TOPS Key D Necker

Street Samurai1978 · Jul 12, 2013

TOPS isn't my favorite knife manufacturer, but every now and then, they do come up with something that catches my eye. They Key series has been out for a while, now, and TOPS has seen fit to add the Key D to the line up. Slightly larger than the others, she stands at 6 7/8" overall, with a 3.5 inch blade. It's fairly thin as far as TOPS goes, at 1/8" thick. Nice and sharp, serrations aren't for everybody (as if I had to tell you lot that). I was able to slice a tomato without making a mess. Comes with a chain to make it a necker, though I intend to use something different, maybe a piece of paracord. The string on the back is optional, I went for the blue. Right now, it's only available from the TOPS site, at $55 (pricey, but nothing from TOPS is cheap). All in all, I'm happy with it. Pretty good for the money, though I'm sure I could have something equally as good from other places.

supercoup · Jul 12, 2013

How many fingers can you get on the handle?

Street Samurai1978 · Jul 12, 2013

supercoup said:
How many fingers can you get on the handle?

Three, trigger, middle and ring. Bear in mind, I have medium sized hands. Anybody with meathooks for fingers may have different results. I might grind the ramp off the top, but I kinda like it for now.

Alnamvet68 · Jul 12, 2013

Street Samurai1978 said:
TOPS isn't my favorite knife manufacturer, but every now and then, they do come up with something that catches my eye. They Key series has been out for a while, now, and TOPS has seen fit to add the Key D to the line up. Slightly larger than the others, she stands at 6 7/8" overall, with a 3.5 inch blade. It's fairly thin as far as TOPS goes, at 1/8" thick. Nice and sharp, serrations aren't for everybody (as if I had to tell you lot that). I was able to slice a tomato without making a mess. Comes with a chain to make it a necker, though I intend to use something different, maybe a piece of paracord. The string on the back is optional, I went for the blue. Right now, it's only available from the TOPS site, at $55 (pricey, but nothing from TOPS is cheap). All in all, I'm happy with it. Pretty good for the money, though I'm sure I could have something equally as good from other places.

The knife is available at several online retailers for less than the MSRP. Most knife manufacturer's prices are "pricey" as you put it if you buy from the manufacturer themselves.

Street Samurai1978 · Jul 12, 2013

Alnamvet68 said:
The knife is available at several online retailers for less than the MSRP. Most knife manufacturer's prices are "pricey" as you put it if you buy from the manufacturer themselves.

Lol figures. I searched around but the only site I could find was some German site. Oh well, still happy as a pig in sh!t.