UPDATE: Tinydeal sent me a replacement which is in perfect condition.
Today i recieved my 1st TinyDeal order. I decided to try them out since they introduced themselves on the forum. I wanted a knife at that time so i ordered one for my friend.
Packaging was very easy and since it is a sturdy object i will not complain about. If a flashlight was packaged this way i would be heavily disappointed.
Anyway... To my surprise the knife is alot different from one i bought at DX a while ago. Not much but still. Another sharp user (VectreX i think) already pinted out the slight differences.
Well it is ok as far as aesthetics go. Upon closer inspection the DX one was made waaaaaay better!
This one can't be opened by one hand unless you're Arnold Schwarzenegger. Excessive force is required. Also the opening is not smooth at all but feels like it's being somehow obstructed. When opened, the liner lock does not engage at all, unless you open it with both thands and apply a GENEROUS amount of force and momentum to it. Then you have around 20% chance that it locks. It has a fair amount of sideplay which is very undesirable and shouldn't be even present. It's not over yet... :/ When closing the knife also not smooth at all, at the the blade does scratch to the handle. I't made me think of poor aseembly. So i disassembled it cleaned where required, lubed and reassmbled, just to find out it must be born defective not rushed in assembly line.
As usual i will ask the dealer what can be done to test their defective product policy. We all understand that these are budget knives but even those should be fairly acceptable made. Let see how TinyDeal deals in such cases.
As a comparison the photos of the product in question.
The upper knife is TinyDeal's one, the lower is from DX.
The photos can't provide what i feel handling them but here they are anyway.
In the current state the knife is barely usable. It's irritating to use but is still a knife. Let's see what will happen next.
TinyDeal have sent me a replacement one and now the new one works as intended!
It is comparable to the DX one apart the aesthetics. A good solid knife if you like the looks and size.
Post no.20 has the updated pictures of the replacement.