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Picked up my order today at the post office and first impressions are overall pretty positive thought I'm a little underwhelmed with some of my purchases:
Ganzo G704
So far I'd say this is tied for first place as the best knife of the bunch. Fit and finish are basically perfect. Love he look and feel. Lockup is rock solid, blade is centered and operatino is pretty darn smooth. Not terribly sharp though it does slice copy paper pretty smoothly. I like it!
Enlan EL-02
This is the other tie for best buy. Like the Ganzo it's an Axis or axis type lock and functions perfectly. Again it's got a centered blade, solid lockup, GREAT looks and it's nice and sharp. No flaws to my eye. Another keeper for sure. On a side note, haven't checked the rest but the EL-02 (mine has the G10 scales) is advertised with a blade length of 105mm. That's about what it is if you measure from the pivot to the tip. From the end of the scale to the tip is more like 92mm or 3 5/8". Still really pleased with it though. It's already in my pocket.
Sanrenmu 710
Smaller than I imagined, (most of the rest of these are too) but again it's a nicely made knife and other than being on the small size it's fine.
Sanrenmu 704 & B4704
Both of these are pretty much the same except for the blade coating. Again, nice little knives but smaller than I would normally purchase and carry. No flaws though the action seems a little jerky.
Navy K602
This thing is HUGE! Love it. Not teribbly smooth opening but that will probably work itself out. Nice and sharp, good fit and finish though I notice one side of the pivot has two washers and the scales seem to splay out a bit at the pivot end. Might tear it down an see how it acts without the third washer. Centered blade and great feel to it.
Been looking at this one more closely and the edge of the blade is actually hitting the spacer near the tip when closing it before the blade hits the stop. As it gets used and resharpened that will probably not happen but a little more attention to fit and finish would have prevented it from happening in the first place. Still for it's price point, $18.50 it's not a deal breaker. This one is large and heavy enough it'll probably end up replacing my Buck Goliath as my "truck knife" anyway so it's not going to get opened and closed a great deal.
FWIW I remove the pivot screw, couldn't get the other half out but worked the blade around quite a bit in the frame and put it back together. The splaying that was evident before is gone and the knife opens much, much smoother now. I believe it was just a case of the washers not being seated properly when it was put together. Blade still hits the spacer but I'm much happier after just a little tweaking.
Bee L03-2
Not quite as small as the others, I like this one too. The wood is nice and it opens very nicely. No blade play, centered blade and great lockup.
Overall I'm pretty happy especially with the Ganzo and the EL02. I'll be placing other orders for sure but will probably tend towards the larger models though the smaller ones will make nice gifts for friends and family that can use a small, light duty knife.
Ganzo G704
So far I'd say this is tied for first place as the best knife of the bunch. Fit and finish are basically perfect. Love he look and feel. Lockup is rock solid, blade is centered and operatino is pretty darn smooth. Not terribly sharp though it does slice copy paper pretty smoothly. I like it!
Enlan EL-02
This is the other tie for best buy. Like the Ganzo it's an Axis or axis type lock and functions perfectly. Again it's got a centered blade, solid lockup, GREAT looks and it's nice and sharp. No flaws to my eye. Another keeper for sure. On a side note, haven't checked the rest but the EL-02 (mine has the G10 scales) is advertised with a blade length of 105mm. That's about what it is if you measure from the pivot to the tip. From the end of the scale to the tip is more like 92mm or 3 5/8". Still really pleased with it though. It's already in my pocket.
Sanrenmu 710
Smaller than I imagined, (most of the rest of these are too) but again it's a nicely made knife and other than being on the small size it's fine.
Sanrenmu 704 & B4704
Both of these are pretty much the same except for the blade coating. Again, nice little knives but smaller than I would normally purchase and carry. No flaws though the action seems a little jerky.
Navy K602
This thing is HUGE! Love it. Not teribbly smooth opening but that will probably work itself out. Nice and sharp, good fit and finish though I notice one side of the pivot has two washers and the scales seem to splay out a bit at the pivot end. Might tear it down an see how it acts without the third washer. Centered blade and great feel to it.
Been looking at this one more closely and the edge of the blade is actually hitting the spacer near the tip when closing it before the blade hits the stop. As it gets used and resharpened that will probably not happen but a little more attention to fit and finish would have prevented it from happening in the first place. Still for it's price point, $18.50 it's not a deal breaker. This one is large and heavy enough it'll probably end up replacing my Buck Goliath as my "truck knife" anyway so it's not going to get opened and closed a great deal.
FWIW I remove the pivot screw, couldn't get the other half out but worked the blade around quite a bit in the frame and put it back together. The splaying that was evident before is gone and the knife opens much, much smoother now. I believe it was just a case of the washers not being seated properly when it was put together. Blade still hits the spacer but I'm much happier after just a little tweaking.
Bee L03-2
Not quite as small as the others, I like this one too. The wood is nice and it opens very nicely. No blade play, centered blade and great lockup.
Overall I'm pretty happy especially with the Ganzo and the EL02. I'll be placing other orders for sure but will probably tend towards the larger models though the smaller ones will make nice gifts for friends and family that can use a small, light duty knife.
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a BEE L01-01 for 3$??? Where did you find that deal?
keep it coming
