dePaul
04-18-2001, 12:00 AM
Peter Herbst:
First let me say that I have split feelings, regarding this one. Here is a knife sporting with all the components a High Quality knife should have; ATS-55 blade steel, SS liners, anodized grey SS clip, and Ti scales. It looks beautiful as well! The color of the scales and the pattern is very tasty indeed. Also the price indicates that one should expect a great deal of it.
However, once you hold the knife in your hand, you emediately feel that there is something wrong. The knife is heavy and kind of unbalanced, the handle is too short, at least for my medium sized hands, and the clip is not reversible (sorry lefties). The pivot pin is adjustable, however in order to do that, you´ll have to remove the clip.
The action is not smooth while folding/unfolding, despite the fact that my copy displays a blade play. It feels like if the knife had been accidently dropped into a pile of sand. The cutout, nesting the liner lock is too shallow and therefore uncomfortable in connection to folding. Also, the handle is very slippery if your hands are wet. And I don´t care much for the hollow ground blade either.
CONCLUSION:
Should you buy it? My humble opinion is: Go for it if you collect knives and have most of the other models while this one is still missing. Otherwise (above everything if you actually intend to use it), get something else.
Frank Centofante Vesuvius:
I really like this one!! This beauty is made in Golden, Co and deserves a lot of attention.
The ATS-34 blade features a modified spear point and although it´s thinner than the blade of the Herbst model, the tip looks stronger! The shape of the G-10 handle is somewhat similar to Benchmade´s AFCK and sports with the new “Compression Lock”, nesting into the back. It resembles a linerlock. Initially, I had some difficulties getting used to this new feature. It felt awkward and I was afraid of cutting myself, while folding the knife. However, it never happened and now I feel fully comfortable with it.
The grip is very secure thanks to the handle shape and length. The knife is lightweight, yet solid. It was very sharp out of the box and no blade play what so ever. A black clip is reversable for tip down or tip up carry. The pivot pin is adjustable and easy reachable. And now IMHO, the most important issue: This knife is roughly half the price of the Herbst!! Because of that, I will gladly ignore the fact that it is a hollow ground J
CONCLUSION:
A price worthy knife, an excellent EDC knife and thanks to the possibility of choosing the shell inlay version; also a collectible! My choice is obvious: V E S U V I U S !
All those are my personal opinions, based on my own preferences, for what it´s worth (2 cents) <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
Stay sharp!
First let me say that I have split feelings, regarding this one. Here is a knife sporting with all the components a High Quality knife should have; ATS-55 blade steel, SS liners, anodized grey SS clip, and Ti scales. It looks beautiful as well! The color of the scales and the pattern is very tasty indeed. Also the price indicates that one should expect a great deal of it.
However, once you hold the knife in your hand, you emediately feel that there is something wrong. The knife is heavy and kind of unbalanced, the handle is too short, at least for my medium sized hands, and the clip is not reversible (sorry lefties). The pivot pin is adjustable, however in order to do that, you´ll have to remove the clip.
The action is not smooth while folding/unfolding, despite the fact that my copy displays a blade play. It feels like if the knife had been accidently dropped into a pile of sand. The cutout, nesting the liner lock is too shallow and therefore uncomfortable in connection to folding. Also, the handle is very slippery if your hands are wet. And I don´t care much for the hollow ground blade either.
CONCLUSION:
Should you buy it? My humble opinion is: Go for it if you collect knives and have most of the other models while this one is still missing. Otherwise (above everything if you actually intend to use it), get something else.
Frank Centofante Vesuvius:
I really like this one!! This beauty is made in Golden, Co and deserves a lot of attention.
The ATS-34 blade features a modified spear point and although it´s thinner than the blade of the Herbst model, the tip looks stronger! The shape of the G-10 handle is somewhat similar to Benchmade´s AFCK and sports with the new “Compression Lock”, nesting into the back. It resembles a linerlock. Initially, I had some difficulties getting used to this new feature. It felt awkward and I was afraid of cutting myself, while folding the knife. However, it never happened and now I feel fully comfortable with it.
The grip is very secure thanks to the handle shape and length. The knife is lightweight, yet solid. It was very sharp out of the box and no blade play what so ever. A black clip is reversable for tip down or tip up carry. The pivot pin is adjustable and easy reachable. And now IMHO, the most important issue: This knife is roughly half the price of the Herbst!! Because of that, I will gladly ignore the fact that it is a hollow ground J
CONCLUSION:
A price worthy knife, an excellent EDC knife and thanks to the possibility of choosing the shell inlay version; also a collectible! My choice is obvious: V E S U V I U S !
All those are my personal opinions, based on my own preferences, for what it´s worth (2 cents) <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>
Stay sharp!