The Boker Plus Marlowe Squail Junior Liner Lock Knife G-10 tactical bushcraft AR-15 better
SEO folder- I think thats a the official product name... is a scaled down version of the Boker
squail Marlowe by scaled down I mean it drops almost 3 ounces and over half an inch of blade
length but lets check out the dimensions of this gentlemans folder- youre no gentleman.
Like the overall length and weight, that blade size and cutting edge- when I say scaled down
I dont mean small I mean reasonable- reasonable like owning 50 knives, the handle size and
the grip area, the spine thickness and handle thickness.
And the tallness closed.
So i decided to pick up this blade because it was new and seeing as my last Boker video
has almost 3k views in 2 months I figured thatd be a nice waste of time for a few clicks.
Lets look at the blade.
Which has a similar shape to my Lil Lionspy ok I was basically interested in this because
it looked like a Spyderco.
You're like why didn't you buy a Spyderco.
The spear point blade features a hollow grind, a slight recurve, a satin finish and its made
out of VG-10.
You know the same stuff found in the Boker slack or Spyderco Endura 4.
It came sharp out the box.
The thumb ramp has some thick jimping- not sharp but a tad edgy.
It extends far, so it's a good place for your thumb to rest when doing swishing motions
in your office chair.
Blade centering is eh?
The deployment ain't bad...
it's fairly smooth, but you do have to work your finger in there just right.
My middle finger works best for it...which is a very feminine way to deploy a knife according
to that one person who pops occasionally on my videos that feature a knife with middle
finger deployment.
Sounds they have a few things to work through.
The thumb works ok ... but I guess that all depends on your hand size or if its your second
or 5th beer.
The lock up is handled by a liner lock.
When it locks there's a boooing.. ok just a click...
not a loud click, but it's there.
Which brings me to the lockup.
This is actually the 2nd squail Ive been sent.
The first one didn't want to lock up after some time- and they switched it out for me.
I think it was either the spine whacks on my work desk or adjusting the pivot to fix
blade centering.
I found adjusting the pivot can make it more or less likely to have a strong lockup.
This one sort of does the same thing.
The handle.
The handle is part G10 scales with titanium bolsters over a stainless steel liner.
It has a backspacer so it's not fully open backed...
a small portion is.
The handle is a good size for my hand, and it feels nice and comfortable.
It's a little edgy up toward the thumb groove... not bad but the titanium has a right edge.
The blade can be flicked open when closed... but it's a hard, hard throw, to get it to
deploy.
Detent is fairly strong, and I don't see it coming open in your pocket.
Although to be fair I can't see inside of your pocket.
The clip is reversible to tip up or tip down on the right side of the knife only.
It's deepish- not fully deep about a 3rd of an inch peeks out.
And Im fairly certain its stainless steel and not titanium.
Ok so let's do a quick comparison with a few spydercos.
The Spyderco Para Military 2 has a larger handle, and a more comfortable thumb ramp,
and an easier middle and thumb finger deployment- due to its slightly larger proportions.
This is literally one of the best every day carry knives you can buy with a mid 3 inch
blades... so it's a hard one to beat.
The lockup and deployment is solid on that one.
The Spyderco Lil Lion Spy isn't as lovely a knife as the PM2... it's fairly light and
has a strong lockup- but the handle and blade are smaller...
I like the size of the Sqails blade and handle a bit better.
Not much though.
Ok let's wrap it up.
I wish the lockup was a little more reliable...
it did fold on a few stump throws- which is a tad unusual.
I had not adjusted the pivot at this point.
You know I like my stump throws Sometimes I wish my stump was bigger- but its my stump.
It's a nice looking knife, I guess...
It's a light use knife, like you see here on this cardboard that I needed to break down.
So I recently hit 14k subscribers...
with the biggest subscriber jump in a month everand I have over 3 million channel views...
so a big thanks to the guys who show up commenting on every video... and to all the new ones.
Subscribing, clicking the bell below the video, commenting, and giving the video a thumbs
up helps my channel grow, and so does dranking.
Oh and pray to the camera gods that the slightly better than terrible customer service at Panasonic
fixes my G7 camera- and that my other camera doesnt also break.
Boker provided a discounted model for this review.
Thanks for watching.