The new Fox Profili: perhaps the most elegant tactical folder on the market (pics)...

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Dagon

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Hi all,

Usually I am not particularly interested in tactical looking knives. Of the approx 100 knives in my collection I would only consider the ZT200 as truly tactical.
Then I discovered a superb new design which I immediately loved: the Fox Profili (here is a sales blurb pdf with info).
I would categorise it rather as a "tactical scalpel", with its superbly curved elegant blade. Build quality is top notch, as usual with Fox (owners of the Spyderco Volpe will agree), it has a great 10cm N690Co blade, the contoured G10 handle is nicely grippy and the red switch in one of the pics is a secondary lock, preventing the liner lock from returning. Really something special, made in Italy with a good quality/price. Fox deserves to be better known in the USA, and this one proves why.

Pics say it all. Admit that you start drooling and that your credit card itches:

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There is also an equally desirable fixed blade version.
 
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The big finger grooves are kind of a deal breaker for me.

What type of locking system is that?
 
Recurves ruin so many otherwise nice knives for me.:grumpy: Thanks for sharing though, I do like the handle.
 
The big finger grooves are kind of a deal breaker for me.

What type of locking system is that?
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- FYI it sits well in my average-sized hand. The grooves are wide enough so that people with different hand size should get a comfortable grip.
- It has a classic well-adjusted liner lock. The red switch that you can see at the top puts a secondary lock in place: in essence a piece of metal will move between the handle and the liner lock so that the liner lock can't go back. Simple and effective.

Recurves ruin so many otherwise nice knives for me.
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- Well usually I agree, and I never had to sharpen my ZT200 (as I don't use it enough...) so I can't comment on the often quoted sharpening challenge.
 
With a sharpmaker, recurves aren't a problem at all.

It looks like a very interesting knife for sure, thank you for posting.
 
I never said I didn't like recurves because I can't sharpen them.;) Just flat out don't like them, on the other hand a big a$$ khukri...
 
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Dagon said:
- FYI it sits well in my average-sized hand. The grooves are wide enough so that people with different hand size should get a comfortable grip.
- It has a classic well-adjusted liner lock. The red switch that you can see at the top puts a secondary lock in place: in essence a piece of metal will move between the handle and the liner lock so that the liner lock can't go back. Simple and effective.
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FYI - I don't like them because they are sharply cornered and force you into one set grip. Plus it sounds like they are using a LAWKS type system, it's a little gimmicky to me and makes one one hand operation a pain.
 
I came across it on the Blade-Tech website. Don't want one myself. The blade looks good but I don't do finger grooves. It does look well-made, Fox is good fro that, but if a liner lock is done right, it doesn't need a backup lock.
 
Kill the finger grooves, extend the scales to cover the exposed part of the liners at the end, fill in the little curve in the spine of the blade just after the thumb ramp and put an uncoated blade on it, and it would be beautiful.

And maybe smooth out the sharp edges at the bottom of the handle. A knife should never have a sharp edge (or a point) that isn't used for cutting.

As it is, it's a nice looking knife, not my cup 'o tea, but not a bad design. A few tweaks here and there and I'd probably want one.
 
"..perhaps the most elegant tactical folder on the market. "

Perhaps not.

Seen the Benchmade 710?
 
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It almost looks like a good knife company decided to rip off frost cutlery. :D

I have a SigTac Pterodactyl folder made by Fox Cutlery, and while it is well made and a great folder, it is a little goofy looking. To each his own I guess. Some people bought Pontiac Azteks.
 
I like it personally. I'd like to see if the scales between the folder and fixed blade are interchangeable with some work (I like the coyote brown scales on the fixed blade).
 
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