The Les George Knives Thread

mitchnola said:
You know how much those toes are making on only fans? World renowned!!
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Finally joined the club! I'll have to carry and use it a bit before solidifying an opinion. It didn't wow me at first, but neither did the Sebenza and that's one of my favorites. So far, it seems very usable and carefully thought out, though. Probably should have gone with the washer version, but I came across a rare opportunity for this configuration and had to jump on it.

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Tsujigiri said:
Finally joined the club! I'll have to carry and use it a bit before solidifying an opinion. It didn't wow me at first, but neither did the Sebenza and that's one of my favorites. So far, it seems very usable and carefully thought out, though. Probably should have gone with the washer version, but I came across a rare opportunity for this configuration and had to jump on it.

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Welcome to the club. Starting off with a good one. Those aren’t easy to find. While Ive never had an issue with the stock bearings I would highly recommend upgrading to some skiffs.

Looking forward to your thoughts after you put some time in with it!
 
Tsujigiri said:
Finally joined the club! I'll have to carry and use it a bit before solidifying an opinion. It didn't wow me at first, but neither did the Sebenza and that's one of my favorites. So far, it seems very usable and carefully thought out, though. Probably should have gone with the washer version, but I came across a rare opportunity for this configuration and had to jump on it.

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Very nice and rare! I’ve yet to come across a flipper vecp and I’ve owned quite a few.
 
mitchnola said:
Welcome to the club. Starting off with a good one. Those aren’t easy to find. While Ive never had an issue with the stock bearings I would highly recommend upgrading to some skiffs.

Looking forward to your thoughts after you put some time in with it!
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Hvactech said:
Very nice and rare! I’ve yet to come across a flipper vecp and I’ve owned quite a few.
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Wait, seriously? For some reason, I thought that there were a bunch of flippers out there, but people just didn't like them as much as the thumbstuds. I think because there happened to be a bunch of (sold out) product pages for this model when I first found out about Les.

Initial impression is that I can see the thought that went into this knife. The design is simple to the point of being bland, but fits the hand comfortably and fairly securely, and has the rare characteristic of working well in a reverse push cut. It also seems like it would fit a really wide variety of hand sizes well. I'm not a big fan of screws going directly through the titanium scale (looks kind of cheap) or pressed in pivots (can't easily adjust or fix at home), but after taking the knife apart I can appreciate how easy and simple reassembly is with this knife. Also like the oversized torx heads, all these choices seem like they were carefully made.

This is going to sound weird, but what I'm most impressed with how smoothed over the knife is. Not just the finish on the blade and handle, but the features. The lockbar cutout is curvy and the inside of the cut is finished instead of having a rough waterjet edge. It also looks like he's chamfered the inner edge of the lockbar cutout with a tiny ball mill and ran the feeds and speeds slowly enough to get a nice polish in there; it reminds me a little of the anglage on high end watches. The chamfer on the bar isn't as nice, not sure if it's chatter from that section being less rigid or he just ran it quicker since you don't really touch that edge anyway. I also really like the gradual contour of the cutout, no snags here.

The flipper action is useable, but not up with the best of them IMO. It's not really drop shut and the detent isn't as strong as it should be. The geometry of the flipper is good, though, and pressing more directly into the handle flips it open a little more reliably. Part of the problem might be that there's a flat spot on the detent ball, but I've had flippers with flat detent balls that still had excellent action. I think the lockbar also might have more tension than most to ensure a more secure lockup, but I don't want to compromise that characteristic for another fidget toy.

Planning to keep carrying and using it this week!
 
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