Due to some glitch in Chinese law, Chinese factories or whatever FT are now selling the SanRenMu 9063, unbadged but the same as a Real Steel E963 that sells for $35 from Real Steel or $30 from FT for ~ $16.
I’ve just got one and I’m delighted by it. First knife that I’ve had for ages that needs nothing doing to is straight out of the box, not even a drop of oil - good to go and smooth as silk, lock-up good, no play etc.
Looks familiar? SRM 7063 liner lock on steroids? the extra 20mm of blade length turn it into a great EDC choice where you can carry it.
I don’t know if it’s just a batch or if they are more permanent so grab one quickly if you want to be sure of getting one.
So what’s different to a 7063 LUC-xx, the size mainly. Same basic shape
The same medium grip G10, the same pocket clip, deep carry and tip up or tip down right hand side only.
The same style liners for lanyard bails, I’d prefer the G10 to cover them and just a simple hole drilled.
Same bottle opener in the same place, having nipped my finger on one of the original Aluminium LB-763’s bottle openers then I’m wary of them and would like to see them go away on the SRM line up.
The liners are skeletonised on the non lock side but the knife still weighs 128g, the 7063LUC 77g.
The backspacer has at last been changed to black instead of the dark brown.
The star of the show is the 88mm blade, high hollow ground with a great belly and a useful sharpening choil.
The blade moves smoothly on it’s one brass and one Nylatron washers, it has a good detente as well. I’ve done exactly nothing to mine, unusual for me, and I can’t get it to fire out as it should but I’ve no doubt that a slight adjustment to the pivot screw and a drop of your favourite lube would cure this as would stronger thumbs on my part, bloody Arthritis.
On most knives I have developed the habit (and a different shaped thumbnail) of disengaging the locks with my thumbnail but this one is easy enough with the fleshy part of my thumb.
I’m amazed at how you can get this level of quality in a $16 knife ~ £10 for us in the U.K.
Wickedly sharp out of the (plain white) box. https://www.fasttech.com/p/2142900
Thanks Steve, your excellent review caused an impulse buy!
This will be my first SanRenMu (or rather Real Steel?)
Sounded too good to pass up.
Nice collection BTW.
Sadly they no longer make this model with the nice G10 handle. Which is a shame because the two new aluminium handle version that I own have rough edges and weak anodizing.
Could you please post a picture with its smaller brother side by side for comparison ?
It is a very good knife, probably worth the $30 that FastTech were asking for it with the Real Steel logo, which was a lot cheaper than the $35 +$10 P&P that Real Steel wanted for one.
Not brilliant photos but I was after size comparisons not art shots. :bigsmile:
SanRenMus, top to bottom, 9063, 7063LUC-LI, 7063AUC-LI, LB-763
9063+lanyayds
Incidentally the Axis lock on the 763/7063 series is the best version of Chinese brand any that I’ve tried - smooth, good lock-up and no play at all and the Ω just at the right tension. Most others are far too strong.
9063 - No good at holding camera and taking shot.
Those are very helpful.
You briefly mentioned liking the Axis locks on the 763/7063.
How do they compare to Enlan’s Axis locks (I noticed you have a few in your collection)?
*EDIT
Sorry Steve, I was looking at FlashPilot’s “”New collection of 50+ Chinese knifes”:https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/3641” and accidentally associated it with your collection. So I guess my question is more directed anyone who has an opinion regarding Enlan’s Axis locks.
I’ve got a very smooth and silky Enlan EL-04MCT that I can deploy the blade with just a sharp downwards motion, the blade falls out overcoming it’s détente and just keeps on going until it locks. It took a complete strip down and clean and polish all the moving parts, then squeeze the Ω springs so they put less pressure on the lock bar. At this point it is perfectly correct to swear loud and long if the spring makes a springing sound and jumps to the other side of the room …… somewhere. Repeat the swearing with the other spring if necessary. Out of the box it was O.K. but hurt my finger and thumb after a few minutes “playing”.
The SRM locks are just about perfect. Not worth stripping them down.
What I do to employ them is to put some premature wear on the Ω springs by pulling the lock bar all the way back so it’s compressing the springs then put a screwdriver through the lock-bar slots to hold the lock-bar back. Anything will do just as long as it pulls the lock-bar back compressing the spring as much as you can then leave it overnight, no strip-down required and just screwdriver used.
After this treatment they stay easy enough so even my weak hands can work them easily, it doesn’t affect the strength of the lock-up.
Comparing the two and including a Land (made by SRM) Axis lock, yhe SRM every time, they are just so much smoother and more comfortable with no adjustments.
The screwdriver trick worked with my Ganzo G712 and I haven’t done anything to my G720. My G717 is stripped down and waiting for me to re-assemble it after sanding the scales a bit flatter around the lock-bar opening, the scales were thick enough to make it difficult to use, nothing wrong with the spring tension on this one.
As a disclaimer… I’d like to state that my fingers aren’t as strong as they once were, Arthritis sucks, so you might fing the spring tensions fine.
I should get one of my 9063 ordered in the next days and will make some pictures of it, compared to my RealSteel 963 and the SRM763.
@pieman7
I ordered all Enlans with Axislock (EL02, 02B, 04, 04MCT) in the last years a few time - own two of all at the moment. My Ganzo collection at the moment (all G704 handle versions), G710, G712, G717 - maybe some more.
The axislock of all Enlans is the same:
The cut in the middle of the lock is a little bit sharp - this is the only con. The lock is extremly save - I read never a post of a bad lock.
The Ganzo axislockscrew is more thumb-friendly, looks nicer, but you can find a few post and youtube videos which show, that some older Ganzos blade will move, if you move the axislock only 2mm (I think these were some G711 and G710).
Mine arrived last week. Have to say your review is spot on. They really got this one right. Quite light weight for it's size, but strong at the same time. Most knives I buy tend to heavy and strong. This knife strikes a very good balance as I find the biggest reason I don't pocket carry big folding knives is too much weight. Really dig the grippy scales. The machine work is nice too. The blade is wicked sharp and probably the first I totally didn't feel compelled to sharpen. Can barely see machine marks on the edge. Little too tight for flipping easily, but it flips good enough that I didn't bother trying to adjust it.
Liked the knife so much I gave it to my father. Of course, I ordered a replacement. Too good a value at $16 to pass up. Thanks for posting the review.
I just bought one.
But i did not see the place to say to fasttech a note about a thing.
In paypal some times i think i saw a place to notes and in other shops in web too, but where is in fasttech?.
^ Not sure if this answers your question xatu. Below the picture of the product, there are the words in large font, "Specifications", "Reviews", "Discussions", and "Why buy from FastTech?". Reviews and Discussion are in a faded font, but they are clickable. Clicking on them takes to to a page that allows you to read and post comments.
