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Next up is the Kizer Uprising.
What I like:
1) It flips well.
2) It has nicely rounded edges(mostly).
3) They've skeletonized the flipper tab.
4) The beadblasted handle finish.
5) It has an overtravel stop for the lockbar.
What I don't like:
1) It's too heavy.
2) The blade is too tall.
3) The centering drifts.
4) It's uncomfortable.
5) It's too expensive.
6) The handle doesn't resist wear... at all.
7) I hate Kizer's pivot.
8) The jimping is useless.
That's a long list of bad... which is a fair sum-up of the knife I think.
If all you want is a titanium framelock that flips well, this passes the test. It is in fact a titanium framelock and it flips great. Thus ends the pros portion of this review.
There's absolutely no comfortable way to hold the knife. There's a protrusion toward the bottom of the handle which digs into your hand. The pocket clip is too pointy and also digs into your hand. The large, oddly proportioned and positioned choil forces your hand back on the handle making it feel clumsy and placing the blade too far forward. The handle also has a bit of a beard in front of the top of the lockbar. They've forgotten to chamfer this, leaving a VERY sharp point to dig into your index knuckle.
I was told not to be afraid to use the knife hard for the review, but that's exactly what I was. Afraid. Not for the knife's sake, but for my hand. Thus I carried and used it just enough to support this review and I put it down and left it alone. Despite the brevity of that experience, the blade has already started to drift over toward the presentation scale. It can probably be fixed, but I don't want to fix it. Not at nearly $200 for a Chinese produced folder.
The handle also isn't skeletonized or hollowed in any way. Odd since they went through the trouble of punching a hole in the flipper tab. The blade is also entirely too talk. Look at the big flat above the primary grind.
If they'd just stopped the blade entirely at the top of the grind and added a finger choil it'd be a much more pleasant knife. A svelte, attractive thing. A narrow bladed gent's folder.
Instead we get an uncomfortable, heavy, oddly proportioned, knuckle destroying titanium fidget toy that happens to cut things. Another pocket brick for a collector of things that don't appreciate in value and don't do well what they were designed to do. Bleh.
I was looking forward to this experience. I've held off on the Chinese folder segment and was hoping for an excuse to swan dive into that pool. Looks like I'm staying dry for now.
What I like:
1) It flips well.
2) It has nicely rounded edges(mostly).
3) They've skeletonized the flipper tab.
4) The beadblasted handle finish.
5) It has an overtravel stop for the lockbar.
What I don't like:
1) It's too heavy.
2) The blade is too tall.
3) The centering drifts.
4) It's uncomfortable.
5) It's too expensive.
6) The handle doesn't resist wear... at all.
7) I hate Kizer's pivot.
8) The jimping is useless.
That's a long list of bad... which is a fair sum-up of the knife I think.
If all you want is a titanium framelock that flips well, this passes the test. It is in fact a titanium framelock and it flips great. Thus ends the pros portion of this review.
There's absolutely no comfortable way to hold the knife. There's a protrusion toward the bottom of the handle which digs into your hand. The pocket clip is too pointy and also digs into your hand. The large, oddly proportioned and positioned choil forces your hand back on the handle making it feel clumsy and placing the blade too far forward. The handle also has a bit of a beard in front of the top of the lockbar. They've forgotten to chamfer this, leaving a VERY sharp point to dig into your index knuckle.
I was told not to be afraid to use the knife hard for the review, but that's exactly what I was. Afraid. Not for the knife's sake, but for my hand. Thus I carried and used it just enough to support this review and I put it down and left it alone. Despite the brevity of that experience, the blade has already started to drift over toward the presentation scale. It can probably be fixed, but I don't want to fix it. Not at nearly $200 for a Chinese produced folder.
The handle also isn't skeletonized or hollowed in any way. Odd since they went through the trouble of punching a hole in the flipper tab. The blade is also entirely too talk. Look at the big flat above the primary grind.
If they'd just stopped the blade entirely at the top of the grind and added a finger choil it'd be a much more pleasant knife. A svelte, attractive thing. A narrow bladed gent's folder.
Instead we get an uncomfortable, heavy, oddly proportioned, knuckle destroying titanium fidget toy that happens to cut things. Another pocket brick for a collector of things that don't appreciate in value and don't do well what they were designed to do. Bleh.
I was looking forward to this experience. I've held off on the Chinese folder segment and was hoping for an excuse to swan dive into that pool. Looks like I'm staying dry for now.