Marbles MR117

[@timmiller8645]

My every day pocket knife is a Marbles LG Trapper tortoise (Acrylic) handles and it's given me great service imo Marbles is the best bang for the buck!!

[@snookdock]

I love the funky music at the end

[@FatManLeather]

That's a nice knife, I was looking at one of their smaller Trapper knives.

[@Grummash]

Mr. Tolly (AKA: fatmantolly) We don't don't see many marble's designs over here, but I'd try a small trapper of theirs if I saw one.

[@couchcamperTM]

Marbles has some cool stuff. :)

[@Grummash]

couchcamper-q1qeu Very cool, and a good price too :-)

[@edcgunner]

very nice knife and great presentation, when it comes to traditional slipjoints I like them a bit smaller but they are still one of my favorite type of knives

[@Grummash]

EDC Gunner It's way to big for an EDC blade, but it would be a good worker :-)

[@gowersponger1]

Big budget blade i like your style jim. I have only had marbles in fixed blades

[@Grummash]

Gowersghost I'd like to try a marbles fixed-blade, to see how it compares the the RR drop-point hunter that rather impressed me :-)

[@Tardisius]

They have the best nail nicks =)

[@johnjames218]

i went for the three blade marbles trapper mr106, clip point, spay blade and filleting. so you have general purpose, small mammal and fish all in one knife if they made a three blade version of the mr117 that would be great i have really good pins on mine so i think you got a one off, well lets hope so great vid as always

[@Grummash]

John James If you're into small game the 3-blade would be ideal... it's just hard to judge a budget brand on just one knife. I've had some issues with Rough Rider but overall I think they are brilliant.

[@johnjames218]

i have 9 of their knives at min all as good as a case in finish, i may have been lucky but i have been well impressed up to now.

[@1crimm]

i like it

[@Grummash]

***** Me too :-)

[@Claus-L.Mueller]

Impressive knife, Jim! Should be a nice worker. Have a nice evening.

[@Grummash]

Claus-L. Müller Hello Claus - it's definitely a working knife, not a 'gentleman's pocket knife' but I like it. I hope you're having a good evening :-)

[@Claus-L.Mueller]

Couldn't complain about it! New knife in town! ;-)

[@FastActionBlades]

I don't love the handle but I sure do like the blade.

[@Grummash]

FastActionBlades If it wasn't for the pins I would recommend it highly, but it's never going to be everybody's first choice :-)

[@FastActionBlades]

Cool Jim. Have a great day bud.

[@Grummash]

FastActionBlades Thanks mate - and you too :-)

[@unclecow]

nice one Jim

[@Grummash]

unclecow Thanks Josh :-)

[@FlintandSteelSurvival]

I like that shirt brother it looks good! That knife is looking pretty good for the price! I need to check them out! Thanks brother!

[@Grummash]

Flint and Steel Survival Thanks - I don't think the axe company really exists... but it looks nice on the shirt :-)

[@brainache555]

The perfect knife if it had a lanyard hole :)

[@Grummash]

+brainache555 A very good knife for the money, but yes... a lanyard hole would be good on this knife :-)

[@brainache555]

nicestknives Do you think i could make one or do i ruin the springs?

[@Grummash]

brainache555 Peronally, I wouldn't risk it.

[@brainache555]

nicestknives ok thanks then i wont either :)

[@themiwoodsman7222]

Large pocket knife ! cool pretty nice for the money ! atb john

[@Grummash]

the mi woodsman It's huge by UK standards :-) I might see what else I can find by Marbles....

[@13bravoredleg18]

It's called a "match striker" nail nick! A lot of German knives have them.

[@kbbacon]

Mod the pins and you've got a winner!

[@Grummash]

kbbacon I think I will give it a go :-)

[@_MisterG]

There's no comment about the pins on the 3 reviews on HH so, as you say, it could be that you have a Friday Afternoon knife. Too big for my EDC though :)

[@Grummash]

MisterG That's the tricky thing with budget blades... half of me wants to cut them some slack based on the low price, but half of me thinks "Victorinox and Opinel don't send out flawed blades in that price bracket"

[@SUFFICIENTSURVIVAL]

Very nice Jim, at a local store I can buy a few different Marbles! But I've never seen this one, thanks for sharing!!

