Quicklook, can I call this a quicklook? The truth is sometimes I write a quicklook in the script,
and then after I've written some flowerly prose about my stupid little pocket
knives, and I see the length in editing and the video is clocking in at 10 minutes I have to go
back and take out the part where I say the line. We'll see where the pen takes the artist today!
Anyway today's quicklook is for the QSP Penguins- got 2 of them here...
on in solver and one in black but the catch is I'm working with Traditional Pocket Knives
again who is got an exclusive version of the fan favorite QSP penguin featuring the
M390s and the jigged titanium. Working with is loose in terms, they send me stuff I review it.
Anyway these variations are only available there. As you know I've dabbled in the QSP before,
and have a few reviews up and I like that they make a well finished knife, like Reate but for the
lads with slightly less paper. And now while I'd love to just hold up this product card and call
it quits instead of measuring things myself, and trying to come up with flightless bird one liners-
let's do the dimensions segment here. Obviously the murdered penguin and the holy penguin here are
the same sizes. The good and the evil, the silver and the black. (Sings Ho-lee Penguin). Soo metal.
Ok let's take a closer look. Now the Penguin has been out for sometime now
and they start at about $32 buck on amazon... and I'd reckon it's a popular knife seeing as
I see lots of exclusives at retailers. It's like QSPs Kizer Sheepdog. QSP has the penguin.
Polar bear food is not tactical my brother. Ok fair, Penguins may not be cool,
but a polar bear would still eat dog if it had the chance, and sheep dogs definitely eat sheep poop.
They want to make sure their diet is sufficient (tactical voice) The gist is the Penguin now has
the Exclusives, variants, sprint runs, titanium, G10, D2, M390s, Carbon Fiber, 154CM, Damascus,
the imagination of the knife bro is the limit folks. Magnacut... If you prayers
right little knife bro. The penguin is smooth mid sized pretty good that is kind of a thin in
the pocket EDC, much I can imagine like actually having the bird in there would be. Ok maybe it's
the side profile, why is this called the penguin? Oh I get it a lot of the other bird names have
been taken. The falcons, eagles, hawks, all get stopped up pretty quick. Looking up front you have
a nice wharnfoot, sheepscliffe blade made from M390 and with a satin finish, or a black coated on
the blacked out penguin. Both blade are extremely sharp and pivot on a ceramic ball bearing system.
The blades are smooth and not gritty throughout the pivot. And are an easy flick open and close
with the comfortable thumb studs. They pop pretty hard. The blade takes a few wiggles to get closed,
so it's not exactly a drop shut. Just realized how close the U and I are on the keyboard.
That was almost a drop shit. The handle grips fits my average 5ft 11 and 7.9 eighth of an inch
tall guys hands pretty well, and the jigging feels smooth and candy like whilst still
providing texture. The handle features a lanyard hole area but it isn't sleeved and it's an open
backed design making it easy to clean. And as we've learned over the years also easy for your
keys to slide in and ding up your blade! With all the open backed knives I have had
over the years I stopped carrying anything with my knives. The coating on the blade
Pocket clip, it's ideal for right handed bipeds at their most tactical blade backward tip up in
the right pocket. Left handed people are used to feeling overlooked, and ugly, and they let
out a weary sign when realizing the pocket clip is not positionable to the other side. I guess
there's bed time to look forward to? Pocket clip is thin and a bit stiff, but holds strong.
Comparisons. You know what I have given away all of my QSPs I think, so I just have the 2
Penguins here. I think I'm going to give these away too over on Instagram. So for this we'll
have to throw in some other smooth ass knives. How about the Tenacious. It's a little bigger
than the Para 3 You might find the colors odd, but that's because a cool as all heck subscriber
wanted to test out his cerakote abilities, and asked for the boring black one I had and did this
to it. I love it. Penguins a touch smaller and a smoother deployer. Now the Sharp By Design Mini
Tempest, love this knife and the look. Love Brians designs this one cost be about 400 bucks after I
bought it on the wrong card in PayPal checkout and overdrafted. The QSP Penguin is a pretty
reasonable 125 though, although I will say I love the horizontal brushed satin finish on this one.
And one more The HEADesigns Elixir, this one is about a similar size to the Penguin a little more
fashion forward. Can we call knives fashion forward, oh I'm being told we cannot. I apologize.
The audience knows this is a favorite of mine. Alright does that do it, yeah it do it.
Wrap it up Mark. These are dropping over on Austin's website, Traditional Pocket Knives.
It's a great site, with an awesome social media account that always tells people when
he's getting his GECs in stock. Over the years I have bought quite a few knives from him. Good
website, great instagram account. He sent me these for review. And again for the new
people no retailers pay me for these videos, I find it important to keep a few good contacts with
retailers and manufacturers, so I can check out things. Plus I talk too much about eating poop.
Speaking of dropping, these are dropping on Monday July 18th. Link is in the description,
sheep. And hopefully I am not lazy and have this done in time. Looking at the length may have to
take out that first line. Over on his website there's a handy timer. WHO ELSE DOES THAT. Say
Hi to the patrons. They are responsible for my 4k upgrade, all videos in 4k now whether you
watch them or not. Put them on for your cat if you hate them. Your cats kind of a jerk anyway.
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