“I agree mate. Thumbs Up
I just want to be the one doing the “sharpening” or “reprofiling”. Wink.
Sounds like you have found a good method for achieving what you want in a good sharp blade. Beer””
Yes mate. 60plus yrs of practice and lots of cuts.
Eventually. You get there.
That tapered angle I almost get right. is a trick from some of the old Meatworks boners I worked with.
If you have a “folding” knife of any style.
It’s capable of coming back on your fingers.
Treat them as such, a folder. NOT a lock back and you’ll never have a problem.
They ALL only Finger nail cleaners and fruit peeler/slicers
anyway.
Serious work. Use sense and get out that FIXED blade you have.
You’ll keep your fingers longer that way. anyway.
Have fun.
That is interesting Lux-Perpetua. I clicked your link & scrolled down, under “Specifications” it said “Liner Lock”; which of course is correct.
Strange indeed…. …
OK 2+ months later My second batch of 10$ Go Commas arrived ...
Much better lock -up on three of them and one has about a 25% lock up ...where as the first one has about 15% One is about 85% the other two are 75%
Big damn difference .
I'm also wondering when people said the angle on lock ups are normally about 7 degrees .
My guess on these is they are at a much steeper angle than 7 degrees...(see ..I've been sharpening knives lately and know what 12 degrees looks like ) :)
At over 2 months I was really questioning if they were ever going to arrive.
I still like the look /shape /feel/weight of the knife... and at 75-85% I'm much more comfortable than I was with the first knife I received .
I got a Ganzo Firebird FH41 the other day and I gotta say… it quickly became the favorite of the FH Series knives I have. That being the FH11, FH21, and now the FH41.
The Fit n’ Finish, blade sharpness, etc., etc. is all up to par… just like on the others. But the blade shape & grind do it for me.
Drop point blade is 88 mm / 3.465 in. , flat ground from edge to spine.
The G-10 slab handles are a simple & straight forward design…. no weird shapes or finger grooves (which I hate btw . ).
Blade length is a bit long for my preference, BUT…. the overall design & feel of the knife overcomes “my preference”. I love it.
It opens to a firm lockup with a flip of the flipper tab.
I see it is $28 as I write this. I got mine for $23.14 a few weeks ago. If it drops in price again, I’ll be forced to get a spare. . .
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My Gocomma knife (that one here: https://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-folding-knives/pp_009152095568.html) just arrived. So far, I'm quite impressed by the quick and easy flipping mechanism. It works great for the price. However, my liner lock looks the same as on the picture of the page before, i.e. it's coverage is about 40% according to what I could see with my eyes. If I got you guys right this is not much of a problem, right? Unlike my Ganzo knives the blade of the Gocomma knife comes not very sharp from factory. A quick test with a sheet of paper revealed that the blade gets more or less stuck when cutting through it. So, this one needs to be resharpened.
(picture below is not mine but taken as reference from the page before)
You may like those plain straight sided knife body’s.
OK for pocket toy and cleaning nails.
But be careful if you ever use them for any decent knife work.
Where you have to hold firmly while pushing or stabbing.
Especially when/if they have water, oil, grease. Anything wet on them.
It’s very easy to slice your fingers as it slides up out of your grip.
That’s the reason “professional” knives usually have grip grooves
or very pronounced dimples in scales. and finger grooves.
GRIP is the most important item on a knife apart from steel and edge.
Yrs ago we had flat slab wooden scales on Commercial fish/butchers knives.
Any old Trawlerman you see will have lots of slices on his fingers.
We had to gut and Gill all the fish b4 packing in the ice kits.
We used to saw/cut slots, dips in the scales for better grip.
Keeps your finger tendons longer.