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Just got my numbered Ocelot from New Graham. This has got to be the best knife I've bought this year--and this has not been a slow year for knives around here.
The fit and finish are absolutely outstanding. The Centofante4 I got last week was a $50 knife with F&F like a $50 knife. This Ocelot is a $150 knife with F&F like a $250 knife. Beautiful, clean G10 is ground symmetrically and fits like a glove with the full liners. The blade stamps and jimping are great. The edge is almost perfectly symmetrical, and it's just absurdly sharp. You have to look hard to see that the backspacer isn't part of the liners.
The paws are too cool. One thing I didn't realize is that the G10 is thinner than usual; it's probably about two-thirds as thick as the standard stuff, which adds up to an elegantly thin knife in the pocket. I always assumed the Ocelot was going to be a thick one, but it's not. However, since it's put together so well, it's really stiff and solid, and it feels like a well-executed piece of engineering.
When I learned that the production model would be a lockback, I was a little disappointed that the Comp Lock didn't carry through from the prototype. But now I wouldn't have it any other way; the lockback makes the Ocelot feel really solid and sturdy. It would be weird to have a loose-feeling blade flapping around on this one.
I'm having a really hard time putting down this knife. I've never been one to collect all the variations of one Spydie, but I can easily see myself doing that for the Ocelot if it ever comes out in another steel or another scale color or material. (That said, VG-10 would be my choice on this knife, and it just happens to be what Sal & Co. used.) I would also definitely buy a series if different sizes were to be made. A Tabby and a Liger (you heard it here first) would be must-have bookends.
Liger! Oh yes, Liger!
The fit and finish are absolutely outstanding. The Centofante4 I got last week was a $50 knife with F&F like a $50 knife. This Ocelot is a $150 knife with F&F like a $250 knife. Beautiful, clean G10 is ground symmetrically and fits like a glove with the full liners. The blade stamps and jimping are great. The edge is almost perfectly symmetrical, and it's just absurdly sharp. You have to look hard to see that the backspacer isn't part of the liners.
The paws are too cool. One thing I didn't realize is that the G10 is thinner than usual; it's probably about two-thirds as thick as the standard stuff, which adds up to an elegantly thin knife in the pocket. I always assumed the Ocelot was going to be a thick one, but it's not. However, since it's put together so well, it's really stiff and solid, and it feels like a well-executed piece of engineering.
When I learned that the production model would be a lockback, I was a little disappointed that the Comp Lock didn't carry through from the prototype. But now I wouldn't have it any other way; the lockback makes the Ocelot feel really solid and sturdy. It would be weird to have a loose-feeling blade flapping around on this one.
I'm having a really hard time putting down this knife. I've never been one to collect all the variations of one Spydie, but I can easily see myself doing that for the Ocelot if it ever comes out in another steel or another scale color or material. (That said, VG-10 would be my choice on this knife, and it just happens to be what Sal & Co. used.) I would also definitely buy a series if different sizes were to be made. A Tabby and a Liger (you heard it here first) would be must-have bookends.
Liger! Oh yes, Liger!
) another knife to my wishing list; the Ocelot/CE
) it didn't work. 