There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
https://www.bladehq.com/item--Artisan-Cutlery-S-Waistline-Liner--87220
Artisan Cutlery makes this model in everything from M390 blade steel with titanium frame locks in colors never seen in nature to the basic model I got with D2 steel and G10 handles.
- The G10 handles are beveled at the edges, the knife feels good in the hand, no sharp edges to abrade the hand while using.
- Pictures 1 and 3 show the left handed drilled and tapped grip / stainless steel liners. You can change the clip to a left hand configuration with a standard Torx driver and blue Loctite.
- Pictures 2 and 4 show the non-rotating pivot screw. The blade had a scosch of side-to side play when the licking liner was disengaged, so a standard Torx driver and blue Loctite solved that.
- Picture 5 shows the blade is .15 inch at the base, well centered, and the captured ceramic bearings on both sides of the pivot.
- Picture 6 shows the bottom of the knife, very open build, good pass through on the left grip and liner for right thumb unlocking (left thumb can also be used with a little practice), about dead center lockup on the rear of the blade.
- Picture 7 shows the top of the knife, again, open build, dead center lockup, detent ceramic ball bearing visible. This knife has a very strong detent, the blade cannot be "thrown" open like other models.
While the flipping action is not as smooth as the Boker Kwaikens, it is positive and acceptable.I snagged two of these while they were at $52 + some change with free shipping. Two for less than the price of a basic Boker Kwaiken, and it feels better in the hand than the Boker.
I use my knives for cutting, slicing, and sticking. What do you use yours for?