strategy9
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Just got this today;
a Russian company, with packaging eerily reminiscent of Boker+
(Who also uses 440c extensively, which made me go "hmmm, wonder if the two aren't collaborating somewhere along the line"?)
This thing is built like a tank!
It's a liner lock, but I tried it out with leather work gloves before posting, and it worked fine. The extended hole made opening without a challenge, and because it is so thick, getting pressure in on the lock wasn't an issue either. (I even tried it then in thick rubber gloves, which make everything difficult, even just moving your fingers, but I still could manage to open and close it one handed). It's also the thickest liners I ever done seen, two 1/16" slabs of steel. (Twice as thick as a Blurs liner-lock, or many others I own)
The blade was toothy but sharp out the box, (a bald spot on my arm can attest to that) and the spine of the blade is thick to boot and the tip robust...
Has a thick grip in the hand to accommodate all the overbuilt parts, and has some weight to it, listed at over 6oz, but it feels good in the hand, especially in gloves because of the added girth, even in spite of the weight, (don't think I'll be carrying this one basketball shorts though, I'll tell ya that).
Definitely feels like a "work" knife, and a man's knife... I can picture a big brolic Bolshevik carrying something like this...
The textured g10 scales are great, not rugged or aggressive, but provide a good added grippiness, i cant imagine it "slipping" out of a hand even in gloves.
Also has a glass breaker tip, AND, while I'm sure the robust blade could likely handle prying staples and such, with much less risk of breaking then many respective counterparts, it also has a folding bottle opener/flat head - pry tool/screwdriver in the butt of the handle, so that could certainly assist in saving the blade from such tasks, plus you can use the bottle opener to pop open a cold bottle of beer after a long day.
First impressions though, heavy, overbuilt, sturdy pocket tank that appears well suited for HARD use... Gotta say, all in all, well done Russia...
I'll EDC it for a few days and add more regarding actual functionality by the end of the weekend.
a Russian company, with packaging eerily reminiscent of Boker+
(Who also uses 440c extensively, which made me go "hmmm, wonder if the two aren't collaborating somewhere along the line"?)
This thing is built like a tank!
It's a liner lock, but I tried it out with leather work gloves before posting, and it worked fine. The extended hole made opening without a challenge, and because it is so thick, getting pressure in on the lock wasn't an issue either. (I even tried it then in thick rubber gloves, which make everything difficult, even just moving your fingers, but I still could manage to open and close it one handed). It's also the thickest liners I ever done seen, two 1/16" slabs of steel. (Twice as thick as a Blurs liner-lock, or many others I own)
The blade was toothy but sharp out the box, (a bald spot on my arm can attest to that) and the spine of the blade is thick to boot and the tip robust...
Has a thick grip in the hand to accommodate all the overbuilt parts, and has some weight to it, listed at over 6oz, but it feels good in the hand, especially in gloves because of the added girth, even in spite of the weight, (don't think I'll be carrying this one basketball shorts though, I'll tell ya that).
Definitely feels like a "work" knife, and a man's knife... I can picture a big brolic Bolshevik carrying something like this...
The textured g10 scales are great, not rugged or aggressive, but provide a good added grippiness, i cant imagine it "slipping" out of a hand even in gloves.
Also has a glass breaker tip, AND, while I'm sure the robust blade could likely handle prying staples and such, with much less risk of breaking then many respective counterparts, it also has a folding bottle opener/flat head - pry tool/screwdriver in the butt of the handle, so that could certainly assist in saving the blade from such tasks, plus you can use the bottle opener to pop open a cold bottle of beer after a long day.
First impressions though, heavy, overbuilt, sturdy pocket tank that appears well suited for HARD use... Gotta say, all in all, well done Russia...
I'll EDC it for a few days and add more regarding actual functionality by the end of the weekend.
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