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Greetings,
I bought a Super Knife a few years back and I liked it ok, but after about 6 months of use it became hard to open so I quit using it. It still worked ok but if you open it one handed about 5 times in a row the thumb stud really starts digging into your thumb. Overall I liked the idea but thought that the execution was poor.
Anyway, I recently bought another one on an impulse as I saw it for $15 and figured even if it only lasts 6 months like the last one at least it would save my nicer knives from the really abusive stuff. (hello, my name is Steve and I am a knife abuser ... Hi Steve!) But when I got it home and used it it seemed alot higher quality than I remember - still not exaxctly "high" quality, but not abysmal either. So I dug up the old one laying in a drawer, below are some pictures comparing the two:
At first glance they seem to be the same...
But looking closer you can see that the part which holds the blade used to be a cheap chrome plated metal and now it is a machined piece of steel, looks like stainless but im not sure yet.
Also, what used to be a partial liner has become a full liner albeit still only one sided. The scales look thiner on the new one from this angle, but that is just because they have a bigger chamfer. When viewed from a different angle you can see that the thickness was not changed.
The action seems much smoother than I remember when the old one was new. I imagine because the machined flat surfaces on the blade holder allow for a more even contact patch with the nylon washers. Over all I am very pleasantly suprised, usually my experience is that companies only make their products cheaper and cheaper with each iteration. The Super Knife seems to be an exception. Bravo.
P.S. I just got a brand new digital camera so I had to post something
I bought a Super Knife a few years back and I liked it ok, but after about 6 months of use it became hard to open so I quit using it. It still worked ok but if you open it one handed about 5 times in a row the thumb stud really starts digging into your thumb. Overall I liked the idea but thought that the execution was poor.
Anyway, I recently bought another one on an impulse as I saw it for $15 and figured even if it only lasts 6 months like the last one at least it would save my nicer knives from the really abusive stuff. (hello, my name is Steve and I am a knife abuser ... Hi Steve!) But when I got it home and used it it seemed alot higher quality than I remember - still not exaxctly "high" quality, but not abysmal either. So I dug up the old one laying in a drawer, below are some pictures comparing the two:
At first glance they seem to be the same...
But looking closer you can see that the part which holds the blade used to be a cheap chrome plated metal and now it is a machined piece of steel, looks like stainless but im not sure yet.
Also, what used to be a partial liner has become a full liner albeit still only one sided. The scales look thiner on the new one from this angle, but that is just because they have a bigger chamfer. When viewed from a different angle you can see that the thickness was not changed.
The action seems much smoother than I remember when the old one was new. I imagine because the machined flat surfaces on the blade holder allow for a more even contact patch with the nylon washers. Over all I am very pleasantly suprised, usually my experience is that companies only make their products cheaper and cheaper with each iteration. The Super Knife seems to be an exception. Bravo.
P.S. I just got a brand new digital camera so I had to post something
