Nemesis Knives?

[bpeezer]

I did a search on the forums but couldn't find much about them, any good/bad sentiments about Nemesis knives? The Hellion neck knife has caught my eye, but I've never handled any Nemesis knives.

 

[9blades]

Iv heard some ok stuff.....some bad to...

 

[T.L.]

I have the MANX with plain edge black blade. It is a pretty sweet knife except for one flaw. Mine has vertical blade play. Luckily it doesn't happen when you're pressing on the edge, only when you hold the knife and press on the spine with your thumb. It is because the lock flexes towards the handle a few millimeters. For $100 I was hoping for no blade play but the fit and finish is excellent otherwise. The modified wharncliffe in VG-10 holds an edge really, really well I was quite surprised. They got the heat treat and geometry just right apparently. The carbon fiber insert on the handle looks great and the knife holds well.

In regards to the Hellion, I say if you can find a good price then go for it. The Nemesis put some real nice VG-10 on my MANX so you could hopefully expect the same on the Hellion, and you don't have to worry about blade play. Also looks like you could have someone put some scales on the Hellion for you if you got sick of the skeletonized handle

But you might be able to get a custom knife for the same price that is essentially the same thing but a custom. Try posting in the Wanted section of Knifemakers Exchange that you want a knife similar to the Hellion see what people can offer!

 

[bpeezer]

I was planning on making either red/black or blue/black G10 handles for it as soon as i got it. I figured it would be pretty hard to go wrong with a solid piece of VG-10, but I wasn't sure about their factory blade grinds and I don't want to buy a bench grinder right now

 

[GCG199]

I have the Manx too and it is a good knife.

It is a bit tricky to open real fast for me, because my finger slips off the thumb disk rather easily.

Mine doesn't have the blade play and the quality of it is excellent.