn snug though. So much so that my thumb will slide off the disk more than half time when trying to deploy the blade.
I emailed NG about the uneven back blade grind and didn't hear from them so broke out the Lansky and tried to straighten it out this a.m.. Did fix it a bit but not that well. Seems like the plunge for the initial grinding of the blade wasn't done deep enough hence when you try and sharpen the edge back there it just kind of hogs it out a bit. Didn't go crazy on it so it isn't that bad but I'll tell ya for the money paid I would expect better.
As for the deployment issue I took one side of the knife apart down to the liner. It seems the liner is press fit onto the standoffs and there is no way I could see short of trying to pry them apart, which I didn't do, to get them apart. Bottom line impression of this knife is this: When it fires it fires harder than many auto's I have owned so be forewarned as this would be pretty hard to convince a copper I would think that it isn't an auto. Also the blade grinds need to be much better at least on my knife. Don't have the liners pressed on so tight as that you can get them off to at least lubricate the pivot. Well there you have it. I figure I am out 60 bucks and that isn't so bad I guess. Would be much better to be able to check one out in person to make sure the one you were buying is up to snuff. As it stands this one gets a thumbs down from me :thumbdn:
Now don't get me wrong the knife has potential but don't really see it as an edc knife either. More purpose driven in the s.d. roll me thinks. keepem sharp
