SharpByDesign Typhoon (B+): rating due to not being first owner. Full-size, contoured Typhoon with hand-rubbed flats, acidwashed primary bevel, darkened Ti knurled grip area, satin hardware, and satin unidirectional milling throughout. This knife was a grail of mine for a long time. A long time. Best action I have ever experienced - perfect medium detent, clean click, smooth as all hell and closes with a few light shakes. You absolutely cannot feel the bearings here, it has never ceased to impress me. I would've never tired of carrying this knife. Edge appears to be stropped, but not sharpened - compared and confirmed this against another Typhoon. Only cosmetic issues of note is some wear on the clip and a mark on the show side scale (both pictured - pro tip: message Bryan on insta and be really nice and he might freshen up the clip for you). Lockup, centering, and lack of blade-play are all excellent. I will miss this knife, dearly. Comes with hard case w/ small metal placard indicating model/steel (S35VN)/award-winning status. SOLD
Old Dominion Knife Works Vulture w/ Zirc + CF (C for re-blade, minor carry wear): rating due to...well, what I put in the parentheses, lol (also not first owner). Smaller Ti framelock on bearings with an AEB-L blade (I believe). Original blade on this guy had some issues, so the previous owner sent it in and received a fresh blade - currently rocking a factory edge and has seen zero use. Show scale is full Zirc along with the pocket clip, knife has CF pivot collars and backspacer, and the lock side has a darker etch with a bit of color throughout - a bit hard to describe, so see pics for a better idea. Has seen some carry, bit of wear on the Zirc scale (no snails due to the texture/finish, pretty cool) as well as the rest of the knife but it's fairly minor - again, see pics. Lockup is at a solid 50%, centering is great. Action is a regular thumb-open (rolling it out) - you can flick (even spydieflick) but the edges of the opening hole are unchamfered - great for thumb opening, but leads to a bit of shreddiness if you're flicking (action is also susceptible to lockbar pressure but the clip serves as a great place to put your fingers to avoid that). Please note: clip floats a few millimeters off the knife per maker design. Comes with knife only. Dropped to $300 shipped for a full custom knife w/ full Zirc show scale and CF accents + factory-fresh blade
Pics can be found here:
Typhoon - https://imgur.com/a/slXB5IN (other knives are listed in respective forum area)
Vulture - https://imgur.com/a/tonQHT7
Old Dominion Knife Works Vulture w/ Zirc + CF (C for re-blade, minor carry wear): rating due to...well, what I put in the parentheses, lol (also not first owner). Smaller Ti framelock on bearings with an AEB-L blade (I believe). Original blade on this guy had some issues, so the previous owner sent it in and received a fresh blade - currently rocking a factory edge and has seen zero use. Show scale is full Zirc along with the pocket clip, knife has CF pivot collars and backspacer, and the lock side has a darker etch with a bit of color throughout - a bit hard to describe, so see pics for a better idea. Has seen some carry, bit of wear on the Zirc scale (no snails due to the texture/finish, pretty cool) as well as the rest of the knife but it's fairly minor - again, see pics. Lockup is at a solid 50%, centering is great. Action is a regular thumb-open (rolling it out) - you can flick (even spydieflick) but the edges of the opening hole are unchamfered - great for thumb opening, but leads to a bit of shreddiness if you're flicking (action is also susceptible to lockbar pressure but the clip serves as a great place to put your fingers to avoid that). Please note: clip floats a few millimeters off the knife per maker design. Comes with knife only. Dropped to $300 shipped for a full custom knife w/ full Zirc show scale and CF accents + factory-fresh blade
Pics can be found here:
Typhoon - https://imgur.com/a/slXB5IN (other knives are listed in respective forum area)
Vulture - https://imgur.com/a/tonQHT7
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