[@Grummash]

SUFFICIENT SURVIVAL I'm glad you liked it mate :-)

[@TimBlankJ]

Very nice looking .. sucks about the pins .. i can see me making a peening tool after that. I bought one Marbles knife .. a small fixed blade .. theres no review I couldnt find anything good to say about it. Take care !!

[@Grummash]

TimBlankJ haha - if you couldn't find one good thing to say about it... that's why you should have done a review :-) I am sure I have a nail punch with a concave tip that could be just the thing to put a dome shape on those pins...

[@TimBlankJ]

nicestknives Oh yea great idea!!

[@MultiKaffir]

looks good from here Jim..hows the blade play and centering...

[@ima4ster]

I agree the pouch isn't necessary. That money could have been better spent. I have a very similar trapper. I like it but carry it infrequently due to its size.

[@Grummash]

ima4ster I think the verdict has to be... useful, but not indispensable.

[@219garry]

I could see those scales getting chipped up because they go all the way to the butt instead of having a brass butt

[@stevelewis1721]

I bought one today. The fit of the scales is perfect but the pins are as you describe. Blade centering is perfect. I'm in Florida, USA and paid $20.00 including a nice box and the same pouch you show. If you massaged the pins, what did you do? I'm thinking to peen them with a small drift pin. Altogether, I'm pleased. Thanks.

[@renemanjr123]

Not a bad knife for the price it is a little thick it would take a some getting use to it but not bad

[@Grummash]

renemanjr123 It's too chunky and heavy for an EDC blade, but it would make a great toolbox knife

[@toma674]

Super impressed with the edges,certainly is a lot of knife for the money..I like it,thanks for the vidja..cheers!

[@LarsRibe]

wonder if I could turn that spey blade into a sheepsfoot..?

[@Grummash]

+Lars Buskkraft If you have a small grinder I think it would be quite easy

[@Cliff_Dixon_42]

Nice -- shame about the pins, though.

[@zednotzee7]

It's a quite a nice looking knife isn't it ? I have several Marbles slipjoints, and I think the pins standing proud is pretty standard for ones that have jigged bone scales. They do on mine as well. Although to be fair, it does seem that they've made the effort to round them off a bit on my examples. On their knives with smooth bone scales however, there's no problem. They come nice and flush. Although again, that's just going by mine.

[@Grummash]

zednotzee7 When the bone is heavily jigged (Ooh errr....) as it is on this knifeI can understand the pins standing proud to a degree, but I would still think the edges should be smoothed off. This could have been a great budget knife :-(

[@lamprosmellis5634]

Very good video Jim. If you ignore the weight is a good fella,,,maybe is good as a hunting knife,,the secondary blade have the right shape for skining,and have two blades if one fails the duty. Is the constraction enough strong for heavy duties?

[@Grummash]

lampros mellis Hello Iampros - it would be a great hunting knife, and the weight would not be a problem if it was carried in a belt pouch. The construction does seem strong enough for heavy work, but i have not tested that yet.

[@KillerM1979]

That spayblade does it for me. I just love everything about that bladeshape. It sure is a big boy Jim. Very nice! Cheers Mark.

[@Grummash]

DutchKnifeGuy It's a big one, that's certain.... but it's well built and nicely finished (apart from the pins). Cheers :-)

[@stype9779]

Nice one Jim ,my friend :-)

[@MattSalgeKNIFEJUNKIE13]

Great vid bubba well done

[@jaylane82]

The ones I have seen and fixed for friends over here are quite rubbish. Worst than a 5 dollar gas station special. You actually probably got one of the better ones. At least from the ones I have seen. Which is probably around ten or so of them. Only the farm hands seem to like em around here. :-)

[@Grummash]

Jay Lane Hi jay - It sounds like I have been lucky! I have seen very few reviews of Marble's knives on YT, and maybe that's why ;-)

[@jaylane82]

Maybe so sir.