The Freetiger FT903 has great action, fires open every time with flipper and needs tiny shake to close, they have great bearings in this one or just built exceptionally. I had seen The Knife Beater review a couple of months ago, but it jumped to $25 before I could grab one, went back to $22 breifly so I got the grey version, but at either price its a serious budget contender.
Amazon has the Freetiger FT903 in four different colors for $24.95 before a clickable 5% off coupon. I grabbed a purple one. Thank you for the recommendation.
They also have the FT801 in two different colors. $17.99 before 5% coupon.
Np, I had been looking at the purple myself, might have to snag one in the future, great knife…mine is centered, no blade play, good spine gimping, easy lock bar access, even grinds, g10 is nice, 9/10 sharpness, action is so smooth, similar to honey badger, but it is almost silent where HB bearings sound like a train, this company came out of nowhere(unless it’s a Ganzo? who knows)…you will like this one, enjoy
Not anymore since the politic system is protecting the US industry against unfair competition from China. At this price its still a very good knife but similar to many good knife in a store.
I’d never buy a titanium bladed knife. I don’t understand what the allure is. My suspicion is that it’s a marketing ploy to rope in the uninformed. Knife ignorant people who hear “titanium” and drool.
I believe there are a few titanium alloys that can function as a blade and compete with steel, such as SM100 (titanium/nickel). However the price of these makes it an exotic material for now, not for mass production yet. There’s also a company named Vargo that produces titanium/silver/ceramic blades, but I don’t know the toughness rating of such an alloy.
The linked eBay item is either a Kershaw Leek or a counterfeit of one. Omega 17 has a point. Some sellers or manufacturers will occasionally list the blade material as titanium when it has a titanium-based coating. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Kershaw do that. For the item in question, does the blade even look like it is coated?
Something else to consider is that it would be very strange to see anything as exotic as a titanium blade paired with clunky stainless steel scales, much less sold for ten bucks.
It’s already been said but titanium is not a good blade material. Neither is iron. Steel works because it is an iron alloy with various substances forming microstructures within it. Carbides are crucial for steel as we know it.