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I just got mine in the mail today and as someone who owns a few other knives from Bestech I'm a little disappointed with this one. While the knife looks nice and the blade is shave-sharp and perfectly centered the "pros" end there for me personally. I do not find the handle to be particularly grippy, maybe because the lines on the handle go tip to tail and allow your hand to slide forward on the handle. In addition, the handle scales one mine have a small burr left over from the molding process that runs along the edge of the handle and are actually somewhat sharp. This is especially noticeable when trying to disengage the liner lock. I can sand these edges down, but I shouldn't have to. It's hard to see in the image below, but it's the best I could get so look closely at the inside edges of the handle scales on the left side of the image.
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The flipper action is not as smooth and frictionless as it is on other knives in Bestech's G10 series. It appears this model uses a brass washer instead of bearings. The kerning on the writing on the blade is off and it makes it look like it says "SP I KE".
Here's how it looks compared to 2 other Bestech knives in the G10 line. Not sure why this model cost more than these other two.
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1600
Apr 7, 2018
MichaelHeartlessHeh, just came here to make the joke about "SP I KE"... looks unprofessional. But other than that mine is perfect. No hotspots or rough edges. It's on the same bearings as the other models and mine can *almost* drop-shut. Yours probably just needs to wear in a little bit. I've gotten Bestechs with rough detent grooves before.
Looking in the pivot with a flashlight it looks like there's some kind of grease in there, which is odd considering the knife was basically dripping with oil when I took it out of the bag. I guess they really want to make sure it's lubed.