Everyone's latest acquisitions!
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Couple more Stitch auto’s arrived this week:
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I just ordered one as well (like 5 minutes ago). Tried in vain to wait until May.
Pics when it gets here (or it never will have happened, right?).
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What work would you want/need done to a $600-700 knife? Wasn’t it perfect out of the box?
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What work would you want/need done to a $600-700 knife? Wasn’t it perfect out of the box?
It wasn’t quite that expensive, and I’ll be having some anodizing and scale texturing done to it.
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Fox Core
That's a good looking knife. What're your thoughts on it so far?
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Lately it would have to be my new Koenig Arius!
https://flic.kr/p/24424RJ https://www.flickr.com/photos/57703464@N02/
https://flic.kr/p/24424RJ https://www.flickr.com/photos/57703464@N02/
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Its similar to the Viper Kyomi in size and blade shape. I had the Kyomi before and wasn't really impressed with the action. The Core is way better. It's a pretty big knife for having a 3 1/4 inch blade. It’s a little thick as well. The scales are FRN with steel skeletonized liners and sport a nicely done liner lock. The clip looks and works just like a Spyderco deep carry wire clip. The steel is N690 and the blade has a nice stone wash to it . The FRN scales are nicely done but they seem a little more “hard plastic’y” than most of the FRN from companies like Spyderco, Benchmade, Steelwill, etc. This isn’t a bad thing, just different. The action is really nice and the blade will fall freely when the liner lock is depressed. It rides on bearing as well.
There are a couple negatives I found but mainly minor and more due to personal preference. The weight and overall size of the knife is fairly substantial. It weighs in at 4.7 ounces and it’s just a pretty big knife overall. I’d call it a "Little Big Knife". It’s not that long, not supper thick but it’s tall with the blade and the handles. If you've held a Viper Kyomi or Odini, it’s very similar in size but just a bit bigger. The other negative found is the blade finish. While it’s crazy sharp and the stonewash is nice, the stoneswash is a little “rubbed off” just above the main bevel. You can see it a bit in the photo. The grind doesn’t go up into the stonewash past the bevel line but the stonewash just seems to be a little faded a couple millimeters above the grind. Not a big deal and just cosmetic but I figured I would mention it
Overall, super impressed with this knife. Just a little beefier that I expected.
