Review Manly Folders: Comrade, Peak, Wasp. Fixed Blades: Patriot and Drugar, Made in Bulgaria

I guess I must have missed something in elementary school geometry. Looks round to me. Even if slightly oval, it looks like Spyderco's intellectual property. Probably legal, but still a round hole.
 
"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By Any Other Name would smell as sweet."
 
Spyderco did not invent the hole....... spydey hole yes... but not the hole.
 
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Spyderco did not invent the hole....... spydey hole yes... but not the hole.
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I think Spydeco had a patent on the round hole opener and now a trademark. The manly hole is clearly a takeoff but just enough off a full circle to be legal.
 
brownshoe said:
I think Spydeco had a patent on the round hole opener and now a trademark. The manly hole is clearly a takeoff but just enough off a full circle to be legal.
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On their new peak models, they made the hole more oval than older ones. For what it's worth.
 
Just got the City knife today from a fellow forum member that tried it out for a spell. I'm liking this a lot, plus I believe it is one of the first models that includes a lanyard hole ;)

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S90v blade, clip is deep pocket carry and for those that did not want to carry a knife with the word Manly on it, they did not add that onto this folder. You will see the Manly family/company emblem on the clip and blade, the steel and on the lock bar the name City.

Nice addition to their lineup and waspy thin blade, very very slicey !
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At almost 120,000 views and nearly 600 replies, this thread ranks in the top 5 for knife reviews in both views and replies, that is quite a lot of interest of Bulgarian blades :) speaking of which, I just got in a new to me Manly Peak in S90v steel and quite the slicer she be.

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I don't know if there are many dealers lately for these knives, but from the interests shown and the knives they make, you would think there should be several.

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Hey Gary I’m considering picking up this exact knife. I was wondering what your thoughts were on it. Cheers!
 
It's a cutter, those guys grind their blades down fairly thin, it's been a while since I had that one, like a lot of my old collection, but I remember it as a very nice knife.
Some folks gave grief about the hole being like another mfg, it was intentionally made oval so it's not a circle, but that's hard not to make the comparison. I don't know if these are in production any longer?
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Regarding the opening hole of the Peak, I believe they communicated an agreement with a representative of Spyderco, and this oval shape was the end result. Initial prototypes had a round hole, but those were just that, early prototypes.
 
Currently Manly is under the Bocker's umbrella, they control the sales outside Bulgaria.
I don't think Bocker will resell a knife with issue about the hole, especially considering issue with company like Spyderco.
 
I should have kept the one above, but for some reason moved it along, this one has been a keeper so far, we'll see how much longer she lasts.

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My Peak broke down. It was confusing at first and not straight forward as to what was wrong with it and then the fracture in the spring below became more apparent and it lost all strength as it broke further.


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If you compare it to how spyderco makes their lock it seems like they have a better design.
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Emailed Manly and didn't get far with that.

Still like the knife, gonna have to fix it myself somehow.
 
Fixed several lost images due to photobucket being like it was :( so some of the pertinent images now show using my flicker album
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I bought my Peak in S90V greatly influenced by this post (I didn't know about this brand before I started reading it). I actually bought two, mine in S90V and another one as a present for a friend in a lesser steel (not a knife guy and he doesn't have diamonds to sharpen it).

I am happy with mine, however I should say that in order to keep the blade centered (to avoid rubbing on the scales) and without side to side play, I need to keep the pivot quite tight. And at this stage, opening it one hand is not as smooth as other knives of mine. The backlock is actually quite stiff.

It doesn't bother me much and the rest of tha package is awesome. Slicy, doesn't take much pocket room and allowed me to try one of the so called super-steels for an affordable price.

Mikel
 
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