Ritt
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Arrived via UPS from NGK yesterday, thought I'd shoot a few pics and share my initial impressions.
Overall, I like it.
Nice and slim, good lines to it. Feels good in the hand. Love the blade profile, nice and thin and pointy as a Mofo, should take care of all your splinter-picking needs. Passably sharp out of the box, a few swipes on the ceramic rods finished the edge up nicely. I did notice, though, that after slicing some scrap paper the S30V was badly chipped
(No, of course it wasn't, it's a joke, I love S30V)
Very light to carry, but with a substantial enough feel in the hand to feel, well, substantial. Strong rotation from the speedsafe, with a solid thwack at the end and a solid lock-up. I'm pretty sure I see PB washers in there. Blade is centered and there's no play. The "jimping" (is that the right word?) on the flipper and the rear of the blade-spine is just right, there's enough of it and it's deep enough to do the job.
There was just the slightest bit of grit in the action, the kind you can hear if you close it slowly. Hot water, soap, toothbrush, followed by the wife's hair-dryer and a bit of militec took out the grit and now it is absolutely buttery smooth.
I didn't spine-whack it but I put what I consider a substantial static load on it and it did not budge at all, no visible flex in the liner. I trust the lock.
Finish on the G-10 is very nice. It is smooth, but does not feel slippery, so far. I'm looking forward to getting the grippy G-10/stonewashed blade version when it comes out.
A few things I would prefer to have been otherwise:
I prefer a tip-up carry option, to keep the pivot cleaner. The clip on these are dedicated tip-down right-hand carry. Further, the shape of the clip and the cut-outs at the butt-end of the knife preclude a clip-flip with the stock clip, and it's tough to see how even a custom clip could be mounted down there. That said, the standard clip does work well, and doesn't have that "clip as afterthought" look to it, it looks good on the knife.
The knife comes with a little plastic safety that you can slide forward to prevent the knife from opening. Way too fiddly for me, I immediately took it off. Now I need to decide if I can live with the oblong cut-out next to the lanyard hole, or if I need to find and shape something to fill that void.
Again, overall I like it. It'll be my EDC for at least the next few weeks and I'll provide an update after I've used it a bit.
Nicely done, Kershaw.
Overall, I like it.
Nice and slim, good lines to it. Feels good in the hand. Love the blade profile, nice and thin and pointy as a Mofo, should take care of all your splinter-picking needs. Passably sharp out of the box, a few swipes on the ceramic rods finished the edge up nicely. I did notice, though, that after slicing some scrap paper the S30V was badly chipped
(No, of course it wasn't, it's a joke, I love S30V)Very light to carry, but with a substantial enough feel in the hand to feel, well, substantial. Strong rotation from the speedsafe, with a solid thwack at the end and a solid lock-up. I'm pretty sure I see PB washers in there. Blade is centered and there's no play. The "jimping" (is that the right word?) on the flipper and the rear of the blade-spine is just right, there's enough of it and it's deep enough to do the job.
There was just the slightest bit of grit in the action, the kind you can hear if you close it slowly. Hot water, soap, toothbrush, followed by the wife's hair-dryer and a bit of militec took out the grit and now it is absolutely buttery smooth.
I didn't spine-whack it but I put what I consider a substantial static load on it and it did not budge at all, no visible flex in the liner. I trust the lock.
Finish on the G-10 is very nice. It is smooth, but does not feel slippery, so far. I'm looking forward to getting the grippy G-10/stonewashed blade version when it comes out.
A few things I would prefer to have been otherwise:
I prefer a tip-up carry option, to keep the pivot cleaner. The clip on these are dedicated tip-down right-hand carry. Further, the shape of the clip and the cut-outs at the butt-end of the knife preclude a clip-flip with the stock clip, and it's tough to see how even a custom clip could be mounted down there. That said, the standard clip does work well, and doesn't have that "clip as afterthought" look to it, it looks good on the knife.
The knife comes with a little plastic safety that you can slide forward to prevent the knife from opening. Way too fiddly for me, I immediately took it off. Now I need to decide if I can live with the oblong cut-out next to the lanyard hole, or if I need to find and shape something to fill that void.
Again, overall I like it. It'll be my EDC for at least the next few weeks and I'll provide an update after I've used it a bit.
Nicely done, Kershaw.
