I don't know if I'm in love. Strong like so far. Came in with incredible lockbar stick, but I've worked that out. Now it's as smooth as can be on open and close, but not loose. Didn't expect a flick knife, which is fine by me. The feel is of precision & quality. Sharp out of the box, but the V grind is asymmetrical at the tip... something to be fixed down the road as it's re-sharpened over time. I purchased the triple black Niolox variant. Read-up on the choices available and watched some videos. I liked the rust resistance of this blade steel (especially) with the TiCN PVD coating, and I like the grippiness of G10, and virgin unmarked blade, also the cool logo on the clip. Glass breaker and bottle opener / wave feature added-up in the plus column too, so...this is my new small EDC, but I'm not sure it's love just yet.
I like to be able to take my folders apart. Don't do it often but usually when new, to polish, clean & fine-tune. I might disassemble the frequently used folders for maintenance every year or two for the fun or need of it. I assumed (wrongly, as is often the case), that this knife wouldn't be a problem to break down, but it is. Once the (scale and pivot) screws are out, and the clip removed, the stop pin - which is tightly pinned to the frame, prevents the separation of of the G10 scale from the rest of the folder. Maybe I just don't have the right tools or knowledge. I'm not happy that I can't break it down but, admittedly, this is a very well built, solid, robust little knife. Who am I to complain.
At least, now I know why I never found any DPx Heat disassembly / break-down videos on YouTube. Still... a nice little knife!
I like to be able to take my folders apart. Don't do it often but usually when new, to polish, clean & fine-tune. I might disassemble the frequently used folders for maintenance every year or two for the fun or need of it. I assumed (wrongly, as is often the case), that this knife wouldn't be a problem to break down, but it is. Once the (scale and pivot) screws are out, and the clip removed, the stop pin - which is tightly pinned to the frame, prevents the separation of of the G10 scale from the rest of the folder. Maybe I just don't have the right tools or knowledge. I'm not happy that I can't break it down but, admittedly, this is a very well built, solid, robust little knife. Who am I to complain.
At least, now I know why I never found any DPx Heat disassembly / break-down videos on YouTube. Still... a nice little knife!