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The Omega Series and the Large Wallet, Checkbook-size.
The blades are the Omega 1, 2, and 3.
The Omega 1 is an upswept, almost the American Tanto point, the OAL is, 6 3/8 including the clip. The actual length of the edge including the secondary upswept edge is 3 inches. Using a Hamilton-Bell Co. Inc. Scientific Ruler that is flexible, the actual cutting edge is approx. 3 1/8
The Omega 2 is approx. 6 in OAL and the point is dropped slightly and again, has an Americanized type of tanto point.
The Omega 3 is approx. 6 ¼ OAL. The actual cutting edge is 2 ¾ and using the flexible plastic ruler again, 2 7/8 flexing the ruler along the actual edge. This knife is a classic upswept with no secondary tanto-like point, even though this is more of a traditional Japanese Tanto point.
Each knife has a deep finger notch for the Index Finger and an arched back both of which make the knife feel incredibly secure in the hand for a knife that has no handle slabs.
The attached clip has seen a transformation from its original form on the Credit Card Blade of last year, to one that is more discreet, more comfortable in the pocket. In short, the clip has been refined, it has matured as a system. The part of the clip that sticks up has been lowered so it is not as high but every bit as secure in holding the knife in the wallet as well as holding several folded bills under the clip. No longer is the end of the clip square, the corners have been rounded and show an attention to detail which is what you are paying for.
I have had people grab this wallet, the clip secures in the hand as the wallet is pulled off of it, just as the Credit Card Blade the clip still serves its multi-purpose role as designed. The knife instantly is indexed in your hand after you draw it from the wallet or someone removes the wallet from your hand. This is high-speed stuff
As I said before, these blades are small, have a needle-point and as you have come to expect from JSP, they are as sharp as they can be.
Listening to the quiet rumblings of the, Anti-Chisel Grind Sect, James has flat ground (V) these 1/8 inch thick blades.
I had some very dense Electronics-Grade foam material to test these blades on this is not foam padding used in furniture or regular shipping foam padding this is expensive stuff that was being thrown away. This is much more dense then what is usually used in pistol and rifle cases...
I draped a nylon windbreaker over a large square chunk of this material. The block was 2 foot square cube. The foam is about 1 ½ inches thick.
All of the blades slashed through this very slick windbreaker and slashed deep into the foam material with ease.
The reason I chose this material [the windbreaker] is two-fold, they are very common on the street and, they are very slick, almost as slick as silk and a sharp knife can cut through almost anything, but it takes an extreme, razor edge to be able to slash through it with ease.
Calling this a Cutting Test, is not really accurate at all, any knife will cut, this was a slashing test, short, arcing slashes, hacks and whipping cuts with the full length of the blade as well as the last half inch or so.
The material was easily slashed through. Period.
When inspecting the foam underneath, sometimes there was a shallow slash in the foam, other times, it went through and would have probably went through twice as much foam. This is obviously my irregularity and not the blades, the blade could have done it every time.
How many of you have seen the foam sections used in swimming pools? Almost twice as big around as a soda can, I put sections of those in the arms at one point, there was loose material surrounding this, people on the street seldom wear skin-tight jackets. All the slashes went through the material, some of them missed the foam which is just the way it is. Of those that hit foam, they bit deeply.
Fresh denim was used in the same manner as the windbreaker and with the same effect. There is no need to be redundant, the knife went through it as well.
On thrusting, the knife never, not once, ever shifted in my hand, it was rock-solid in grip and my hand never slid forward.
On the windbreaker was a patch that was a target for how accurate this blade would be on the thrust, how it indexed. It could be rapidly placed in the patch with ease and it penetrated to the maximum. These blades slashed and thrusted through the windbreaker, through the patch on the windbreaker and all the way into and through the foam on every occasion and did it with ease and accuracy.
I would say that I thrusted these 3 blades over 100 times into various pieces of this foam no problem, multiple thrusts? The blade came out very easily, and you could really do some fast, in-close work with these
The wallet is great. Plenty of room for all of the stuff you need to carry.
The reason this Review has been delayed so long is, I actually wanted to have this thing in my vest pocket for a month, instead of just opening the UPS Package and writing the review.
The wallet is, of course, a big wallet, as big as a checkbook and might not fit everyones idea of what a wallet is. Large wallets like this used to be very popular with men and I am glad to see this type come back.
There are neck sheaths in the works for these blades in case you want a Universal System, or, you just dont feel like packing the big wallet that day, you can put the knife in a neck sheath and still have the same great blade on you.
The neck sheaths will not be form fitted to each blade, they will be interchangeable. Instead of a form fit or a cam-locking effect, they will rely on the clip to hold them in place and I see no reason why this will not work. Personally, these are some of the best neck knives I have seen yet.
