School me on the boker trance.

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I am looking a the boker trance. I just want to know a few things.
Is it assisted opening?
Just let me know what you think of it.:)
 
It is a manual opener. It does have a flipper, though. There are no issues whatsoever opening it. Astounding knife for the money. Locks up tight, has a good framelock, uses smooth action, and AUS8 is a functional and easy-to-sharpen steel. Plus it looks good.

It weighs a little more than 3 ounces and it's overall length is 6.25 inches, which may not be your cup of tea. I'm fine with it, though.
 
IMO it works great as an edc knife, it is very flat and compact, the flipper kind of sucks, you need a bit of wrist action for it to work, nice big thumbstuds, good framelock and very affordable, I think it's a great knife for what you pay for it.
 
No it is not assisted, in fact mine requires a wrist flick to open with the flipper. However the knife has the best thumb studs I've ever used. They are nice and big and the knife opens super smooth. Most other thumbstuds are much too small/sharp IMO. While the flipper isn't the best opening method on this knife IMO, it does act as an excellent finger guard that gives me a lot of peace of mind.

It locks up rock solid and I like the "two-face" look of the framelock on one side and FRN scale on the other. Roger made an excellent point in that it is very thin, doesn't take up much pocket space at all; yet it still manages to be VERY comfortable.

In this price range I would also consider the Kershaw Skyline (awesome flipper, super thin/light) and the Spyderco Persistence (another great knife).

I have all 3 and I love them all but the Skyline is probably my favourite because it's damascus and I love flippers.

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It's my understanding that the Trance was originally designed as an assisted opener, but was put into production as a standard flipper. Without the assisted opening system it requires a pretty good wrist flick to open it.

You may also want to take a look at the Boker Hyper.

Tom
 
For the money, it is hard to beat. I got one for one of my groomsmen (a fellow knifenut) as his gift, and we were both impressed. Lock up is nice and tight. It came pretty sharp if that makes a difference to you.

I experienced the same thing with the flipper. It is pretty hard, if possible, to open it with only the flipper. I requires a little flick of the wrist as well.
 
great little knife. i had shelved mine for a while d ue to my leek and my ritter grip, but sharpened all my knives up the other day and started carrying it again....it takes a wicked edge! super, super smooth action, great feel in the hand, thin profile, and solid lockup. definitely recommended.
 
Great knife, decent steel and very economical. I like how slim it is. What I don't like is the flipper. Needs quite a bit of wrist action to get it out. Adjusting the pivot and lubricating the pivot has not helped much either. I have both versions but I prefer the drop point. More because of the looks than anything else.
 
It's a nice little knife and for a framelock with a steel liner it is very thin. It's impressive how nicely the knife carries. One downside to the big thumbstuds is that I've had those work as a wave feature before. It's nice if that is expected, no so much fun when you don't know about it. My only other complaint is that it has some side to side play that can't be adjusted out, I think the pivot screw it bottoming out and not allowing it to get as tight as it needs to be. If you like the design pick on up, although I think they've discontinued the drop point version, but I could be wrong there.
 
Great knife for the $ like most of the CLB designs. FnF is quite good. The flipper on mine isnt bad but I use the thumbstud anyways.
 
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