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
I ordered this knife sight unseen several months back, just because I liked the colors and the overall appearance it had. It came in right around the $80 USD price point.
The blade has a nice thickness to it. It tapers down from the spine to a nice wedge shape, then tapers back down to the cutting edge. The blade really reminds me of the Kershaw Launch 1, which is my current every day work carry. There is no forward finger choil, but it does stop short of the flipper which is super user friendly for sharpening. Nothing worse than investing your time sharpening a knife when you get the entire cutting edge on the stone.
The design is very reminiscent of the Cryo and Cryo II. I have a Cryo II, and the Link is a bit larger which I like. Here is a small family photo with the Link, Cryo II, and a ZT 0450.