Review My new Buck 303 Cadet

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Recieved my new Buck 303 2 days ago. This is my short review/first impression, in bullet points:

Pros:
- Sharp enough to be useful out of the box (shaved armhairs on most of the edge(es), but not sharp enough for my taste, so
- Steel is easy to sharpen
- Have a good feel in hand
- Clip and sheepfoot have good snap, spey have acceptable snap
- Not a nailbreaker, but not too soft either, like I felt my 301 was.

Cons:
- the Sheepfoot and spey edges was very uneven, the bladebevel on one side was twice as wide as the other side. Maybe they are around 30 deg inclusive, but with 20/10 deg pr side. Got it on the Edge pro and got it treetopping sharp with some back bevel grinding and a 17 deg micro, but it will take some time to make it even.

Neither pro or con, just what it is:
- Slight lateral bladeplay, but nothing so serious that it will affect using the knife.
- The center pins are very proud of the scales, but as this is my first 303 in black, maybe it’s supposed to be like this
- Gritty opening and closing, but after 2 rounds of WD40 it’s much better, I think this will work itself out with use.

This one will live in the pocket of my upper left arm on my uniform jacket, and take the place of my GEC #66.

(Apologies in advance for bad grammar, I’m writing this on my phone and english is not my first language).

 

My photo-skills are horrible, but:











Still some sharpie marks on some of the blades after sharpening. The ones with the Gunstock are taken when I recieved it, the first ones are taken after sharpening