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Bestech 1711 Goblin S35VN Folder

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Kavik

5531

May 21, 2018

Verified Buyer

Hope this is clear enough, the review below is a combo of two posts in the comments section before reviews were a thing here. Short version after owning these knives for a while: absolutely love the Goblin. Favorite small pocket knife to date.
-------------------- First post : Nice little knife overall, think in going to enjoy this one Insanely comfortable when choked up on it past the finger guard Sharp, with an even grind out of the box. Blade centers perfectly and everything is nice and tight.
Only have one complaint so far, and that's the combo of the placement of the detent ball and finger guard. Not sure if i can describe this quite right, but here goes: When closing the knife, if my thumb is right in the groove for the lock bar, the flipper/guard hits my thumb JUST as the lock bar releases, but before the detent ball has passed the edge of the blade, so it gets hung up on the ball. To fix this i either need to push on the lock bar below the thumb groove, or push harder and pinch my thumb a little with the flipper. Had the detent ball been moved forward on the lock bar by about half a mm this wouldn't have been an issue
And a couple side by side pics with a knife that many here are familiar with ;)

-------------------- Second post: Just a follow up review for anyone who's still watching this:
Picked up a twin for my Goblin in a fancy black tie trim from @Scraps here.

He described it as having a decent action, but not great, assumed to be due to the lack of mass in the blade. If I didn't have another to compare it to I would've thought the exact same thing, but it didn't behave close to as well as my first one. So I tore it all down last night to have a closer look. What I found was that it apparently had been over-tightened at the factory, to the point where the ball bearings had pressed into the steel washers that sit between the bearings and the handles!
I cleaned off all the factory grease, flipped the washers over so the bearings had a smooth surface to ride on again, re-oiled and reassembled, being careful not to over-tighten this time.Happy to say that the two knives have equally perfect action now. Blade springs open with a solid snap now every time, no mis-fires, closes with a single shake after getting the detent ball past the edge of the lockbar. I just wanted to share that for any of the people I've seen comment about less than perfect action from their Bestechs here, it might be worth cracking it open and checking for marring on the washers. And as for the carbon fiber: it's super nice in person. Matte finished, smooth and well machined but still almost grippy in the hand.But now I understand why there aren't any really great pictures of it, this stuff is a bitch to photograph, here's a comparison of how it looks with 2 different light sources:

And a very unflattering angle for the blade, but showcases the CF well:

Lastly, I just realized there was a lot of discussion over blade size before the drop, but didn't see anyone verify it since, so here's what I got for that:

Hope someone finds this information useful if this drop comes around again, or for troubleshooting purposes on other Bestech knives.

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Benzo

370

Nov 25, 2018

KavikThanks my friend. You have become my go to guy for Bestech knife reviews. I'm still really impressed with the quality of these knives... even the cheaper ones like the 'Lion'. Great knives.

Nov 25, 2018