Valloton Chameleon

Yes, the Chameleon is considered a custom knife.

While most of the parts are laser cut, Butch does the final profiling, fit and finish work.

The laser cutting is done to reduce the time and the cost of each knife. There by allowing Butch to create a VERY well made $350 knife.

Note, this knife comes in 2 styles. The first has the relase underneath the clip and the second has the realease underneath the rubber on the name side of the knife (left side as you hold it in your hand).

Les
 
I have one of each. Neat knives, you never hear much about them. Quite a lot more refined looking from the Microtech version.


--Doug
 
Unfortunately I have another opinion on this...

The samples I've handled were ok, but they showed alot of the same problems.

Zytel handles. Pretty cheap looking, you could still see the sprue marks where they were clipped off the molding trees.

Fit and finish. The back spacer had very visible gaps between it and the liners. The scales were just attached to the liners, but it appeared that no finish work had taken place to make everything completely flush. For a knife in this price range, I'd expect better fit and finish.

Serrations. There was still a visible to the naked eye burr left on the sharpened serrations.

Thumbstud. Don't know about you, but the thumbstud with the checkering on the top just doesn't look or work as nice as some of the other styles.

On the bright side: much better action than the Microtech version, option to have the button under the rubber, much slimmer, attracts less attention.

Oddly enough, the first two samples I handled (which sadly enough I didn't buy) that were from much earlier in the production run were pretty much perfect. They were marked "Butch Vallotin Custom Knives" instead of just "Vallotin Custom Knives"

-Pat
 
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