I really like mine. I use it a lot in the kitchen and getting stuff in the lock is no problem. If you do, the knife has sealed bearings so it is very easy to wash in soapy water and rinse. It is very practical in every day carry, more so than the sebenza due to its sealed bearings, ambidextrous open/close and more durable finish.
I don't know why people say it is not "hard use"; the lock has never closed accidently and it passes the spike whack test with ease. Unless you plan on pounding it into a tree and standing on it, it's fine for everything. I did a search with Bing, Google and Duckduckgo and nobody has ever reported any lock failure or any other problem with the knife. Like NationalWMD, most who say it's not for hard use don't have one.
Not sure what you mean by deployment, but it comes out of the pocket like any knife and can be readily flicked open unlike any sebenza. Given the design, there are numerous ways to open the knife, it is truly ambidextrous for both opening and closing unlike any frame or liner lock, where in closing it is always left or right. Since it is a new lock/opening method it does take awhile to get used to. But once your hand is familiar with it, there are a number of ways it can be opened.
The clip is the best out there. Unlike other clips it needs to be opened to be put on, thus there is no wearing of the pants pocket due to friction. Since it has a more positive closure, you are much less likely to loose it. To return the knife to the pocket with one hand takes some practice because you need to open the clip. It took me a couple of days to get it down pat.
As you can tell I like the knife. If I had to choose between it and my decorated sebenza, the ti-lock would win based upon function, but since the decorated sebenza is "pretty" (I like shiny blades too) I'd probably end up with the sebenza.
