I’m going to continue hijacking this thread cause I got some good suggestions.
I decided against the Leek because of the tip lock, frame shape, and clip. It did come in good steel options and other ergos seemed very good and the price was right.
I was still on the fence with the Dividend but it’s hard to tell how wide that blade is when closed.
I ended up with a Zero Tolerance 0450 ( ) cause it made even better use of space with a smaller footprint and larger blade with Ti handle and instant gratification and low price on Amazon.
The fun starts and stops there.
The second I unbox I instantly think “this is the size i’m looking for”. I had also read that if you call and ask nicely Kershaw/ZT and many other brands will send deep carry pocket clips if they have one that fits your non deep carry knife (for free usually).
Well the fun stops there. I couldn’t even flip open the blade. It fits so snugly inside the handle I couldn’t manually pull it either and there is no thumb stud for the 3rd option. Needless to say the harder I tried to open it the more it would not budge. The reason was because I was pressing on the F’ing frame lock. The harder I tried to open it the more I pressed on the lock, lol.
I did finally mostly train myself to hold it in such a way as to not interfere with the lock and it flips right open quickly but it’s not where my hand wants to go casually and the knife is so thin there’s not much room for error.
Will carry it and practice opening it some and see if I can get used to this.
Did you ever get this issue with opening resolved. I had the same knife and it takes a bit of practice, the other thing to check is if the clip has slid to the side on to the frame lock side. It should sit on the frame side and not the lock side. If it has moved over it will be borderline impossible to open and slow opening.
A little light oil is all it should take and the little guy should just fly open. I tell people to this day I believe it was one of the fastest opening knives I have owned. It is a great discreet EDC, small but very functional size and not to heavy.
Okay. I read all the posts about how Gocomma knives are amazing. I finally got the two models people were talking about. I want to spend some EDC time with them but I’ll be getting a review up sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Sorry I hadn’t responded until now — lost track. Yes, I have looked at the Pico, Leek, as well as the Onion. All very nice looking. I know these are all made in China in their budget production line, but it sounds like they’ve overcome most deficiencies. Hard to tell they’re not made in USA. Was looking for a good solid under 3” flipper made of D2. Found one by the Chinese brand “Lemifshe”, called the Warrior D2. It’s a bit on the heavy side, but I’m really liking the design and flip action.