Oke that first one is asisted as i can see on the vids. the last two i have seen in person with a other brand name on them and they were not assisted. But who knows, would be shitty if you order them and they turn out not to be assisted.
Before I found some of the Chinese knife websites that point you towards decently made knives I bought all kinds of cheap junk. Years ago some cable company I had at the time had some knife show on late at night. I forget the name of it. You could buy like 100 knives for $50 or something like that. Never fell for that deal but I did get a few Colts that looked nice but were junk. Got a few Proelia’s which I thought were decent but were too big and heavy for my liking. They claimed D2 steel. I am not an expert on steel but the Proelia steel seemed decent, kept an edge real nice once you got a good one on it. Seemed very hard and took some time and patience to get it good and sharp. I have a Masalong flipper that claims D2 but I am suspicious of it. Seems to take an edge super fast and seems like a high carbon type steel. I really need to try out other budget knives. My circle right now only has a few Ganzo’s, Kershaw’s, Sanrenmu’s, Buck, Case, and Eafengrow. I just recently got a Honey Badger. I really like those. Found some really nice looking knives on Ali that I want to check out too. I really like some of the knives THIS store has on Ali. I also want to check out some Fura knives. Don’t have any of those yet. Think I will grab one of the Gocomma knives though. I need to broaden my horizons a bit.
I would stay away from fura. They dont use the steels they claim.
The Ch knives and twosun knives are really nice. Twosun is mostly on ebay with auctions so you can get yourself a killer deal. those two brands i would recommend if you want high quality chinese knives.
Thank you. I will check those out. I saw a few Twosun and CH knives I like. Too many choices and not enough money to get them all at the same time. I need a second job. A knife and flashlight job. I just have to quit ordering Stirling Engine’s.
the orange black knife is 100% AO.
no way a blade with such a small flipper in a strange orientation can open this good. But it still looks kinda toy like to me.
automatic knives are cool but not legal here in any size.
Ordered the last flipper in the OP off Ebay. I like manual flippers for the most part. I like being able to easily close the knife with one hand when I am done with it. That can be quite hard to do with some assisted knives. I have a few assisted knives and like them just fine.
Well, I am pleasantly surprised…. more like totally shocked, in a good way!!
I never in my wildest dreams thought I would be writing what I am about to write when I ordered the two knives I have listed below. I figured they would be semi-junk. I was wrong completely.
The Fit n’ Finish of both knives are about as close to perfect as any knife I have seen… and I have seen more than a few.
The grinds are precise & even.
The slabs fit tight to the liners with no gaps.
The G-10 slabs are precisely shaped & fitted.
Both knives were hair popping sharp out of the box.
Blades are perfectly centered when closed.
Opening is smooth & effortless. The bottom knife has a ball bearing pivot & it is smoother than smooth.
Lockup is tight & precise on both knives.
These just arrived a short time ago & I have not had a chance to test edge retention yet. I’ll do that soon when I have time.
I am also gonna test them to see if the D2 is really D2.
But from what I see at this point these are great knives!! I got them for cheap $$ on some kinda sale and now wish I had bought more to sell or give to friends.
There is absolutely nothing cheap looking about these knives.
As I said before… I am pleasantly shocked!!! . … …
Oh yeah, I usually have little use for ‘flipper style’ knives. But the flippers on these are so small & subtle along with the absolute smoothness & ease of opening… these are gonna be a pleasure to use.
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