Well, I just sold my Hest folder for a few reasons. I bought the knife because I thought I was going to love it. Turns out I actually did. But upon receiving the FIRST one everything was great minus the lock failure. It would not fail under a spine whack but when you applied pressure on the back side of the blade, the titanuim liner would slide out and knife would close. So I sent it in to DPX, Customer service is excellent, and Linda is great to work with. But then I got my SECOND Replacement this past friday and thought everything was perfect. Locked up solid and everything. Then sunday morning, 2 days later, The frame lock failed in my hands , slid on tang, and I got disgusted and decided to sell it on the exchange. I told teh guy that the frame slides on the tang but he said he will take his chances with it.
I was very hesitant to sell the knife, but after spending 200+ for it and getting two in a row that has issues, my frustration got the best of me. And now that I think about it, the knife has kind of a Gil Hibben thing going. It looks cool and has some neat features, but out of the box its just not holding up to what it should for the price. Maybe the design or quality control will get better in the future with these.
Hope this helps.
Mark