Somebody have the inron my803 and can say how good is?

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Inron my803. I read all reviews that i can but i don't know if worth. I love its design! but it seems that has a weak lock, the lock is almost the most important for me on a folder knife. I saw that from 3 colors, the orange handle always has the weak lock, i do'n know why, even the black handle has more agressive texture than the beige or orange.
Somebody have this inron my803 and can say how good is?
 
In terms of quality, lock, etc. I like cheap extremely good quality of some chinese knives.
 
I like the extremely cheap quality of some Chinese knives as well and that one is pretty. However, I wouldn't buy it as it's a straight rip-off of a Hinderer.

If you want a cheap Chinese framelock with a larger blade, you should look at the Enlan EL-08. It's not a copycat design and it's much more tough and well put together than the Inron. It runs about $10 more.

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The framelock on the MY803 also looks very, very, thin for that type of knife. If you want a flipper design I would get the cheaper Enlan EL-01, also not a rip-off and probably tougher.
 
It does look a little "cheaper" than other Chinese knives. At least they are not calling it a Hinderer, or even mentioning his name. I do not see it as anymore a rip off of Hinderer than a Sanrenmu 710 is of a small Sebenza, and that is a widely accepted knife. All-in-all, the quality of Enlan is good, you should also consider the El-04, and maybe pass on this one. I have seen it also, and have not been too interested to try it out as it just does not look as good, plus I think it is fairly new so some good opinions might be slow to pop up.
 
I have one. Don't buy it. The only thing it is good at doing is looking like a Hinderer.

Thin liner and lock. The detent is obnoxiously strong to the point where I can't use the thumbstud (which came loose after 1 day) to open it. Sharp corners on the flipper ... and everywhere else.

I was gonna retire it to letter opener duty, but the blade is too big to be a useful letter opener.

Currently, I re-ground this knife, and I take it fishing. I give absolutely zero farks about getting worm and fish guts in this knife.
 
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I bought one to try out because of the price. I suspect it is a whole lot less like a Hinderer than the pictures would lead some people to believe. Overall, I kind of like it and it flips well. Lockup vertically is rock solid but there is side-to-side play. It sharpened up nice, and hasn't fallen apart or broken. For $16 I can't really complain (I'm too poor to be picky enough to buy $100+ knives). The thumb studs were unusable until I broke it in by flipping it hundreds of times (this was my first flipper). My biggest general complaint is that the handle seems too thin and it feels skinny in your hand. The liner is thin and the lock bar side is thin. I tried to take it apart thinking I might make a spacer between the liner and the scale to add a touch of thickness but I can't get one of the screws out.

I measure the liner at about 0.04 inches, and the lockbar at 0.095 inches, and the scale at about 0.10 inches, and the overall thickness of the handle at about 0.41 inches. For comparison, a Spyderco Tenacious handle is about 0.46 inches thick even though it is a smaller knife (it's liners are about 0.06 inches).
 
Goosey said:
I like the extremely cheap quality of some Chinese knives as well and that one is pretty. However, I wouldn't buy it as it's a straight rip-off of a Hinderer.

If you want a cheap Chinese framelock with a larger blade, you should look at the Enlan EL-08. It's not a copycat design and it's much more tough and well put together than the Inron. It runs about $10 more.

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The framelock on the MY803 also looks very, very, thin for that type of knife. If you want a flipper design I would get the cheaper Enlan EL-01, also not a rip-off and probably tougher.
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Whilst not a direct copy of Rick Hinderer's work it utilises Ricks LBS design and you can bet Enlan did not ask permission.
 
Well, in general it seems that the inron my803 isn't a good knife overall. I will waste my money on other knife.
By the way, i have all models that you had written and others, my list of good quality chinese knives that i own is:

Enlan el01
Enlan el03
Enlan el04MCT
Enlan el08
Bee l05-1
Sanrenmu 710
Sanrenmu 733
Ganzo g710
 
Jaytaylor said:
Whilst not a direct copy of Rick Hinderer's work it utilises Ricks LBS design and you can bet Enlan did not ask permission.
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True that, although the stabiliser doesn't prevent vertical compression of the framelock like the real deal.
Other models also have the Axis lock, Spyder Hole, etc. Can't win em all. :grumpy:
 
The inron is incredible for the price. The quality is up there with my 100$ no joke.

The Enlan el01s quality is a bit higher IMO. Get both! You won't be out much if you do.
 
It seems that only one person has recommended the inron my803, somebody that he has the inron my803 want to vote if worth the money?
 
Well, it's a knife and it can cut things, so it's "worth" a certain amount of money. How much do you plan to pay for one?
 
That it can cut things is not enough, a dealextreme knife can cut too...
If it has a weak lock --> don't worth the money
If it has up and down play --> "

etc.

For 19$ perhaps another knife is better like the ganzo g704,g707, navy k631, k632, etc...
 
SRM & Rnlan have better QC than Navy & Ganzo.

Having said that, Navy k631 was what convinced me to get two Resilience. Original Spyderco is that much better!
 
xatu said:
Inron my803. I read all reviews that i can but i don't know if worth. I love its design!
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I love it's design too, after years of development, testing and evolution Rick Hinderer came up with an excellent design which he deserves every credit for.
 
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