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Giving this a couple stars for overall aesthetics, deep carry clip, and fit and finish of the blade.
My biggest complaint first is that the detent on this one is waaaaaay too weak. By far the weakest on any of the dozen Bestechs i own at this point. And I'm convinced there's no way of fixing this one. I bent out the liner lock until it hurts my thumb to unlock and removed the lock pin just to test. With the lock pin removed the blade closes farther and the detent ball fully seats in the hole (it only went about 50% in originally). In this test setup (no lock pin, 100% engagement of detent ball, super heavy liner lock pressure), the detent is slightly improved, but the action suffers and the blade protrudes out the back of the scales. And I can STILL open it just by flipping my wrist, no arm movement even. I may try drilling out the hole to keep this MINOR improvement with everything reassembled....but this doesn't even come close to being legal to carry where gravity assist laws are an issue (which is everything in my state)
Second; the inner edges of the G10 were quite sharp, felt in the fingertip when using the flipper. Had to file those all down when I had it apart. Same for the inner edge of the lanyard holes, I could see this cutting into a lanyard over time, if you use them. If you choose to bevel these edges as well, be sure you don't touch the area with the backspacer.
Third; the t6 screws in the handle on this one are terrible. They're very loose...almost like it's a 6.25-6.5. After 2 disassemblies one screw is completely stripped and a second is close (and no, nothing was overtightened, the bits are just that sloppy in the heads, and the metal is SOFT)
It's one for the collection, and I'll use it around the house, but annoyed that one of the few that actually come with a deep carry clip is one that I can't legally carry 😒
But, I disassemble and look for ways to improve all my knives, regardless of their price range.
I have $40 knives that were practically unusable that are great users after an hour or so of my time put into them
I have a $140 Raidops Blue Shark that had a misaligned stop pin, the blade didn't look quite right closed, and it failed gravity assist carry laws. After determining how to fix it, it took about 20 minutes of filing and test fitting and now it's legal, has a better profile closed, snappier action, and has seen more pocket time lately than any other knife
I just got a BladeHQ exclusive Kwaiken yesterday that was literally in pieces within 10 minutes of opening the package because it had issues that needed addressing and I'd rather do it myself than exchange it and hope the next one isn't worse
Some people just like to tinker. Those that don't will never get it.
But....if you're not willing to disassemble a $35 factory knife, how do you ever clean out a gritty pivot after using it for a while?