yog
09-15-2002, 12:00 AM
I’ve recently purchased a drop point Lil’ Temperance and I must say that it is truly an excellent knife. It’s so good that I think it might have replaced the Military as my favourite large camp knife and big cutter. I know some people will be thinking "“favourite large knife, but it only has a 3” blade ?”, don’t let this fool you, there is no doubt that this is a big knife and will be able to out cut most things that don’t come with an onboard motor supply.
Much has been said about the handle (comfortable, solid, big), but I’m surprised more hasn’t been made of the blade. It’s huge. It has the thickest blade I have seen on a folder, but because it is so wide it still has quite a slim cutting profile. It feels as though you could can-opener a battle ship with this beauty and not have the blade ruined.
The lock is also very impressive. If the only compression lock you have ever handled is the one on the Vesuvious, then don’t even begin to think of it as being the same league. It may look the same and work on the same principle, but the compression lock on the Lil’ Temp is far superior. It has a nice generous thumb recess for unlocking the blade ( a short fall of the Vesuvious), but the placement is such that no hard part of the hand is likely to ever come into contact with the unlocking lever. The positive locking pressure is also very good, the last 10mm of closing draws the blade in quite strongly. The positive closing pressure is so strong that the Lil’ Temp is not an easy knife to flick open, but at the same time glides open very smoothly when opened with the thumb.
Don’t let the fact that it is in the MBC section confuse you. Although it is very well suited to this area, it also makes a terrific all round knife, whether in the town or in the country.
Now for the questions.
I know Sal was a little unsure how this knife would take off so he was only going to do runs in small batches. I can attest to this as mine came straight from the factory, but still entailed a bit of a wait. What has the take up with the general public been like ?
Every review that I have seen seems to feel the same as me, truly an excellent knife, but then again most of us knife knuts felt the same about the Calypso Jnr Lwt.
Sal also mentioned that although the initial run would have a CMP-440v blade, later runs would have a BG42 blade. Has this started happening yet ?
The reason I ask is that my knife is completely without markings, either on the blade or clip, not even a steel type. Not bothered about this at all, but just a little curious.
Walk softly, carry a big stick.
Much has been said about the handle (comfortable, solid, big), but I’m surprised more hasn’t been made of the blade. It’s huge. It has the thickest blade I have seen on a folder, but because it is so wide it still has quite a slim cutting profile. It feels as though you could can-opener a battle ship with this beauty and not have the blade ruined.
The lock is also very impressive. If the only compression lock you have ever handled is the one on the Vesuvious, then don’t even begin to think of it as being the same league. It may look the same and work on the same principle, but the compression lock on the Lil’ Temp is far superior. It has a nice generous thumb recess for unlocking the blade ( a short fall of the Vesuvious), but the placement is such that no hard part of the hand is likely to ever come into contact with the unlocking lever. The positive locking pressure is also very good, the last 10mm of closing draws the blade in quite strongly. The positive closing pressure is so strong that the Lil’ Temp is not an easy knife to flick open, but at the same time glides open very smoothly when opened with the thumb.
Don’t let the fact that it is in the MBC section confuse you. Although it is very well suited to this area, it also makes a terrific all round knife, whether in the town or in the country.
Now for the questions.
I know Sal was a little unsure how this knife would take off so he was only going to do runs in small batches. I can attest to this as mine came straight from the factory, but still entailed a bit of a wait. What has the take up with the general public been like ?
Every review that I have seen seems to feel the same as me, truly an excellent knife, but then again most of us knife knuts felt the same about the Calypso Jnr Lwt.
Sal also mentioned that although the initial run would have a CMP-440v blade, later runs would have a BG42 blade. Has this started happening yet ?
The reason I ask is that my knife is completely without markings, either on the blade or clip, not even a steel type. Not bothered about this at all, but just a little curious.
Walk softly, carry a big stick.