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Quality has dropped since reviews - avoid!
Posted by
ResidentPony
on 2/7/2010
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Pros: Looks nice from a great distance.
Cons: Everything else. Completely different from previous reviews.
Other Thoughts: Wow - the difference a few weeks can make. I purchased this along with another knife from DX. (SKU 18254) While the other knife impressed me with its exceptional build quality, this pile unfortunately was not even worth the low cost. I can only assume the supplier has changed production since earlier reviews, considering the marked disparity between those reports and my own experience.
First, the blade was unevenly sharpened. It looked like someone had halfheartedly scraped it along a sidewalk. The edge wandered from side to side and a crescent was missing from the edge, about the size of my pinkie nail. Seriously? You actually shipped this crap? The blade when extended veers to one side by several degrees and wobbles badly. The action is uneven, as if it were catching repeatedly on burrs while opening. The plastic side of the handle flexes too much to allow a safe grip, and the plastic studs fell off the blade when I first opened it. I epoxied them in place, but there's still extra flash hanging off them from poor molding. I'd disassemble the knife and try to fix some of the bigger problems, but they couldn't even get this right: The screw holes are off-center and worn down, straight out of the box. Dull, poor materials, and indifferent construction. I had trouble cutting through shipping tape on a box and ended up using my keys instead.
Bottomline: I could get a better knife from a local hardware store and cheaper. Heck, I think my nail file is better quality, and cheaper.
Avoid this crap, until DX declares they've done something to improve quality.
Pretty goof knive for little money!
Posted by
alexthedaemon
on 2/6/2010
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Pros: This little knive which looks exactly like the one from a big and well known knive-company, is very handy and sharp.
Cons: Had to tighten two of the screws which hold the knive together when it arrive.
Ehile doing so, one of the screwes broke.
Fixed it with superglue so no problem.
Other Thoughts: Very nice littel knive!
Name of the famous knive company is written on the blade..... Don't know, if real or not, but very good and handy knive.
Bottomline: If you like knives or just need a handy and usable pocketknive which does not cot you a fortune but is still sharp and usable, bux this.
Ordered three more as gifts.
IMHO the must buy
Posted by
Azgaroth
on 2/1/2010
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Pros: One of my favorite knifes. It is designed as everyday utility knife. It's small and very light because one of its sides is plastic. The blade is sharp and very easy to unfold.
I've got it delivered extremely fast in less than two weeks!!! Usually it takes about a month in delivery.
Cons: There are slightly visible marks of glue around the release grip but nothing is perfect. Maybe should keep in mind
Bottomline: Perfect for it's price.
sharp and durable
Posted by
sonne
on 1/26/2010
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Pros: Nice little knife, very sharp, doesn't wobble when expanded;
Looks pretty similar to it's antetype;
Very good price/value!
Cons: - after less than two weeks of very moderate use that little black plastic release grip already fell of; It seems it wasn't glued very well to the blade. Fortunatelly I found both pieces and could glue them back together with superglue
- the screws should be thightened and maybe put in place with some superglue. As with other knifes from DX, there is a great chance you loose one or the other and it's such small screws are hard to find...
Other Thoughts: The only difference to it's original antetype seems to be that you can not reverse the belt clip. The original has two more holes on the opposite site so you can install that metal clip the other way round (blade up)
Bottomline: Great knife, also great as a present! I wonder if DX will also offer the other variations (e.g. black/silver) of this model. The blackened blade might get some scratches after some hard use.