WE Knives? Another high end Chinese company?

I wish they had given the Wasabi some color, it's a very nice and clean design and I like the size but the plain Ti gray handle makes it a little boring.
 
Really like the Wasabi but I have been getting a little WE heavy these days. 702, Tyche, Minitor, and all the massdrop collabs...
 
`br4dz- said:
Even some of the bigger knives like the wasabi are ground very thin. Mine is .0018 inches behind the edge, even with a fairly thick stock.
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So you are saying that behind the edge it's less the two thousand of a inch ?
 
Is the Wasabi limited production? I know some of them were numbered to 300 but not sure if there is or will be another run.
 
I am increasingly impressed with WE: First, with my Ferrum Forge-designed Gent from MD. Then the Rectifier. And now the Practic. These three stand head and shoulders above other folders now available in quality, usefullness, ergos and price.

Now, if we could just get a 2.95 inch Practic, please.
 
I dearly love my practic I have some great knives but this is getting close to becoming my top edc blade.. I've been carrying it everyday for over a month that's along time for me and one knife.. The steel is awesome, the blade is thin and easy to sharpen holds a edge forever. It's almost a perfect knife, all it needs are 3 little letters.. The rectifier is my dad's and it's a sweetie too, I'll probably buy it next..
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AF said:
I'm guessing USA.
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Bingo, I know if this knife was made here that the price would be double. A couple years ago I wouldn't even look at a Chinese knife. My dad bought a kizer and then a WE and I finally broke down and bought one.. It's we'll made and super high quality, but if it was USA made it would be perfect!
 
I have a We 703 it is as smooth opening and closing if not better for 100.00 than anything I have.My 750.00 Thorburn fires much harder but they both close equally as smooth.
 
Has anyone ordered the Double Helix yet?
I did. ;)
I was waiting for the blue ano with the uncoated blade but it wasn't available just yet at my favorite Bladeforums authorized dealer...
So I grabbed my second choice with plain ti handle and uncoated blade.
Saturday delivery maybe?? Anxious.
 
Barman1 said:
Has anyone ordered the Double Helix yet?
I did. ;)
I was waiting for the blue ano with the uncoated blade but it wasn't available just yet at my favorite Bladeforums authorized dealer...
So I grabbed my second choice with plain ti handle and uncoated blade.
Saturday delivery maybe?? Anxious.
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I ordered that blue one you didn't want to wait for. :)
 
SpySmasher said:
I ordered that blue one you didn't want to wait for. :)
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It was a coin flip whether to go to another dealer but I stuck with my comfort zone.
I usually stay away from ano handles anyway but lately I've been really aware of how much knife is visible sticking up out of pocket and thought the blue would disappear easier.
But looking at the Double Helix it seems to carry rather low by design and is relatively small enough to be legal in my town so I don't have much to worry about in that respect.
Really looking forward to this one.
 
Got a chance to check out a WE Wasabi. Beautiful and great action as expected. I don't love that style of flipper tab. Seems like a compromise for a cleaner look. Only real issue was a tiny bit of lock rock. Yeah, disappointing.
 
AF said:
Got a chance to check out a WE Wasabi. Beautiful and great action as expected. I don't love that style of flipper tab. Seems like a compromise for a cleaner look. Only real issue was a tiny bit of lock rock. Yeah, disappointing.
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That's odd. My wasabi is perfect in every way. Never had any WE knife with any blade play or lock rock, and I've owned over 20. Sounds like you got your hands on a very rare one with an issue.
 
b00n said:
That's my understanding as well, by my logic a gravity knife would be any knife that you can essentially swing open WITHOUT using any additional mechanical component, IE where you don't need to disengage the lock. Which would exclude any Axis Lock AND the Warlock/Phoenix, since you can swing the Warlock/Phoenix around as much as you want, unless you disengage the lock/open the knife, nothing happens. If am not mistaken the Fallschirmjager/Para Knife you can just swing downwards and gravity does the rest and you have to disengage the lock to retract the blade.

(And just to make sure, we're pretty much agreeing and just conversing here :D )
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b00n,

You used the example of the paratrooper knife earlier and I wanted to be certain you understood that they are gravity knives and they are locked closed (when they work properly). Any knife that has to be unlocked and uses gravity or centripetal force (wrist flick) to pull the blade open meets the general definition of a gravity knife. Substitute a spring to drive it open after being unlocked and it becomes a switchblade.

The distinction of knives that are not locked and don't require a mechanism in the handle to unlock them, like the Axis, is that they knives aren't locked closed and are opened by the blade.

The challenge in the US and Canada now is that since bias towards closure mechanisms, detents, cam actions, etc., that hold the blade closed without locking work so well jurisdictions like New York City and Canadian Customs are treating those like locks and modern one hand openers as gravity knives if they fall or flick open at any point.

Knife Rights, the Legal Aid Society and others have been suing the city of New York for years over this "interpretation" (I call it abuse) of the law trying to get the court to rule against NYC and trying to get legislation through the state that would clarify and set boundaries on state law to stop the abuse (twice now overwhelmingly approved by the legislature only to be vetoed by Governor Cuomo). The City averages charging 4,000 to 6,000 with a gravity knife violation each year costing most of these individuals $500 to $1000 in fines to plea down. They ruin the lives of many others. The few with the resources to fight generally win, but the City is undeterred in arresting workmen and average folks that carry knives that you and I would have no issue carrying where we live.
 
`br4dz- said:
That's odd. My wasabi is perfect in every way. Never had any WE knife with any blade play or lock rock, and I've owned over 20. Sounds like you got your hands on a very rare one with an issue.
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Yeah it was minor but it was there. A firm grip toward the tip and wiggle of the blade and there was movement. I had a WE 704 with worse lock rock and a lightly spring lockbar which may have contributed to it.
Had four other WEs without issue. Have one now. The Wisp. Very impressive knife.
I found minor lock rock on a Reate once too.
 
It looks like the Slide lock on the Helix is similar to the Axis lock. One difference is that the blade is locked shut. Another difference is the spring design.
I wonder if this coming out after the Axis lock patent expired is coincidence or would this design have violated that patent? Just curious.
 
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