I got to see one at a knife store a little while back and it was pretty cool, but not totally thrilling. It's light, slick, locks up tight, it definitely has the Italian Stiletto style to it, which I like. The blade seemed too thin for heavy utility work, but as a pure fighter it's not bad. I thought the clip was set where a bit too much (for my tastes) of the knife would be out of the pocket. Because of the design, it looked to me like it wouldn't have been that much more trouble to have just made it a frame lock instead. It if was I probably would have bought one. It takes a little bit of practice to be able to open quickly, but not too much. The guard can be used Carson flipper style, but I think it would need a wrist flick as well. It's a pretty cool knife, but for $120 online you could get a 710hs instead, and there's really no comparison. IMO, for $70 it would be a great deal, over $100 and there's just too many better options. I was pretty excited about this knife until I saw it, kind of a disappointment for me.
Edited to add - I don't think anything folded could be considered a "dirk." I'm not sure what FL laws are on concealment of pocket knives w/o CCW, but it would count the same as any other pocket knife.
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Jason aka medusaoblongata
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[This message has been edited by medusaoblongata (edited 06-16-2001).]
