Tsarap folder

[jideta]

Nice knife.
Nice price.
The thumb thingy could be done a bit better, but its easy to snap the blade out.
Folded, it's wide in the pocket.
Pics of that later as the knife is currently in pieces in a plastic bag.
Some caveats if you like goofing around with your new purchases:
Half the screws are false. Meaning only one side do the screws actually unscrew.
The other half are pins with screw like heads, including the pivot.
So to take apart, you loosen one side of screws and push the pins out the other way.



This had me confused when I tried to disassemble.
Not a big deal, but I wish I had figured it out earlier!
Now the not so good.
The clip is on there.
Really good.
I bent my allen key trying to loosen it.
If you need to change the clip to the other side, be careful.
Tomorrow I hit the drill press to drill the fasteners out.
I'm going to change out the scales so this presents a little problem, not a big issue but an issue non the less. I have more screws and a tap coming in soon.
If you're not going to goof around with it, then it's a great knife!
I plan to carry it some, as soon as I get them damn screws out!
More pics later.

 

[jideta]

After the operation.
I just can't help myself; also the scales came in the same day as the knife.
Again, this thing is well built.
All the parts are nicely machined, parts fit like they are supposed to, nothing cheap looking here.
I should know, I took this thing apart too many times!
Except for the clip (see above), no complaints here.
The clip did drill out/off nicely.



The fit of the parts is fairly critical, which is a hallmark of well built knives. If something is off just a tad, the whole thing is off.
Took me a while to fit the new scales; my fault completely.
The blade snaps out with a to my ears pleasant sound; can't describe it but there's something extra there.
Falls back in no problem.
Detent is good; I couldn't deploy even with a very hard snap of the wrist.
Folded back it's centered well.



It is a bit on the large side folded.
Pear shaped if you will.
A little large it the pocket, but not intrusive, at least not to me.
Then again I carry larger folders so this is a bit small for me.
I'm gonna try and change the clip to a deep(er) carry.

Again, nice knife for a nice price.
The site says made in Russia, but I'm gonna guess it's like Daggerr.
Made/assembled in Russia but parts from China.
Maybe kancler can correct me.
Approved and recommended!

 

[kancler]

Yes, the logistics of this knife are complicated and for sure some parts are made in China. Ill get clear answer from Alexey (designer)

 

[fishface5]

Interesting knife. Very nice handle mod!
How thick is it behind the edge?
Looks like a potential candidate for a wave mod.

 

[jideta]

 

[Low_rez]

Beautiful job! I like the look of the blade shape even before you added the good looking scales. And the orange liners look great!

It looks like if the Anso 67 and the Vox Pilar had a baby.