Hello World, Today a quickie, with three recent acquisitions. Two “originals” (is there any thing that really is original, may I ask) and one clone. All three are titanium framelocks, and come in different hues of blue. Very dark and roughly stonewashed for the Jeans, lighter and with a smoother stonewash for the Vouking, and…
A new high-end Chinese knife: LiBing 3 (Elf), m390 and titanium goodness
Hello world! I don’t have much time but I have many knives, (and much prefer that to the opposite situation!) It would be an absolute pity, however, if I didn’t present THE knife to buy at the moment if you are into quality and value… Enter the “Li-Bing” or “Libing” 3. It’s a relatively compact,…
Chinese Kwaiback mk3 (and a half) clone
Hi world. A quick one, very quick, on my recently arrived Kwaiback mk3 clone (well, let’s call it mk 3.5 since it’s got a key features of the mk4 mixed in). Its a big brute of rough stone washed titanium (open back construction), with a big brute of a blade in s35vn. Very simple construction…
Tres hermanos (three newly arrived Chinese flippers!) – Flying Shark, Maxace Lanius, CH3513.
Hiya! So everyone around is pushing to ban weapons, guns notably… as if that would prevent crazies to be crazies and killers to kill. But that certainly won’t prevent me to buy and “wear” and use knives, as much as I possibly can. Over the course of the last two weeks, I’ve received three very…
Yon Xanadu YX-750 and FYL-Leopard ST006, pictorial of two original designs from China
Quick pics and little else of two of the knives I’ve ordered on 11.11 and received today. Both are sizeable (blade length just below 10cm) titanium frame-lock flippers. Both have interesting anodisation jobs done on their handles, both have skeletonised handles for lightness and hardened steel insert in the lock-bar interface for smoothness and durability….
I’m late… 8 superb recent acquisitions that cut it!
Hello World. It’s been a long time, what with the holidays, health problems, hectic schedules… But, I didn’t quit on knives, just on writing about them and on posting pictures. As I still don’ have much time, I’ll do things in batch, and that will mostly be picture. 8 of my most recent acquisitions, in…
CH strikes again. Pictorial of the CH3507, an impressive “high end folder” from China
Hello, World! Remember the CH3504 that impressed so much for its quality and price, for a great s35vn blade at under $100? Well, the company has done it again. Another original design, with great quality, titanium flipper obviously, this time at a bit more (still less than $125) but they’ve upped the ante by replacing…
A Chinese clone of the Zieba G2 skyline: Front flipping goodness in a slim gentleman’s folder
Hi world. That’s an old one, in my collection since last summer, but that I’ve never reviewed. And as it’s a bit of an odd one, too, that did make sense. But as AE now releases a cheaper G10/D2 version, I guessed it was about time I did a quick pictorial. Enters the titanium handles…
Sanrenmu Land 9046, the workman’s blade.
Just a quick one on a cheap yet very interesting blade that I’ve recently purchased (and received quite fast). This Land 9046 has one of the most interesting blade grind I’ve every seen. Totally asymmetrical, with some chisel, some razel, some scandi… tanto-ish but not so much. Includes a glass breaker at the bottom, a…
Rike RK1508-2 anniversary, pictorial of a high quality Chinese flipper
Chinese knife manufacturing is split in four tiers (yeah, I know, I know…) the bottom one is the cheap and nasty knife you can get for 10 bucks or less. Then comes the 20 to 40 bucks market, usually clones, generally great value, using very often steel frames. Then you have the 50 to 120…
Pictorial of a Budget G10-D2 Clone of the Coordinal
Quick pictorial of that great little big knife. It’s a G10/steel version of the 3D machined titanium Coordinal. Obviously way cheaper, obviously not the same quality. The D2 blade is very sharp and very well ground. The handle is made of blued steel liners (I suspect the blue comes from a varnish/paint and not from…
Benchmade BM940-1 clone and a flipper inspired by Andre de Villiers’ Butcher (in mini).
So today, despite the cold and the snow, the postman finally delivered! Not the expected knife but the Mini Butcher which the tracking had barely said had “arrived in the country” and that I wasn’t really expecting until Wednesday or Thursday. The replacement postman who was supposed to deliver the BM940 had “forgotten” to let…
The Free Franz 