It actually has a soft “clothy” feel to it. About the only thing I can think of would be those clipboards made of what seemed like compressed cardboard. Ie, it’s not just textured plastic, but actually has a softness to it. I was pleasantly surprised.
I notice the holes on quite many sheaths. No idea what to use it for. The fact that the included lace was so short really threw me.
I guess the blade steel of the Jin01 might be 9Cr18MoV or 8Cr… something. It’s still a great deal for $13 shipped. Atleast I like mine. (If I ordered a folder from the US the shipping alone would cost me more than $13.)
So what’s the conclusion of that test? (Native speakers correct me if I’m wrong pls.)
- The Jin01 costs only the fragment of that Viper.
- Their cutting performance is almost the same (as I understand).
The Jin01 is more rust resistant.
—-> The blade steel of the Jin01 can’t be D2. What a shame! What a bad knife! :person_facepalming:
Sure they are nice knives, even with a lesser steel. But I dont think I’ll ever put more than 30€ on a knife on Aliexpress because of this false steel tricks
Considering how great the edge retention is on my SRM 910+ and how sharp it can get you could try a knife with that Sandik steel 12C27.
The 910+ might be a bit big for you so you could try the flipper knife SRM 7076.
The SRM 7129 with thumb studs and rather cheesy looking dragon - but nicely full flat ground blade.
Or if you want a traditional swiss army knife style - but with a pocket clip - you could check out the SRM WA721-A1
The 910+ is my edc knife and I’m still amazed. I have to cut rawhide and EVA materials on job which usually dull a blade pretty quick.
The swiss army styles one has a hollow ground blade and comes very sharp, I’ve cut myself on the first day but the straight cut healed without a trace
I’d only wish the blade on the 910+ was ground a bit thinner, I guess you’d more like the other options.
I’m pretty new to budget knives, but I’m happy with softer metals and stainless variants because they are easier to sharpen. I used the glass and sandpaper trick to sharpen a cheap stainless knife that was dull beyond imagine into something more than usable. I’ve worked with D2 before and the stuff can be taken to an extremely fine edge, even just square edges of the stuff have cut me, but it’s fairly brittle. I wouldn’t mind getting a crazy sharp D2 knife if one ever falls within my budget and can be verified as such.