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QSP Locust VG-10 Liner Lock Knife

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QSP Locust VG-10 Liner Lock Knife

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Like the insect its named after, the QSP Locust is long and agile. Unlike the locust, it won’t require a swarm to make a serious impact Read More

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M4ND3RS0N

Jan 7, 2020

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Excellent quality!!

This knife is a really quality piece, especially for the price. I want to get the other color patterns now. Excellent job on this one!

Recommends this product? Yes

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michaelpmpk

Jan 8, 2020

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Great Knife

I've been impressed with almost all of the knives I've purchased her on the drop. This one is no exception. It feels good in the hand, holds a nice edge, and is easy to touch up with an oil stone. I'm more of a function use kind of guy, and this one really fits the bill.

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CalvaryMFers

Apr 15, 2020

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Nice knife, fit + finish could be nicer

Full disclosure, I'm more of a Benchmade kind of guy and I use the assisted opening mechanisms that they produce a lot, the 580 being my favorite knife since 2012. My interest in QSP started with being more interested in Wharncliffe-style blades and finding their Pelican knife first. To my disappointment, I had just missed the drop for the Pelican right before I bought this knife. While I still intend on owning the Pelican some day, the Locust is still a great knife for those interested in Wharny blades. The materials themselves feel very nice and robust. I haven't tried the VG-10 steel much and I haven't tried to sharpen it, but this blade came in the mail sharp and ready to cut. While not sharp enough to shave, it's still plenty sharp enough for paper and packaging tape. A plus side to Wharny blades is that they are allegedly easier to sharpen, but I haven't had the chance to test this. The action itself has a heavy ball detent that hasn't loosened up in the few weeks I've been playing with it. Since this is a manual flipper, you of course have to be a lot more forceful when opening, but I find this helps to make the user provide enough force to open the knife instead of only providing enough force to break the detent. The flipper sticks out of the knife roughly .2" while closed. I feel like this could stick out further personally to cater to my sausage fingers, but that's more my preference. Blade thickness is .139" at the spine, which is thicker than my Benchmade 580 at .120". Lockup on the mechanism is very early, which may be surprising to some people. I haven't had issues with it, but I've read early lockup is not a desirable quality in these types of knives, perhaps because the blade can become unlocked more easily. I assume over time the lockup will improve, but I'm unsure if I will carry/use the knife long enough to improve this (I've got 2-3 other knives that need to be loved and carried as well, including the Pelican I plan on buying.) My only two complaints with the knife include the scales on the knife and the lockup on the mechanism. As far as the scales are concerned, they don't look like the scales in the photos provided. The reason I believe they don't look that way is because they are unfinished. The texturing on the scales is far less rough than I expected, being similar to the G10 scales I have with the 580 Benchmade. They are also much darker, appearing to be a dark grey or even a black. I'm assuming the scales are unfinished as is in the current state. This may warrant using 100/200 grit sandpaper to modify the scales if I feel ever so inclined to do so. The lockup isn't impressive. The entire zone that is supposed to be engaged on the blade is .260" in length. If the liner were to lock up against the blade completely, you would see .250"-.260" of a rubbing zone on the blade that would indicate the liner is locking against the blade near perfectly, which is what you would like to see. The engagement that I'm seeing is .060" of engagement, meaning less than 1/3 of the blade is being engaged by the lock bar. Looking towards the inside of the liner while opened confirms this with the outside portion of the liner lock engaging and the inner portion not touching the blade. This is a error in manufacturing and quality and should be looked at as a possible improvement area.

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Jation

Apr 18, 2020

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Good fit and finish

Mine had a very strong detent. Just a drop of lube on the detent ball and it breaks in nicely. About 30% lockup (I've heard others have early lockups) and not a problem. It's sharp out of the box. Good materials for the price.

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Runebob

Dec 31, 2019

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I have come to realize that I really like this knife!

I am getting on in my years and have mild arthritic sausage finger hands so I like the grippiness of the micarta scales. I also like the size of this knife and that it's VG10 so it won't corrode in my pocket as I get sweaty walking my dogs in the humid Florida weather. My example checks all the boxes - centered/sharp/great flipper action. That being said the detente on mine is a little on the stiff side, too stiff to use the thumb hole to open it. My other nit - and the one that cost this otherwise great knife a star (as I figure the detente will loosen up with usage) - is the gloss black on the flat part of the blade. When I compare this knife to the several WE collaborations I have from Drop, it looks a little "Mall Ninja-ish" due to the shiny black finish on the backbone of the blade. Really if it was matte gray like my Bestech Rhino (which has the same polished liners), or polished it would look like it was worth twice what I paid for it. I realized that I was taking a gamble when I ordered this "new" to marketing their own brand QSP, but boy am I glade I did! And if QSP offers this knife with either of the above mentioned treatments to the backbone of the blade I would buy it again and even pay more for the blade. Well after fiddling around with this thing for a week or 2 all of a sudden the blade got loose when opened. So I noticed that - it was locking right at a 100% - that the lockbar was only touching at a point allowing it to rock a little. So I took it apart and noticed that QSP's quality control peened the contact edge of the lockbar to get lockup at 100%. So I filed what was essentially a bur off the edge which necessitated that I bend the lock bar a little more. This got the knife back to a solid lock, but now the "stiffness' at opening is worse, but that's ok as I prefer using the flipper tab to open the knife. I still like this thing a lot, but felt it need to have one more star removed as QSP's quality control should have either replaced the liner or the blade (which ever one was over machined) or the whole knife instead of "band-aiding" it by peening the edge of the lockbar over.

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mackhomie

Jan 1, 2020

Runebobholy shit, how did i never see that until now? I thought that was a shadow. what a bummer, might call for a new finish

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Laxnerd213

226

Dec 13, 2020

Verified Buyer

Great Knife for the Price.

Good blade steel, nice handle material, and pretty good action make this knife well worth the 70 dollars you will pay. Its definitely larger and if you use it frequently the black coating on the blade will dissappear very quickly. The micarta is pretty nice and overall its a very unique piece to add to collection. The shape of the handle is fairly ergonomic. Its definitely not a small knife. Have bought a few other QSP knives since getting this one and have been fairly impressed at the price I paid for each.

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Anthropoid

Nov 24, 2020

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Great design, lightsaber sharp

I've been using this blade for the past few days after receiving it, and it's been fantastic. Super sharp out of the box, the handle has some nice friction to it and just fits into the hand quite naturally, good size flipper for me, and the action is great. It seems like they must have improved on past versions because the lockup looks more secure. The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that it can be pretty tough to disengage the liner lock (please excuse my unfamiliarity with proper terminology). The liner lock is almost perfectly flush with the handle, and so it can be almost impossible to disengage using one hand. Not entirely impossible, but certainly much more difficult than other knives I've used. Maybe not a huge issue for some, but it's just one thing that makes it less than completely ideal. Edit: after spending about 2 nights periodically opening and closing the knife, it's significantly easier to disengage the liner lock. As a result, I couldn't be happier with the purchase.

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RRzero

Jan 26, 2021

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I am not a fan of the micarta on this compared to other QSP knives. I've also had issues with the lock up either sticking open or not fully engaging. This is the only not amazing experience I've had with a QSP thus far. Fun design though.

Recommends this product? No

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Wayneo

Jan 16, 2021

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Not bad.

Just liked it

Recommends this product? Yes

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DanielJacobs

Jan 2, 2021

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Perfection

I have a ton of knives, and this one finds its way into my pocket more times than not. I love the blade shape. It’s incredibly sharp. The flipper action is perfect. I can’t believe this doesn’t have hundreds of reviews.

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