Any questions?
The blades are the Omega 1, 2, and 3.
The Omega 1 is an upswept, almost the American Tanto point, the OAL is, 6 3/8 including the clip. The actual length of the edge including the secondary upswept edge is 3 inches. Using a Hamilton-Bell Co. Inc. Scientific Ruler that is flexible, the actual cutting edge is approx. 3 1/8
The Omega 2 is approx. 6 in OAL and the point is dropped slightly and again, has an Americanized type of tanto point.
The Omega 3 is approx. 6 ¼ OAL. The actual cutting edge is 2 ¾ and using the flexible plastic ruler again, 2 7/8 flexing the ruler along the actual edge. This knife is a classic upswept with no secondary tanto-like point, even though this is more of a traditional Japanese Tanto point.
Each knife has a deep finger notch for the Index Finger and an arched back both of which make the knife feel incredibly secure in the hand for a knife that has no handle slabs.
The attached clip has seen a transformation from its original form on the Credit Card Blade of last year, to one that is more discreet, more comfortable in the pocket. In short, the clip has been refined, it has matured as a system. The part of the clip that sticks up has been lowered so it is not as high but every bit as secure in holding the knife in the wallet as well as holding several folded bills under the clip. No longer is the end of the clip square, the corners have been rounded and show an attention to detail which is what you are paying for.
I have had people grab this wallet, the clip secures in the hand as the wallet is pulled off of it, just as the Credit Card Blade the clip still serves its multi-purpose role as designed. The knife instantly is indexed in your hand after you draw it from the wallet or someone removes the wallet from your hand. This is high-speed stuff
As I said before, these blades are small, have a needle-point and as you have come to expect from JSP, they are as sharp as they can be.
Listening to the quiet rumblings of the, Anti-Chisel Grind Sect, James has flat ground (V) these 1/8 inch thick blades.
I had some very dense Electronics-Grade foam material to test these blades on this is not foam padding used in furniture or regular shipping foam padding this is expensive stuff that was being thrown away. This is much more dense then what is usually used in pistol and rifle cases...
I draped a nylon windbreaker over a large square chunk of this material. The block was 2 foot square cube. The foam is about 1 ½ inches thick.
All of the blades slashed through this very slick windbreaker and slashed deep into the foam material with ease.
The reason I chose this material [the windbreaker] is two-fold, they are very common on the street and, they are very slick, almost as slick as silk and a sharp knife can cut through almost anything, but it takes an extreme, razor edge to be able to slash through it with ease.
Calling this a Cutting Test, is not really accurate at all, any knife will cut, this was a slashing test, short, arcing slashes, hacks and whipping cuts with the full length of the blade as well as the last half inch or so.
The material was easily slashed through. Period.
When inspecting the foam underneath, sometimes there was a shallow slash in the foam, other times, it went through and would have probably went through twice as much foam. This is obviously my irregularity and not the blades, the blade could have done it every time.
How many of you have seen the foam sections used in swimming pools? Almost twice as big around as a soda can, I put sections of those in the arms at one point, there was loose material surrounding this, people on the street seldom wear skin-tight jackets. All the slashes went through the material, some of them missed the foam which is just the way it is. Of those that hit foam, they bit deeply.
Fresh denim was used in the same manner as the windbreaker and with the same effect. There is no need to be redundant, the knife went through it as well.
On thrusting, the knife never, not once, ever shifted in my hand, it was rock-solid in grip and my hand never slid forward.
On the windbreaker was a patch that was a target for how accurate this blade would be on the thrust, how it indexed. It could be rapidly placed in the patch with ease and it penetrated to the maximum. These blades slashed and thrusted through the windbreaker, through the patch on the windbreaker and all the way into and through the foam on every occasion and did it with ease and accuracy.
I would say that I thrusted these 3 blades over 100 times into various pieces of this foam no problem, multiple thrusts? The blade came out very easily, and you could really do some fast, in-close work with these
The wallet is great. Plenty of room for all of the stuff you need to carry.
The reason this Review has been delayed so long is, I actually wanted to have this thing in my vest pocket for a month, instead of just opening the UPS Package and writing the review.
The wallet is, of course, a big wallet, as big as a checkbook and might not fit everyones idea of what a wallet is. Large wallets like this used to be very popular with men and I am glad to see this type come back.
There are neck sheaths in the works for these blades in case you want a Universal System, or, you just dont feel like packing the big wallet that day, you can put the knife in a neck sheath and still have the same great blade on you.
The neck sheaths will not be form fitted to each blade, they will be interchangeable. Instead of a form fit or a cam-locking effect, they will rely on the clip to hold them in place and I see no reason why this will not work. Personally, these are some of the best neck knives I have seen yet.
Any questions?
