WE Knives? Another high end Chinese company?

WE Knife Co. needs to make some flippers with a 3" blade that are slim like the 614.

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The ones they have like 605 and 619 are too funky and wide.

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RamZar said:
WE Knife Co. needs to make some flippers with a 3" blade that are slim like the 614.

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The ones they have like 605 and 619 are too funky and wide.

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Agreed. How about a nice slim, FFG folder in the 2.75-2.99 inch range.
 
flash900 said:
Agreed. How about a nice slim, FFG folder in the 2.75-2.99 inch range.
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They've had a few high flat grinds but no full flat grinds.

A slim flipper with a full or high flat grind 2.99" blade of M390 would be nice.
 
The 619 is an awesome little knife. To understand the design i think you should try to handle one at a local retailer/reseller....Great ergo's and all design elements make sense when you feel it in hand..
 
henkh said:
The 619 is an awesome little knife. To understand the design i think you should try to handle one at a local retailer/reseller....Great ergo's and all design elements make sense when you feel it in hand..
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Handle is too wide, too thick and too chunky. With a 2.875" blade it weighs nearly 5 ounces! It looks too funky with that blade shape and the titanium milling.
 
PURPLEDC said:
He also doesn't like heavy knives. Don't have to handle something to know if it weighs too much.
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Indeed. Thank you.

Actual weight is an issue to some and no amount of perception or relativity can counter it.

It's funny how added weight is sometimes justified as if you were on the zero-gravity ISS!

The argument of in-hand vs. in-pocket weight doesn't fly either.

In the post below he's referring to GM2 CF at 4.0 ounces:

jfindon said:
I can't find my G10 Skyline right now, but my Damascus Leek weighs 3oz even and my blackwashed Leek weighs 3.14oz and they both feel heavier in my hand. Weird.

EDIT: Found it, Skyline weighs 2.54oz and feels like what the GM2 does in hand.
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weiwei45 said:
They provide you with a tool for their pivot and hardware in the pouch that they ship with the knife.
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I have a sackful of "special pivot tools." Not sure which tool goes with which knife.

And I have a drawer filled with knives with "special pivots" that did not come with any tool.

A plague on all their manufacturers!
 
I handled the 605. It was a nice knife but personally not my taste. Also the black coating on the Ti scales seemed weirdly textured. Almost like it was flaking off or something, like a gritty kind of stuff. I think the knife just needed to be cleaned maybe. However it was new at the knife store I handled it. The Stedemon and Kizers didn't feel like that.

Then again the custom knife they had showed me (maker escapes me) I thought didn't have the best fit and finish either. Maybe Inhave just been spoiled by what companiesnlike Spyderco and ZT have been putting out.
 
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Lapedog said:
I handled the 605. It was a nice knife but personally not my taste. Also the black coating on the Ti scales seemed weirdly textured. Almost like it was flaking off or something, like a gritty kind of stuff. I think the knife just needed to be cleaned maybe. However it was new at the knife store I handled it. The Stedemon and Kizers didn't feel like that.

Then again the custom knife they had showed me (maker escapes me) I thought didn't have the best fit and finish either. Maybe Inhave just been spoiled by what companiesnlike Spyderco and ZT have been putting out.
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Your observations are out of whack with my experience owning 6 different models of WE. The 605 is one of them, and the WE that I like the least by a large margin, but that's because of weird ergos, not any fit, finish and product quality issues. WEs consistently have better finish than Stedemon and Kizer and I'd put them roughly on par with ZT and Taichung Spydercos. Sometimes better than ZT and Spyderco when you take into account the complexity of the finish on most WEs.

I'm curious which WEs you've owned and used to come to your opinion, because I have to wonder if the counterfeiters might not already be targeting WE like they are Reate and Kizer. They are definitely not what you perceive them to be...
 
flash900 said:
I have a sackful of "special pivot tools." Not sure which tool goes with which knife.

And I have a drawer filled with knives with "special pivots" that did not come with any tool.

A plague on all their manufacturers!
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I feel the same way as you about proprietary hardware, but take a little softer stance when it comes to WE. Their proprietary hardware is part of the design and style of the knife, almost to the point where it's a common thread identifying their various designs...not unlike a spydiehole in a fixed blade. I'm not crazy about it, but I appreciate what they're trying to do with the unique, "star" head hardware. Add to it the colorization that extends through the hardware as an accent tone and I get to where I no longer hate it. On some models the raised, proprietary hardware actually enhance grip in a very interesting way.
 
For each of us individual knife lovers, there might be hundreds of likes/dislikes to guide us in our purchase/use decisions.

Personally, since I am a compulsive sort, I don't mind proprietary fasteners at all. I always know where they are and bring the a particular to the top of the "supplies" when I rotate that knife into use.

As a result, fasteners are way down my list of buying priorities.
 
Lapedog said:
I handled the 605. It was a nice knife but personally not my taste. Also the black coating on the Ti scales seemed weirdly textured. Almost like it was flaking off or something, like a gritty kind of stuff. I think the knife just needed to be cleaned maybe. However it was new at the knife store I handled it. The Stedemon and Kizers didn't feel like that.

Then again the custom knife they had showed me (maker escapes me) I thought didn't have the best fit and finish either. Maybe Inhave just been spoiled by what companiesnlike Spyderco and ZT have been putting out.
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This caused a spit-take and coffee all over my computer.
 
Just got the WE 617F with tan G10 handle scales.

The fit and finish, along with the sharpness of the blade is outstanding!
 
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