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I noticed a knife on a gun show table today and it had Bob Lum's logo on the blade. That piqued my interest because I'm a big fan of Lum's Spyderco models. I noticed that it had a D-2 blade and G-10 scales which got my interest up even further. I asked the retailer if it was a Lum custom and he said no it was a Seki Cut. I was seriously scratching my head over that because I had never heard of the company but of course heard of Seki City Japan which was inscribed on the blade
Lack of company name recognition aside, I purchased the knife and am very pleased with it. It is one of the smoothest opening linerlocks I've handled for a production knife. It appears to have washers but I cannot see if they are nitrol or bronze. The D-2 plain edge blade is about 4 inches long and comes extremely sharp. The linerlock hooks up neatly on the left 1/3 as it should. One of my favorite features is the very deep carry pocket clip. The edge of the knife just peeks over the top of your pocket.
I paid less, but I think these knives retail for just about $110 or so. In my opinion this is an extremely high quality folder at a very good value if you like a nice classicly styled drop point folder designed by one of the greats.
Lack of company name recognition aside, I purchased the knife and am very pleased with it. It is one of the smoothest opening linerlocks I've handled for a production knife. It appears to have washers but I cannot see if they are nitrol or bronze. The D-2 plain edge blade is about 4 inches long and comes extremely sharp. The linerlock hooks up neatly on the left 1/3 as it should. One of my favorite features is the very deep carry pocket clip. The edge of the knife just peeks over the top of your pocket.
I paid less, but I think these knives retail for just about $110 or so. In my opinion this is an extremely high quality folder at a very good value if you like a nice classicly styled drop point folder designed by one of the greats.