Author Topic: Inexpensive Chinese knives have stepped up their game  (Read 3217 times)

bedlamite

  • Hold my beer and watch this!
  • friend
  • Senior Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 9,808
  • Ack! PLBTTPHBT!
A plan is just a list of things that doesn't happen.
Is defenestration possible through the overton window?

brimic

  • friends
  • Senior Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 14,270
Re: Inexpensive Chinese knives have stepped up their game
« Reply #26 on: August 17, 2016, 07:13:13 PM »
Just got a Ganzo 710 in.
I've never owned a bench made, but I've owned a dozen or so spidercos  (every time I look at aBenchmade, I end up buying another spiderco).
I really wanted to find a reason to dislike this knife, but I can't. Edge came very sharp and nice and evenly ground. Fit and finish is really good. Blade opens smoothly and locks up solidly with no play. Blade closed almost perfectly, with a tiny bit of gritty feel when it's 3/4 closed. The blade is centered when closed.
The only thing that is a little off is the jumping on the back of the handle- it's cut into the liners but not into the scales.

Cheaper steel, but I can live with 440C. I'd say it's about 80% of a Benchmade at 20% the price. I wouldn't hesitate to buy more.

"now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb" -Dark Helmet

"AK47's belong in the hands of soldiers mexican drug cartels"-
Barack Obama