I like the hole in the blade myself I think it looks “tacticool” :bigsmile: . Definately understand your point though. Hopefully it will hold up to skinning some wild animals this hunting season! I carry multiple knives most of the time (along with multiple flashlights and a pistol, rifle or shotgun)
SEPTEMBER 1st is the opening day of hunting season in Texas!!! Maybe have to skin out some Doves…… J)
Now I just need a knife sharpener…… Like those books sharpening knives for dummies.
The sheat shouldn’t keep you back from buying that awesome Y-start knife.
There is nothing wrong with the sheat (it works well, it even has a drain hole).
It’s only not as nice looking as the knife itself (which is excellent).
I think 26$ is a good price for that knife, aus8a is a good steel and it’s good looking, perhaps for me too small (it has the size of many of my folder knives). 38$ is a little too expensive perhaps.
I’m talking about full length: 8.97” (228 mm).
Many of my folders have 22 cm. three that i can think now even 24 cm. Perhaps the fixed knife has a bit more blade and a bit less handle then but full length is very similar to some of my folders.
For a fixed i like 18-20 cm blade better but the ystart is a beautiful piece and for 26$… can be interesting.
Well, i don’t think that i have large hands but it’s true that almost all chinese budget knives (enlan EL, ganzo etc) have a bit little handle for me (by the way fake chinese knives have bigger handles). I like blades with good size. For a blade folder between 9.5 cm and 11.5 cm i think it’s a good size for standard big folder (Espada XL, rajah II etc are another world).
I feel the same way. The SRM /Enlan line-up has a huge gap between the small 700s/Ms and the (now extinct)-900s / most Ls. The L03-2 and L02 being two of the few exceptions. The smalls are too small for my hands for a full grip and the 900/Ls are too large to EDC. I demand more 18cm knives... and I want them now. ;-)
An 800 series, ideal size for my hand too…but a disaster for my wallet.
If only Enlan had made the SRM 710 clone 1 cm longer…and without musical notes engraving.
A Mora 2000 which is a pretty nice knife is around $23 here.
If you want to check more models here is a link to a price watch site with the lowest prices on each model http://www.prisjakt.nu/kategori.php?k=836#rparams=l=s92800502 1 Swedish krona ~ 0.15 USD
Tekut LK5070. 15 bucks on DX. Very nice, in fact the internals are very clean unlike Enlans. Unfortunately if you dislike ceramics then no-go.
It’s actually made by Nextorch industries.