Lansky world legal knife. Your thoughts?

I've been reading up on the designer, this is a production version of one of Mikkel Willumsen's Snake Doc slipjoints (there's also a framelock model and a flipper). He makes several knives that are legal in places like the UK that have very strict knife laws. I liked some of his work (the Snake Doc framelock is cool).

About the blade thickness, I think there's a mistake. I couldn't find precise info on-line about this particular model, but Willumsen's much larger CWC flipper is 5mm thick (0.18"). I think he made a typo and meant 70mm for the blade length (2.8" or so).

United Cutlery makes another one of his designs (Blondie, I think) and he collaborated with Brous on the Reloader. I'd like to see some of his designs made by a company like ZT.
 
Goosey said:
Looks like I might have spread some misinformation then :eek: oops.


I got that info straight from the designer's own posts on the British forum. Maybe I misunderstood him.
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No worries. I agree with the other guys. I think he meant to say either 7cm or 70mm, referring to the length of the blade. :thumbup:
 
I guess I should probably make a PiF thread (if I'm allowed) or find an old one, but I've been thinking of grabbing one of these to give away if anyone wants to check one out. Reactions in this thread seem mixed.... I've got one coming myself, I usually don't like anything under 3.5" blade but this just appealed to me. I can see how, as some say, it could be found as ugly, but I like the lines for some reason.
 
Dear god, if this thing had a 7mm blade... Well, it wouldn't be much uglier. I like the handle, but the blade is hideous. I would rather carry a SAK abroad, or whatever I want here in the states.
 
World Legal. State wise it's legal for me and local laws I know of but 2.5in is the max allowed length for me to carry into government buildings such as police stations, court houses, post offices, etc from what I remember reading up on my laws in my area. I think I take my Canoe or 84mm SAK's their a lot more legal in this regard being at the legal limit in this case.

That thing just looks god awful ugly as well I have a very long list of traditional knives I take over that, pretty much all of them.
 
I've handled it and it is too large to easily explain away to a cop in a foreign land as "just a tool." Not having a lock won't save you with that hooked point.
 
I received mine two days ago. I am not sure how I got it early--order form Smart Gift Ideas through amazon and I guess they were allowed to ship them out earlier.

My two cents: it is heavy and big for such a small blade. That being said, it is slimmer than most of my other knives and if you like a full grip for a small blade, then this is perfect. Secondly, although I'm not quite sure why this blade shape was chosen, the hooked point is actually more useful than I thought it would be. Cuts very easily into cardboard and other things where you want to slice but want initial penetration. The angle of the blade helps this as well. The blade is very secure, and the double stop will probably save some careless person from cutting themselves bad. Overall, its not revolutionary (especially because US laws are not uniform across a state or even county,) but if I know I'm going to be doing a lot of work and don't want to abuse a nicer knife, this cost me $22 (including a lansky blade medic) so I'll be reaching for this and knowing I am holding something sturdy but if it gets scratched and marred I won't mind.

In the near future I will be receiving a real Mikkel Willumsen snake doc flipper and it will be interesting to see how the two compare.
 
I know it's an ugly brute but I intend getting one when it hits the UK as a robust cutter without the worry of the locking issue.
 
I called Lansky today and they said it will be shipping from then in about a weeks time.
 
A butt-ugly knife.

This is nothing but a gimmick. A solution in search of a problem. There are many small knives that can be carried anywhere in the world that it is legal to carry at all.
 
Ugly as hell, sketchy without a lock and bothersome such a thing is needed in other countries.

Good luck out there to our brothers stuck in nanny States.
 
Give me a gorgeous Case, a utilitarian sak, or a simple opinel for a world legal knife.

I don't need a tiny little brick that well undoubtedly still get confiscated in a police state, whether it follows the letter of the law or not.
 
Had this (not so little guy) waiting me when I got home.

Site won't let me post multiple pics at once so here the size comparison to an Esee 4.

 
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