Barman1
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There are still quite a few to be found, both the mini and regular landslides are still available, made by Benchmade.
RamZar
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I have both Viper Start and Rhino lockbacks and they're both with a 4" N690 blade. Rhino is quite beefy while Start thin.
I was browsing the New Arrivals section of BladeHQ and saw the new stunning (as in looks and price) Viper Start Damascus / Carbon Fiber with Damascus extending into the handle's spine!
I was browsing the New Arrivals section of BladeHQ and saw the new stunning (as in looks and price) Viper Start Damascus / Carbon Fiber with Damascus extending into the handle's spine!
I picked up a Viper Start a few years ago, when they were first showing up on various dealer websites.
It has the smoothest lockback action out of all the lockbacks available. (It feels like an Axis lock to me.)
The only negative feature to be aware of is the sharp top edge that they leave on the back end.
Those with large hands won't like that at all (if their hand hangs over the back).
But those with smaller hands will be alright.
Mine is an early version and didn't have a pocket clip. (Which is offered on most of them now.)
It is a large knife and it is one of the few knives offered with a wood handle scale.
It has the smoothest lockback action out of all the lockbacks available. (It feels like an Axis lock to me.)
The only negative feature to be aware of is the sharp top edge that they leave on the back end.
Those with large hands won't like that at all (if their hand hangs over the back).
But those with smaller hands will be alright.
Mine is an early version and didn't have a pocket clip. (Which is offered on most of them now.)
It is a large knife and it is one of the few knives offered with a wood handle scale.
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Boker plus 0509 3.5 inches from choil to tip, 440C steel. Feels like real 440C steel by the way it sharpens, showing the same stubbornness and lack of cooperation in getting sharp as opposed to, say, Super Blue, which rearranges it's own molecules and gets sharpener when it thinks you aren't paying attention. 440C would rather be a bearing than a knife edge IMO.
The knife itself is an excellently made lockback with a titanium handle, steel pocket clip and thumbstud, as well as steel screws. The Titanium body is very well made, the inside parts of the knife in general seem to be finished like you get with a higher quality knife.
Year? I don't know. Is it still in production? Who knows. What does it cost? Don't know. When did I even get it? Don't know that either but it must have impressed me given my general distaste of 440C. I'd guess hardness to be at around rc59 or so by the way it sharpens on my DMT coarse stone(s) I have used for 20 years now.
If you run across one and don't mind 440C I will vouch for it's fine build looking like a CNC machine did some precise work on it.
The Boker Plus does not have a made in Germany on the blade so I assume china. If this was made in Germany I doubt I would have bought this knife as it would be higher priced than I prefer for 440C knives, Ti or not.
https://www.boker.de/us/pocket-knife/boker-plus/classic-pocket-knife/01BO188.html
Joe
The knife itself is an excellently made lockback with a titanium handle, steel pocket clip and thumbstud, as well as steel screws. The Titanium body is very well made, the inside parts of the knife in general seem to be finished like you get with a higher quality knife.
Year? I don't know. Is it still in production? Who knows. What does it cost? Don't know. When did I even get it? Don't know that either but it must have impressed me given my general distaste of 440C. I'd guess hardness to be at around rc59 or so by the way it sharpens on my DMT coarse stone(s) I have used for 20 years now.
If you run across one and don't mind 440C I will vouch for it's fine build looking like a CNC machine did some precise work on it.
The Boker Plus does not have a made in Germany on the blade so I assume china. If this was made in Germany I doubt I would have bought this knife as it would be higher priced than I prefer for 440C knives, Ti or not.
https://www.boker.de/us/pocket-knife/boker-plus/classic-pocket-knife/01BO188.html
Joe
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