What I like about this knife:
1.) Good design. Definitely a ripoff of the Sebenza, but a pretty well-done ripoff for a knife 1/3 the price.
2.) Reasonable quality. Mine came nice and tight. It opened and closed well.
3.) Torx screws. Good thinking. Would have been nice if they had included the tools with the knife, though.
The only thing I can't stand about the S-2 is the pointy clip. What were they thinking? As I've said before though, it's nothing a little filework can't take care of.
Bottom line: I think it's well worth the money. I saw a pre-production Pinnacle at the NY Custom Knife Show (I haven't seen a production piece yet), and I'd put the S-2 in the same class. Give the H-Man a call and he'll hook you up.
To address Joe's 2 points:
The handle really isn't as hellacious as it looks, relative to the blade. They could probably afford to take off maybe 1/4" max. I think it fits in good with the overall design of the knife. And the knife doesn't balance badly at all.
The integral lock is about the same thickness as the blade and is designed to come all the way across, making the lockup real strong, Sebenza-strong. The picture doesn't do it justice. In any case, it's definitely stronger than any non-integral liner lock.
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Win
Knife lover, Philosopher, Humanitarian, and All-around nice guy
(all right, so I'm just a knife lover)
1.) Good design. Definitely a ripoff of the Sebenza, but a pretty well-done ripoff for a knife 1/3 the price.
2.) Reasonable quality. Mine came nice and tight. It opened and closed well.
3.) Torx screws. Good thinking. Would have been nice if they had included the tools with the knife, though.
The only thing I can't stand about the S-2 is the pointy clip. What were they thinking? As I've said before though, it's nothing a little filework can't take care of.
Bottom line: I think it's well worth the money. I saw a pre-production Pinnacle at the NY Custom Knife Show (I haven't seen a production piece yet), and I'd put the S-2 in the same class. Give the H-Man a call and he'll hook you up.
To address Joe's 2 points:
The handle really isn't as hellacious as it looks, relative to the blade. They could probably afford to take off maybe 1/4" max. I think it fits in good with the overall design of the knife. And the knife doesn't balance badly at all.
The integral lock is about the same thickness as the blade and is designed to come all the way across, making the lockup real strong, Sebenza-strong. The picture doesn't do it justice. In any case, it's definitely stronger than any non-integral liner lock.
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Win
Knife lover, Philosopher, Humanitarian, and All-around nice guy
(all right, so I'm just a knife lover)
