So you're going out on the town, and you never leave home without your every day
carry. This is a nice place and you've been told that that damn knife isn't
coming. Fine I guess I'll just leave it! Wait, this isn't one of those
restaurants that makes you kill your meal before you eat it? You did say the
Olive Garden right? In that case you can just bring a new pocket knife the Ganzo
g722. Weighing in at a mere half a pound of stainless steel and g10 scales it
seems a reasonable compromise. So let me just make sure the Bowie is out of the
question too? No? Okay, I mean that's cool.
So yeah this is a pretty hefty pocket knife and probably the most imposing
thing to come in the color orange since the Great Pumpkin. But it also comes in
tactical black and tactical green. Oh wait, actually they don't use the word "tactical."
I think I read that wrong.
Alright so it's heavy, but how big is it? Here is the total length open and closed.
The width and the thickness of the knife minus the clip. The blade length, the
spine thickness. Needless to say this thing is razor sharp right out of the
box. Which it should be, because now you can slice casually through all those
random things you like to do when you get a new blade. Nothing wrong with that,
right? So what kind of steel and materials are we looking at here? Well
at the time of the review the knife is about 20 bucks. So expect the popular
440C stainless. That said, the edge is fine and I found I could cut through a ton
of shit and the blade stayed pretty sharp. Long-term testing will see how well it can
be made to hold up with regular maintenance. But it has a heavy-duty frame lock to keep
the blade solid and in place. Because the blade is huge it's super easy to deploy with
the thumb studs. The action is fluid and smooth and gives you a nice solid click when it locks.
The frame lock is easy to disengage. While the knife has a ton of mass, it's very well
balanced and fits nicely in my hand. The knife pushes the boundaries of what size
knife gets a clip and it would probably be better with the sheath but it's still
smaller than my iPhone 5s. The clip is nice and tight and carries deep in your
pocket, so it doesn't appear that big- if don't count the bulge. As it comes out of
the box it's a tip up carry with the stainless steel frame on the outside and
the blade facing back. Which is not ideal for deployment. The clip can be moved
so it's on the scale side but still only tip up. Which tip up is the way most people
carry them anyway. I prefer blade forward so I either need to switch the clip or
carry it in my right pocket using my fifth jean pocket. Which makes it more
conspicuous, but now it's easier to match your orange shirt, with something right?
Because that's a reason people buy knives?
So here it is compared to a few other Ganzo knives and my Spyderco. Oh and
here it is next to a Gerber Paraframe knock-off. Which is the only other frame lock
knife I currently have. The Paraframe rubs the liner, which now that I say it, it sounds kind of dirty.
Ok so this review has been a lot of talking, with no action. So let's do the
obligatory hair shaving test, because so far there hasn't been any gross body
hair close-ups. Cool. First here's a super scientific stick test. First you get a stick,
preferably from the ground- and see how long it takes you to cut through it.
Roadkill works too, although I didn't have any on hand for this review. So
just whittle all the way through. Cool. Ok now, let's
see if we can find a shrub to, uh, "prune." Personal safety side I'll just chop through
the tree in the name of "knife review science." I figured you'd seen a lot paper
and cardboard cutting- so hopefully this isn't as lame. Ok so while I am chopping the
crap out of this bush. Is there anything else you should know? Well, no blade play
out of the box, to speak of. Solid frame locking and deployments. It feels nice in
my hand. There was a smidge of looseness after repeatedly smashing the bush
at full force. But it was easy to remedy with a bit of tightening. In fact, after
all that chopping and hacking it's still sharp. No dings or edge rolling present.
More shaving shots. Yes this is after the abuse. That's about it. The knife is
a very solid buy for under $20. It should make a great field knife. Maybe it's
a bit too short for some game dressing. But it's my new hiking knife. I wish I had
something bad to say about it, sorry. Hey, thanks for watching and please subscribe
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