Deejo? WTH

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This keeps popping up.

https://www.deejo.com/en/

WTH is Z40C13 steel. These things look like they’d collapse and slice off your digits doing anything beyond opening letters.

Anybody have one of these things? Yes I searched and found nothing.

I’m biting my tongue bigly right now.
 
KVT said:
These things look like they’d collapse and slice off your digits doing anything beyond opening letters.
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How so? When you're cutting/slicing, you're forcing the blade open; not closed. (unless you're trying to cut/slice with the spine.)
I can't tell if they're a slipjoint or have a blade lock of some sort. However, the pivot and blade stop appear properly sized.
(the website wouldn't open the pages for information or prices. I am going to guess they are not anywhere near inexpensive ... probably a three digit plus coin price point.)
 
$90ish

And “Hipster” marketing is EXACTLY one of the things I first thought of.

Think coffee-shop design conversations in downtown Seattle and/or SF.

Whatever, hard pass from me.
 
A new take on the gentleman folder, obviously not for hard use.

If I was gonna go this way I'd go for an Actilam instead. They seem better built and more useable, with a style that, while being different, is a bit more "knife" and less "gimmick" if that make sense.
 
You'd be surprised at how many non-knife folks asked me about this brand (and funny enough, James brand).

I even almost got one as an office Christmas gift. Good thing it was a gift swap and I ended up with a mini-hotdog maker. I gave away a blue SAK nail clipper knife. I took one look at the deejo and did a:
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I have had one since 2016. Not a bad light duty knife that I keep in my desk drawer to open letters. Mine is 420 steel and cost $35.
 
No thanks. No thanks to this, James Brand, any of that.

I'll take a Douk-Douk, a Mercator, an Opinel, a Chaparral, a Higonokami, my pimped PM2, a Microtech, a slipjoint, over this as a gentleman's knife.

Interested to hear opinions, though, but it seems gimmicky. And, is the steel real?
 
These have been around for years, I saw them awhile ago at REI, marketed as ultralight climbing knives. I didn’t handle them, as I prefer my knives to have pretty hefty handles, that’s always a big concern for me regarding folders. Anyway, they seemed to be finished nice, and we’re around the 50$ mark, except for the higher end versions.
 
My daughter has one of these. She got it because it had hearts on it. ❤️

Honestly, it isn't horrible. It's just a little strange and seems a little fragile. It would work fine as a letter opener, or that whole hipster coffee-shop thing K KVT was talking about.
 
I like the looks of the Deejo. It's a useful albeit fragile knife. Although I do not like frame locks or liner locks this is something I might make an exception for. It is a classy extra light gentleman's folder that is primarily for slicing and light work. I imagine it's lightweight makes it easy to carry and probably handy for most casual cutting.

I like the fact that it is not marketed as a super tough slim ninja assassins folder with official tactitool martial SF certification with a super lock that will never fail as long as you don't "abuse" it by doing anything other than light slicing.

It is marketed as a pleasant looking useful light duty knife with a thin profile chisel grind blade (a real cutting and slicing knife) with a large variety of nice looking handle options and blade etching designs. It's not made of ninja super steel but is still stainless and adequate for general cutting tasks. It most likely would not be perceived as intimidating if used at the dinner table for eating provided it's not the one with death head skulls etched on the blade or any dreary military like handles or hardware mounted on it (the way I see it.)

I would be proud to own this "hipster" knife. They are doing something right here.

It is made in Taiwan before being sent to France where it is fitted and finished so I have read.

I wish they would offer more thumb stud models (one hand opening) especially among the more classy looking non-partial serrated versions.

A full serrated version with wide scallops for easy sharpening might not be bad either. Serrations are excellent for cutting food or stuff on ceramic (will kill any edge real fast no matter how "super" the steel is) plates or other blade edge killing surfaces and from what I read were designed for that. the pointy tips of the serrations rub the hard surface but the grind (scallops) between the points never contact the hard surface and keep cutting and cutting.

The 420 equivalent steel they use should be easy and quick to sharpen.


I looks like it has a thin Laguiole profile.
 
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