I’m in love 
If you are after something similar sized then the Ganzo F753M is a good alternative (at the bottom):
in bigger size the Sanrenmu Land 910 plus, 9103 and 9104 are hard to beat (Sandvik 12C27 blade, ball bearings):
Thanks for your inputs all. I ended up ordering another 710. My earlier one was a plain steel finish, this one is black.
Gearbest has it a great price! $5.99 - https://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-folding-knives/pp_009475933090.html
My Sanrenmu Izula alternatives the SRM S628 and the 7130. The handle of the S628 is as good as it gets but the 7130 will get a similar paracord wrap sooner or later.
I’ve been eyeing both of them, the S628 in particular because of you, as I don’t have any small fixed blade. I will probably get both of them.
Batch n°2 !
My last review: Sanrenmu 9002
Review: http://chinese-knives.blogspot.com/2018/11/review-sanrenmu-9002.html
CH3504 got confirmed with S35VN blade at HRC 61.6! That’s awesome! :+1:
I like seeing that the steel is real. Now it would just be nice to see some more proper heat treat on the M390. 60-62. That is a big difference from 58 which is pretty soft for that steel.
Yes, and for D2 there must be some difference in edge retention between 58 and 60 HRC… we would need Pete @ Cedric&Ada to do some more rope cutting tests 
A higher HRC doesn’t have to mean better edge retention when you get more micro chipping from the higher hardness.
So it’s okey to have a real D2 variant in a cheap blade, but then if performance is only marginally better than regular 8Cr13MoV, that’s a bit disappointing 
Anyways, too many parameters with these steels… many D2 variants (chinese or not), different blade geometries, etc…
What are some cool budget front flippers?
I like the G10 version of these “Zebra” front-flippers.
For something fancier with titanium handle have a look at this one.
Or a small one: www.fasttech.com/products/9678829
Or the Ti Zieba G2: www.fasttech.com/product/9630487
Greetings from the skull
Your FURA RIPPLE mod was well done !
Thank you. You’re talking about this one?
It’s quite hard to take good shots of the effect, it’s a bit like mother-of-pearl.
I think now a cop enjoys it as the job student who bought it lost it when he ran into a friday night’s check.
He could’ve got it back but he’s just too lazy.
Now he got this polished and anodized one:
I also sanded down the blade a bit and gave it a frosty stonewash finish.
I have the “Perfect Lines” but it’s not easy to flip open.
Adahn, I like the looks of both knifes any details as to what did you do to them? Looking at your nice Blogspot page I like the annodization you did to the TwoSun knife… :+1:
The two knives above got a polish with green and then with white compound and then a dip anodization to get the rainbow effect.
With the TS51 I played a bit too much though.
The front scale wouldn’t take the colors as well as I’m used to it and even after stonewashing it was a fingerprint magnet.
Now the front has a hazy greyish-green, the lockside has some etching pits from the Whink Rust and Stain Remover and a toxic green color, even though both scales were anodized with the same many 9V batteries.
I think I’ll keep it that way (or I’ll go to the local paint shop and ask if they can sandblast it for me, if I’m lucky they do bead blasting too).