I think I might like the clip side even more than the front, and I've never said that about a knife before.
Sproles, this is one of Ken's full custom designs. Consider that the Mid-Tech Onions (handles are CNCed, rather than hand done) are going for $800 and up and I think you could expect a knife like this to be in the $1000 plus area. That is, if you can find one like it, which I think would be none too easy. Ken has made more than one of the Vapor knife, but I don't know if he will make another one of these.
Compare it to a Tom Mayo:
Well, one is a knife and one is an aging surf bum who abuses drill presses and claims that he makes those TNT knives. Certainly this cannot be true--this "Mayo" person is perhaps a fictional character made up by Ken so that he can be left alone to make knives. Tom MAYO and Ken ONION? Haven't you ever wondered about that??
OK, seriously now...the major differences would be the Speedsafe/flipper mechanism on the Onion, and the use of Talonite on the TNT. The TNT is completely rust free, the Onion is an auto, for all practical intent and purposes. A TNT comparable to this particular Onion would be an XL size, and is built more stoutly (thicker blade and bolsters) than the Onion. Both knives have holes, both are radiused or contoured to make them feel comfortable in the hand. Maybe the Onion is a bit more decorative than the TNT, but both are very understated, functional designs. There is absolutely no way for me to come to a finding that one is better than the other, these are two different knifemakers' conception of what a knife should be, and as personalities differ, the design points differ. In my opinion, you are not going to find a better tactical folder than what these two hamburger toppings/knifemakers are producing.
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