Strange Design !

Reminiscent of the Kershaw composite blades. Ignoring for the moment the blade materials, the knife as a whole is a fairly standard design, and very nicely done. As you say, Fox makes good knives. I wonder how much this would go for.
 
20% of how much? I don't think the weight loss is extremely significant, but it is an interesting design. Like Esav said, similar to Kershaw's composites with D2. I wonder if it was harder to do with Titanium?
 
Interesting design. I don't like how the handle sits so far forward of the cutting edge though, because of that I think this knife would be hard to use for any lengthy period of time.

Still, I kinda like it.
 
I wonder how much this would go for.
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It's not exactly cheap, for example 155 euro here - including a video clip.
I saw one in the real and it did look suitably beefy. I expect it to be worth the price considering my experience with Fox products. They don't have lessons to take from anyone regarding quality.
I have 2 FKMD knives (while I usually don't really care for tactical designs): the superbly elegant Profili, and the "military SAK" M.P.S.K.
The Spyderco Volpe is another example of Fox high quality products.
 
Odd having a titanium spine and all, but then again why not? Providing the join is made properly and blade is never sharpened excessively (hard to do without taking a grinder to it) it ought to last just as long as a regular knife would. Nifty concept, though not really for me. :)
 
My Fox knife is made for TOPS Knives , the CQT Thunder Hawke.You can get some good prices so it's a good value.Top quality in fit and finish and excellent materials !
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Reminiscent of the Kershaw composite blades. Ignoring for the moment the blade materials, the knife as a whole is a fairly standard design, and very nicely done. As you say, Fox makes good knives. I wonder how much this would go for.
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888knivesrus.com says $206...
 
A 20% reduction in weight could be accomplished on a fixed blade with cord wrap vs heavier G10 or Zytel - but the real point is a 20% reduction on a object weighing ounces is a return of diminished proportion.

Some professionals simply opt to dump the body armor and take the risk - a loss of 45 pounds. Others opt to freeze at night on a three day op and not take their issue sleeping gear. Lots of options of much higher value than a few grams of blade weight. Don't let the overactive imagination of Fox's merchandising department sidetrack some common sense.

The aggressively checkered handles look cool - which for me is a warning signal. I'd like feedback from someone barehand batoning firewood sticks on the blister rate. Real tools are user friendly - the grooved backs on Striders are tough enough without gloves for weekend warriors. Much of the styling cues seem to be similar to Extreme Ratio - that sculpted CNC macho look - which may explain some of the pricing. Largely I expect it's a matter of the monetary exchange rate. ER's seem to be high priced, too.

Looks like they spent a lot of time to come up with various models, even discounting the cross-named copies. It's a shame the PDF has artifacts and doesn't show the double dovetail blade join in it's best light - here's hoping that's the problem. Pics of Kershaws invariably show a great join line.

Most of the Italian knives offered right now could really sell to US buyers, but at the prices, there's a lot of competition just from local makers.
 
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