ALL THINGS BUDGET KNIVES

I snapped a couple of side by side photos about my growing budget kwaiken collection :

It’s a wonderful knife that you’ll never have to baby. I’ve used my Moras for kitchen tasks, camping, bushcraft, fire-making, yard work, whittling…it just works well. It’s also surprisingly light for a full-sized fixed blade.

Looks great! Almost bought the green one. But decided to get another one first (https://m.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_1045265.html?wid=21)
That green one will be my first next knife.

How is the quality? And how does it feel in your hand?

If you mean my copper colored Fura kwaiken (at the bottom) that`s an excellent flipper with a nice fit & finish, it also feels comfortable in my hand. The blade is quite thick (4 mm) considering its width so it`s not my best slicer but I can live with that. I also like the green version. :slight_smile:

I got such a green Fura for my job student. It feels great in the hand, the surface is smooth (bead blasted?) and the green anodization is very even and same on both slabs.
The blade is way too thick though, I’m thinking about asking a knifemaking friend to put a hollow grind on it, even though that would have been easier with the tanto version (hollow straight edge, flat tip).
The new owner likes it but for me the flipping action feels rather portly than solid, the blade is just a bit too heavy for its length.
Some folks may like that though and for less than $30 it’s worth to try.

I would however strongly suggest to right away disassemble the knife to remove titanlium splinters and other dirt.
Especially the grease must go as it just slows down the action.
I’ve added a drop of mineral oil but I assume it runs same well when dry just like my SRM Land 910+.

Oh, is this a copper color? :person_facepalming: :smiley:

I saw the green version on gearbest and assumed that this was the green version.

The copper color looks much better.

Sounds like a great knife!

I’d say the green one looks in real life like the copper on thos pictures.

Here`s another pic which shows the copper color slightly better:

I can only say they do a damn fine job with bead blasting and anodizing on these FURAs.
And I’ve played with that stuff a bit, sometimes it’s not easy to get the same color on both of the slabs.

The blade is thick and heavy but the surface treatment is top notch!

The G10 version of the small fixed blade Sanrenmu. Gorgeous in black with orange G10.

And a new bigger Sanrenmu fixed blade.
https://www.gearbest.com/fixed-blades-knives/pp_1610752.html

The kwaiken böker is beautiful, even the color.
By the way, the kwaiken green fura is with tanto tip too but with other colors. It is an interesting knife for its simplicity in design.

I`m afraid the tanto version of that Fura kwaiken will appear in my collection sooner or later. :slight_smile:

I have the opposite problem.
Since I’ve thinned out the blades of my Vespa Neon and the Malyshev Gnome I feel these 2 are all the knives I need, either on job or at home.

How can I tell myself that it’s ok to buy a Hungarian traditional knife for ~$70 and maybe a Zieba Ti clone when I still have a Y-Start Damascus knife and a Sanrenmu dragon scaled one in the this time super slow Gearbest transport?

I like the kwaiken furas too, both tips tanto and drop. But i do not know why fura does not put a code on its models.

Just for the sake of comparison :

A very similar Mini Ultratech version appeared on Aliexpress here.
The stock photos are heavily photoshopped so here`s a real one:

I can’t open your link, could you link to the store please ?

EDIT : nevermind, I found it on your blog :slight_smile:

Thanks I’ve been looking at allvin store for a while, been considering the Makora II OTF.

Just followed your link and noticed these Ganzo G719 clones with carbon fiber and/or damascus. Very interesting, I have a G719 black G10 and it’s basically a precision work of art.

The Ganzo only have the G10 scale on one side (Button side only) But these have the scales on both sides! So i’m excited a bit about these! Although I wonder if the damascus version is real damascus.

(click on photos for links)

The “real” G719” seems to be discontinued, I’m wondering why they didnt’ just put the Ganzo logo onto this one as well.
How much is the non-damascus version btw, $50 for that one sounds a bit expensive.
And it is real damascus, that stuff is not that expensive. To get such a pattern it would be more difficult to laser or mask+etch it and the pattern would be the same on every piece.

You can still get the real G719, I’ve seen it at a few sites, here’s one:

The non Damascus CF clone is $24, you can just click on the photos I posted for the links.

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Maybe it’s real Damascus on those but no offense fake Damascus pattern etch is not more difficult or expensive, and definitly not the same on every piece. It can be found on tons of cheap knives everywhere, many sub $10 knives such asTac-force etc.

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Here’s some examples.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-Pearl-Spring-Assisted-Opening-Tactical-Pocket-Knife-DAMASCUS-ETCH-NEW-E/391969153468?hash=item5b432ea1bc:g:kQUAAOSw8-xZ1N~7

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Raven-Assisted-Open-Gold-Cleaver-Razor-Pocket-Knife-Damastec-Etched-3525-New/273041315141?hash=item3f9287d545:g:H30AAOSwGUBaKbvq

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Master-Laser-Etch-Tanto-Razor-Karambit-Fixed-Blade-Knife-20-01DM-3Cr13-Full-Tang/292432035027?hash=item44164ebcd3:g:SEsAAOSwmhJZqHwW

https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-Damascus-Etched-Cleaver-Razor-Blade-Spring-Assisted-Pocket-Knife-G68/183045142054?hash=item2a9e573626:g:NzsAAOSwjc5Z4OBQ

https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-5-Damascus-Italian-Stiletto-Spring-Assisted-Open-Pocket-Knife-Tactical-EDC-H/273040965890?hash=item3f92828102:g:ZnEAAOSwE8daXi9Q

https://www.ebay.com/itm/8-RARE-GRAY-Spring-Assisted-Open-FOLDING-POCKET-KNIFE-Fantasy-Damascus-NEW-/301981437681