What blade did you EDC today?

Thanks. The blade is 3.2” long. Weight is 3.5oz. The minimalist design is what initially drew me to it and the build quality is excellent. Plus axis-lock & S35VN. Thinner profile than most knives I’ve owned makes it an ideal EDC. Phosphor bronze washers. After opening/closing for a few days, breaking in the washers, action is so smooth.

That is awesome to know the axis lock works well, always worries me a little since it is still relatively new to the open market and even Benchmade has issues with it occasionally and they’ve been doing it for 25 years. S35vn - super steel and nice internals all for under $75 it looks like, awesome value! I may get the one with the harpoon blade. Looks cool too. Plus the one you have looks out of stock at the moment. or I could just practice patience.

Just received this:

https://www.bladehq.com/item—QSP-Pangolin-Liner-Lock-Knife-Black—113404

It’s very nice, flipper action is excellent, and it feels well made. Just a tad heavy for edc tho.

Asher works directly with a maker in China that also serves some of the bigger knife houses. Justin was really on top of QC. They do have a lot of interesting offerings. I got a discount on my Nomad when I bundled it with a Tracker (fixed blade), which also turned out to be an excellent buy.

Your link is broken. Here: QSP Pangolin

5.3oz for a 4.75” blade isn’t bad, actually. Good price for D2.

Maybe one of these, if I go out?

Chris

@TheAuditor
Link didn’t work for me, but searched it on BHQ, nice Knife! Solid price for g10 / D2. I like bigger EDC’s so i my have to try that one. I was on a 3” & under EDC kick until I realized my hands are just large enough to not be able to comfortably use many sub 3” blades day in and out. That is except the elementum ! Love that knife, just wish it had a flat grind, but not a deal breaker. Im sure there are others but i don’t even look at sub 3” anymore. I really want to try the ferrum forge / drop Gent ( i think its called that) it looks like the flat ground version of the elementum to me. I have an XL glove size, my hands aren’t huge but my mini griptilian is almost unusable for anything but opening mail because i cannot get a solid grip. Needless to say my Rat 1 (heavy!) and Baklash (Perfect weight!) get the most use. The Civivi Dogma was also a pleasant surprise- very light and solid size.

Thanks for the info! Sorry, I do not know how to delete part a quote on blf, in an effort to shorten my responses.

those… are awesome! I have the becker bk14 little guy and love it. really want an esee too

Ganzo makes a lot copies, clones, and mashups of existing designs without permission. I agree in not approving of that. Those knives are usually made of soft 440C and aren’t of the highest quality.

However, their FH line are all original designs and are made to a higher standard of quality. They use Chinese D2 which is treated to a decent hardness. In my experience, these are pretty good knives for the money. They make great beaters and I agree on the value of carrying a knife without worry.

Of course, the FH line isn’t perfect. QC could use improvement. There can be a little variation from one example to the next. For instance, the detent on my FH41 was pretty weak and needed to be tweaked. Like a lot of knives with nested liners at this price, it also benefited from a little scale filing. There are two things that make the FH line great. The first is value for the price and it’s easy to forgive the issues here because of that. The second is that these are original designs. As Ganzo continues to see success with these and this line continues to grow, I hope they’ll eventually abandon their clone business.

Twosun TS182 M390.

The thumb studs had a very sharp rim edge on them. I had to grind them down and round off the edge. Now it’s a great knife. I love the solid carbon fiber scales. The M390 blade is wicked sharp. Great pivot action.

I like all my Civivi’s, really nice knives. The Dogma is excellent, smooth as butter action. My Elementum had an issue with the pocket clip moving, when I tried to loctite it I found the screw threads stripped, I contacted Civivi and they shipped me some screws which I’m still waiting on and had to pay $5 shipping fee…not the end of the world but I have gotten clips and screws for free from Kershaw so thats the only downside I have found with them. Hard to complain when you get a nice storage case and microfiber cloth with each knife. Also recently ordered a Fracture(also in the mail), but not sure how much use it will get being a non locking blade, but couldnt resist the price

I agree with everything you have said here. Especially about forgiving any issues with their original releases. Although i think i got lucky becuase mine is pretty solid, although detent is a little weak i like the feel. I use it daily and sharpen and touch up/strop the blade and the d2 is nice. like the grind, like the g10 used. Just solid edc. Im gonna try the filing of the liners like you mentioned. thanks!

Some reviewers pointed out FH41 is almost the same as a knife called the Shamwari by Gareth Bull, Fh11 a Liong Mah(SP?) copy, if you search google images it seems eerily similar…I’m not a Ganzo hater, I have that FH41 and its a good knife but they may still be up to their old tricks

Yup on the FH41 and Shamwari.

I couldn’t find anything about the FH11 versus a Liong Mah knife though. I’ve owned the FH11 but ended up selling it because the way the blade does not taper until the belly kept causing me to see an optical illusion. It seemed as if the belly and tip of the blade was wider than the rest, looking “bulbous.”

Think its called “The Warrior” its not identical but similar, being a cheapskate I like my Ganzos so its not a problem with me….everything in life is basically a take on the original be it music, computers etc…hard to make a product that is totally unique with so many knives out there

Ka-bar TDI hooked on belt above right pocket (reverse grip draw) with a Matthew Martin tactical pen clipped in right pocket. Emerson Karambit in left pocket

Looking at the picture, I can see similarities between the FH41 and Shamwari. It isn’t a direct copy. There is a point at which I’d call foul but this doesn’t quite make it. There is an argument that all knives borrow from other knives and there is nothing new under the sun. Still, I’ve got to put that in the “inspired by” category.

As far as the Liong Mah Warrior; I’ve got to rate that a miss (pictured below).

Your esee collection is awesome. Hard to lose them in the nature.

I was just regurgitating what a reviewer had said when I was checking out different FH reviews, it was Metal Complex on youtube, I dont think I could ever afford one of those custom knives lol, and yeah I dont see too much similarity.

I know a lot of people hate on Ganzo and don’t give their stuff a chance, but they are missing out while holding their nose in the air.

I like my Ganzo automatic, it have never missed a beat and the edge hold fine too.