ALL THINGS BUDGET KNIVES

When I run across a auto Ganzo I pick it up if I can. I have most of the 758/7582 line. I think I am only missing the 7582AL-OR, aluminum handled orange one. Even though the G10 handled ones are more practical, the aluminum handled ones are super nice looking.

A pic, ya know, just in case someone finds one they don’t need anymore. Let me know, I know a guy who knows a guy who’s cousins best friends prom date wants one. :smiley:

Just bought a Civivi Elementum the other day…loving it so far! Very impressed for the price point.

I was searching for the blue one for some time for a friend but at the time it became pure unobtainium.

Interesting—had no idea that Ganzo made an auto outside of the G707. How does it compare to Benchmade’s design? My G707 is very well made. Impressive design. And it has real wood inlay.

It’s pretty nice. I have never had the Benchmade so, I really can’t compare the two. I like the Ganzo’s though. Very snappy and well put together. Had the blade on one go loose on me after playing with it for days and it taking my abuse of continually snapping it open. A touch of loctite on the pivot screw fixed that right up. Other than that, I just use em, clean em and touch up the blades when necessary. Pretty drama free really.

By the way, I’ve had the axis lock variant, G-7531CF iirc

Biggest letdown on the blade with any Ganzo I’ve owned, I’d call it tincan steel, seems I got a lemon.

Chamfered the edges and made a cf clip for it but traded it in the end to a friend who smashes every knife withing weeks anyways :stuck_out_tongue:

That anti-pinch plate is a quite good idea. A couple of frame-lock flippers would benefit from that.

Yes, like my ZT0450!

I’m on a QSP kick right now, Today I received a QSP Penguin. It has linen micarta scales, a sheep foot wharncliff blade shape, and D2 steel.

This small knife has great pivot action, a beautiful design, and high quality build. This is my first micarta knife, and the scales are very smooth and well done. I thought micarta would be more textured and grippy. Overall, I am very impressed with the two small QSP knives I have.

Right on man…I bought the blue jean micarta nice grippy texture and liked it so much I bought the brown micarta which is a much smoother texture but still very nice.
I opened up the blue when I got it and wiped and relubed.
I opened a few amazon boxes and a few days later I opened it up again and found corrosion on the blade near the pivot. I got most of it off, they both now have lightly oiled blades.

Oh no, that is a bummer that the blade started corroding. The QSP Parrot has a 440C blade, no issues so far. I better keep an eye on the Penguin though.

It’s all good….just make sure to wipe the blade down after use. I should have known better because it’s happened ty other D2 knives I have.
My bad….it’s still gonna cut stuff :laughing:

With Micarta it’s same as with G10 or carbon fiber.

You can polish it to the max and get a finish like on the Spyderco Hungarian or you can sandblast it like most G10 scales are finished.
If you use a raw cloth or wool for laminating you will feel the weave even after polishing, if you make paper micarta you won’t.

You can even try to clean the surface with acetone, if the Micarta is made with epoxy you can sometimes wash it away on top, exposing the base material.
With acrylic that might now work. Oh, if you’d ever want to try it, disassemble your knife and try it on the underside of the scale :wink:

Just got in my Large Feldspar in Green Micarta, what a great looking knife, but….

Very nice! Great knife, and extra sweet with the micarta scales.

The texture of this Micarta is much grippier than the Penguin, feels great.
But the lockup is a failure.
The knife I received is too dangerous.
I will be sending it back for a replacement.

Good idea. I’ve had a couple CJRB knives. The blades were great but fit and finish left something to be desired.

Both of them arrived stiff, bone dry, and with a light powdery residue inside. My Large Feldspar could barely be opened! I took them both apart for a thorough cleaning. There was a tiny bit of rust inside one of them that was easy enough to polish out. There was some darker residue that resisted alcohol but came off with mineral oil. The caged bearings required a little extra care. I re-cleaned and re-oiled the bearings a few times until that darker residue stopped leeching out from around them. Like some other budget knives with nested liners, the ergonomics of my Feldspar benefited significantly from having the inner scale edges chamfered.

After all that, they ended up pretty nice. The radically improved action on my Feldspar paired beautifully with the strong detent. The issue is that I wouldn’t expect an average consumer to do all that work. Frankly, they shouldn’t have to.

I am not a big Gerber fan but this looks nice and has my interest! I like the deep choil and the size looks great. D2 steel with bearing swivels and frame lock, Micarta scales as well. Not a bad price :smiley: I’ll have to try this one out.

I emailed them about this lockup issue and they want me to print out a return shipping label and they are going to charge me $3.00 for the “fee” for the lable.
3 bucks is not much but I feel I should not have to pay that fee, they are responsible for the quality of their products that they ship out.
I emailed them again, awaiting their response.

I bought a Contender Guillotine with this same problem. I had to disassemble it and file down the blade stop. The angle was way off. Now its got a positive solid lockup. The knife was riddled with quality issues from sanding marks left in the scales to stripped screws.