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I bought this small knife a few days ago.
It's pretty compact and easy to carry in a pochet. It's tip up carry makes me prefer it for carry in slanted pockets rather than vertical ones like jeans pockets are.
It can rest on the pocket's bottom with the blade safely closed.
The absence of a thumbstud makes the accidental opening of the blade less probable.
The knife is small, yet is very sturdily built. It's blade is 3 mm thick (slightly less than 1/8") that on such a short blade is a hell of a thickness.
It's snugly fitted between two G10 scales and a steel liner.
The back of the knife is closed by a steel spacer (only defect, it makes cleaning more difficult).
The knife is held together by 4 riveted pins. The blade can be detached loosening its allen screw.
The clip is affixed with three small phillips screws in the sturdy G10 grip.
This offers a very secure grip due to its texture and thanks to a deep index finger choil and grooved rest for the thumb machined on the back of the trademark Spydie hole.
The blade is a skinner drop point hollow ground smooth edge. I prefer it to spyderedge for general purpose use and find it easier to maintain.
The blade is ATS34, well machined, with good simmetric design, well ground and very sharp.
The knife is small enough to be easy to carry but large enough for most everyday tasks and also some heavy use, thanks to the extremely solid build.
Thanks to its design, this knife has also an advantage over most heavy, big "Tac" folders. Opening in your office a big, heavy black knife with serrated spearpoint blade and the sign"BARRACUDA" written in red under an enamel skull can make more than one eyebrow rise.
The Wegner has an inoffensive, almost "cute" look. Yet, it's strong enough to perform most tasks without a problem
The blade has a continuous curve that insures that just a section of the edge is working at a given time, granting the maximum pressure is exerted on a small surface on the material to be cut. I could cut
standard electrical cable with no effort.
The clip allows for a very secure carry and is rounded on the edges to avoid marring the fabric wher it clips.
It's a very nice knive combining a traditional design with the classical "spyderco" shape, for a knife whcih can appeal both those which like traditional shapes and the lovers of the classical Spydie design.
It comes with a color floder explaining hwo to open and close it one handed, a very sinthetic but detailed explanation of materials, steel compositions, effect of alloy elements on steels, importance of heat treatment and brief description of its phases and then a catalogue of all the models with a brief description of the philosophy behind each and tecnical data, along with an icons tating if it's tip up or tip down carry.
The folder is almost worth the price alone and one knowing little about knives can make a basic culture just reading its first 10 pages.
It's pretty compact and easy to carry in a pochet. It's tip up carry makes me prefer it for carry in slanted pockets rather than vertical ones like jeans pockets are.
It can rest on the pocket's bottom with the blade safely closed.
The absence of a thumbstud makes the accidental opening of the blade less probable.
The knife is small, yet is very sturdily built. It's blade is 3 mm thick (slightly less than 1/8") that on such a short blade is a hell of a thickness.
It's snugly fitted between two G10 scales and a steel liner.
The back of the knife is closed by a steel spacer (only defect, it makes cleaning more difficult).
The knife is held together by 4 riveted pins. The blade can be detached loosening its allen screw.
The clip is affixed with three small phillips screws in the sturdy G10 grip.
This offers a very secure grip due to its texture and thanks to a deep index finger choil and grooved rest for the thumb machined on the back of the trademark Spydie hole.
The blade is a skinner drop point hollow ground smooth edge. I prefer it to spyderedge for general purpose use and find it easier to maintain.
The blade is ATS34, well machined, with good simmetric design, well ground and very sharp.
The knife is small enough to be easy to carry but large enough for most everyday tasks and also some heavy use, thanks to the extremely solid build.
Thanks to its design, this knife has also an advantage over most heavy, big "Tac" folders. Opening in your office a big, heavy black knife with serrated spearpoint blade and the sign"BARRACUDA" written in red under an enamel skull can make more than one eyebrow rise.
The Wegner has an inoffensive, almost "cute" look. Yet, it's strong enough to perform most tasks without a problem
The blade has a continuous curve that insures that just a section of the edge is working at a given time, granting the maximum pressure is exerted on a small surface on the material to be cut. I could cut
standard electrical cable with no effort.
The clip allows for a very secure carry and is rounded on the edges to avoid marring the fabric wher it clips.
It's a very nice knive combining a traditional design with the classical "spyderco" shape, for a knife whcih can appeal both those which like traditional shapes and the lovers of the classical Spydie design.
It comes with a color floder explaining hwo to open and close it one handed, a very sinthetic but detailed explanation of materials, steel compositions, effect of alloy elements on steels, importance of heat treatment and brief description of its phases and then a catalogue of all the models with a brief description of the philosophy behind each and tecnical data, along with an icons tating if it's tip up or tip down carry.
The folder is almost worth the price alone and one knowing little about knives can make a basic culture just reading its first 10 pages.
