Numbah ONE baybee!

[Jim March]

Ohhhh ya. LOVELY. Outstanding. Sifu #1 survived the journey.

Sole quibble:

The "sharpness at the tips of the fingergroove points" issue isn't severe, but it's noticable. It's not that the steel liners are sharp, it's that the G10 bevels meet at a funny angle and form tiny points at the outside edge of each peak.

The good news is, a Dremel would be overkill for the problem. I think just a bit of hand filing will do just fine, unless the G10 is a lot harder than it looks? Less risk of doing gross cosmetic damage.

(Update: sure enough, a few seconds with a file on each point fixed it. Do this with the blade OPEN to eliminate risk of blade scratches.)

Other than that, what we have here is the first genuine high-quality megafolder. The AlMar QSV was seriously flawed, the CSVG was a Zytel lockback, albeit a decent one.

But this is a whole 'nuther level. Bank-vault-solid, easy to clean, tough as nails.

Cash well spent.

I'll do a comparison scan between it, the AlMar and the CS. It's actually a bit smaller than the others but it's worth losing .5" of blade length for the reliability and toughness.

Jim

[This message has been edited by Jim March (edited 19 October 1999).]

 

[Attila]

Jim,

#1 huh? SWEET!!! I heard about your mishap to Knugen & my heart went out to ya man!

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Attila

 

[Blade]

Congrats Jim and thanks for championing the megafolder cause

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Life is a journey, not a guided tour -- GO ARMED!
-->BLADE




[This message has been edited by Blade (edited 19 October 1999).]

 

[Jim March]

Believe me, sitting here holding Sifu 1 it's NOT something I regret.

It's a wonderful proof of concept.

Until now I've always had to negatively compare the quality of my piece against people's Benchmades, EDIs, etc. Sure, I've had REACH on 'em and in my opinion, effectiveness and "threat power".

But not quality, until now.

Thanks, REKAT. This will prove to be a landmark piece.

Jim March

 

[PENGUIN]

It is an awesome knife - it is mesmerizing when you flick it open and this humongous blade comes out - it looks like it is moving in slow motion but it's not - and when it locks open with a solid click I can only grin knowing I am holding something special as the people around oooh & aaaah(they are used to my knives - I'm not scaring the "sheeple"). Jim, the design is great and Bob the execution of the design and grinding of the blade is fantastic. Carrying it in the front of your front pants pocket can elicit some interesting comments from the ladies (I'm not complaining mind you!).

Bill

 

[Jim March]

For the record, the Sifu should NOT be viewed as my "design". Heck no. My SOLE input was to suggest a megafolder, talk up the idea especially for the Calif market, and mention that the TX limit of 5.45" for street carry would "maximize it's area of carryability".

The blade shape, heft, grip shape and the like are all Bob Taylor and crew, and a hell of a good job they did.

Jim

 

[PENGUIN]

Thanks for the correction - I was a lucky latecomer & didn't know the history of the SIFU's origins, only that I needed to jump when I found the order thread. Jim, kudo's for getting the project going & double kudo's to Bob for the DESIGN & EXECUTION of the design.

Bill

 

[SIGMA]

Ohhhhhhhhh Man! The Guy in the little brown truck just left and I have SIFU 65 and 66 in each hand. One was going to be a gift for my LEO son-in-law but I am afraid he may overly hurt the bad guy if he carries it. Besides, I may need a counterweight to the SIFU I will carry in the right pocket.

REKAT, you did one heckuva job. It is a gorgeous piece of art!