I the carbon grip slippery?

Where did you go😢

Great channel! Such a pleasure to listen to someone so humble, calm, and sophisticated.

In my case is the opposite, it’s one of my top 10 edc rotation regarding folders, it covers as a camping, hiking and last ditch defensive tool very close to perfection .💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Nice 🎉❤

That trick of trimming the tape is a facepalm for me. Seems obvious but I'd never have thought of it. That trick alone was worth watching but the whole video was good. Thanks and subbed.👍

“My knife doesn’t lock and I can’t flip it open” 😂 cry me a river

If only they'd made the blade just 4mm shorter, it would have been UK carry legal. What a pity.

Get a JekyltoHyde Backspacer. You’ll love it

I am looking at the small vs large Sebenza 31 as my first Chris Reeve knife (also Umnumzaan) as an EDC and was curious if the small would be too small. I really enjoyed your review and loved your background music btw. Thank you so much! Cheers from VA *Subscribed

I bought this version and ended up buying more. one with the point and the other sheepfoot.

That's not a switch blade, and you're not a gangster; hilarious: lol! 😂

I just ordered this exact knife in a left handed version. I cannot wait to get it in the mail.

Nice review. Curious if the pvd finish still looks new or does it eventually wear off.? Do you still like it?

are you ok ?

I’m also a big fan of the West. I bought the original version few years ago, and reviewed it on my channel. From memory, my only thought in a negative sense were that the bead blasted finish of mine showed a lot of snail trails and the screw for the clip wasn’t countersunk. I might have added that mine was D2, but at the time D2 was still a popular Steel amongst premium knife makers. The finish on yours cures the snail Trail problem, the clip screw being under the clip obviates non-countersunk issue and the upgrade to 20 CV is very welcome. Also welcome. Is the through nail Nick. It’s much easier to keep clean and make the knife ambidextrous. I don’t see the clip as an issue as this isn’t a quick deploy item. I am left-handed because my right hand is paralysed, but in the main clips side really isn’t an issue. anyway, reviews of the West are not exactly ten a penny , so yours is very welcome. I enjoyed it, and I’ve subscribed to your channel.

Thank you this was very helpful for me, as a rookie. I am an old fart, just a rookie in knife sharpening. 'I appreciated the clamp angle, that is clamping along an imaginary line from tip to heel. Also, only going 10 passes at a time when achieving a burr to maintain a symmetrical edge.

I love mine,...every review ive see the reviewrs love them,.. dont get this review one bit.

GREAT THING about 8cr13mov is the ease it will take a very keen edge. i find after a full resharpening that i can go a long time with this steel using a cutlery steel to touch it up each day. it comes back to razor sharp easily.

Well done!

Just ordered mine. Postie should deliver by this Tuesday 😊😊

nicely done

I really like your videos, you don’t spend too much time getting off track, great job!

Nice review sir. This is my second blue class Benchmade. The first was the Benchmade Weekender. I've been exclusively a black class user for the last 15 years mostly their OTS and OTF autos. I wanted a practical non-scary EDC that was one handed and the 535-3 checked all the boxes. The quality of build and construction is absolutely first rate.

I ENJOYED YOUR REVIEW OF THE 940-1... YOU HANDLED IT GENTLY WITHOUT THE WHIPPER SNAPPER EFFECTS THAT ARE CONTINUOUS WITH MOST USERS... I SHOULD COLLECT AT LEAST ONE OF THESE... I ENJOY AIRCRAFT & THEIR CONSTRUCTION... SOME OF THE MOST PRIZED AIRCRAFT ARE CONSTRUCTED OF CARBON FIBER... THAT IS REASON FOR MY APPRECIATION...

I was interested when Benchmade intro'd this knife, but not enough to buy it......that is until they came out with the S90V bladed model with stone washed blackening on all the metal as well as burgundy linen micarta scales. I purchased that model and have really been happy with it. It is such a laid back casual knife which doesn't alarm non-knife people around me. Best of all is just feels like an old friend after just a few days. The name "Weekender" fits it perfectly.

lol @ semetrical police

I really enjoy your videos and would very much appreciate your take on the Fallkniven U2. Seems to be a knife that would fit nicely in your collection. Cheers

Just came across your videos when researching the quite carry IQ. Great videos, great detail, no nonsense and covers all the bases and doesn’t go so fast you can’t hear what’s being said , Thank you. It fun to watch the reviews of the knives I have and the ones I’m considering. Just for info on the Benchmade axis lock , the gritty will go away after some use, they actually get quite smooth. I also put a dab of oil on that area after break in. The other thing which may know already, considering this is two years old, is the axis is made to use with one side, you don’t have to , nor is it meant to pull back both sides to close the knife.

$200 for a Taiwan made small pocket folder should not have a rough screw edge ow hole. I’d send that back for a replacement knife the minute i tool it out of the box. Nice review, that’s the exact version I’m looking at. I was wondering how it really looked, if it was as classy as the smooth titanium.

Too much knife for some guys .

Lionsteel is putting out good products at a good price. The roundhead is my favorite pocket knife currently. Thanks for the video

Well made Mr. Fart.

Very informative and helpful review

Wait a few years when you mature and then you'll like it when you become a man

I like your vids. Please make more.

Would you consider a “most carried” video? Or some other compare/contrast video?

As a machinist myself, I also have the upmost respect for the machining tolerances of Chris Reeve knives. I don’t own one yet, but I will in the next few months. I’m getting one almost exactly like this one. Mine will have the insigno blade and the scales will be glass blasted instead of polished. Great job with your videos! I really enjoy them.

Love this video. Thanks for posting.

No collection is complete without a rat 2!

Great presentation! I'm the owner of the Falcon- and Eagle-Version of the Knife. The medium sized Falcon ist the best choice for me! The eagle ist a little too big! The chinese quality ist unfortunatly not so perfect as the old Seiki-City-Versions auf Al Mar knifes. May be it will be a little better in the future. And yes! The price is too high!!! Best regards from Oldenburg!/Germany! Joerg

is the blade finish on the gray scale different than the blue or green? the blue/green versions look stonewashed

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Great video. Ima get the full-sized bugout first because the mini is too small in my opinion.

This is one of those knives that feels so light that it feels cheap. That’s not necessarily a bad thing it just always gets me every time I pick it up. Thanks for the review!😊

When a beta male reviews an alpha knife 😂😂😂

Good video. Like how you bothered to mention the legalities of carrying this knife and other "slip =joint" knives e.g. Swiss Army ALOX Cadet (Pioneer, Farmer...etc.)...yet cautioning us not to rely on the word of a YTer...don't think you're off or wrong. Better to be safe....insist on carrying a pocket knife in public? Make sure it's "non-locking and with a blade under 3-inches"....not sure what happens to the individual caught with an illegal to carry pocket knfie...just a poltie warning? or do you get prosecuted? Arrested and fined?? And really....if we are "EDC-ing" a pocket knife...why not carry a Swiss Army Slip-J? Has more tools. Why carry an expensive 230/235 from Zt that only has a single cutting edge? At TwICE the cost...more than...11 :)

No more reviews??

I have two ZT0230 knives and I love them. I was right along there with you until you introduced your rating/scoring system.

Great review!