Lately it seems I havent been slumming it like I used to, so rest assured some cheap
Chinese crap is coming my way for review.
But in the meantime lets check out some expensive Italian crap, with the new Lionsteel Sr-11
flipper, an updated take on their take of a flipper the SR-1.
Sorry the winner of the Knife of the Year for 2017 at Blade Show and a representation
of the evolution of the Historic Sr-1.
And you mortals thougt it was just a knife!
Now lets forget all that by going over the dimensions of this tank.
Including the overall length and weight.
Looking at the specs its lighter than the OG SR-1.
Blade length and cutting edge.
Handle size and grip area.
Spine thickness and handle thickness.
Tallness closed, and how fare the flipping flipper sticks out.
Sorry, fucking flipper.
Yeah its been a while.
Thumbs down are still here and views havent gone up much.
So I basically bought this, because I bought a clone a few years back, and Ive been feeling
super guilty after reading that buying Ganzos is breaking the law over on well you know
where.
The Sr11 has a big blade made from, a surely mispronounced by me Sleipner Steel.
Which is according to marketing materials a modern update to classic D2 steel because
its tougher so its a better fit for quote active knife use.
Ok so now youre telling me people use their super steels!
Its a drop point flat ground blade with a satin finish.
And mine came really sharp out the box.
Been a while since I bought a Spyderco, so Ive been missing really sharp new knives.
I guess Benchmades aint bad.
The blade is deployed by a flipper stud which is an improvement over the Sr-1 and Sr-2 if
you hate thumb studs.
The blade pivots on a ball bearing system so its super smooth and easy to deploy.
Even for small children.
The thub stuf is also free of any jimping, its just nice and rounded.
Youd think it really needs jimping but it dont, and itll wear less on your fingers,
so you can complain about how your wrists hurt from uh typing all day instead.
The blade is locked into place by the RIL or frame lock, fun fact, you have to pay a
royalty ever time you save Reeve.
Thats how knife IP works.
And its secured with a rotolock.
Which is a lock for the frame lock.
The tip of the frame lock has hardened steel that you can replace, so its not aluminum.
Now I actually have another knife that has a Rotolock, and long time subscribers of this
channel, who probably no longer watch because of the bad words or videos will remember that
in my Lil Lion Spy video, a knife that was a experiment between lion steel and Spyderco,
trying to see how much people might pay for a small slow deploying knife with an overbuilt
lock.
Sorry I meant collaboration.
Now I was actually hyped up for this one because the rotolock on that was strong
and didnt allow the lock to move a millimeter on the spyderco lil lionspy.
Not the case on this one.
You can move it with your hand when fully engaged.
This means nothing to people who treat this knife with care, and use it for basic cutting
instead of an idiot like me who has a thing for beating on expensive knives with wood.
Or the other way around.
You can see that here, and in a few- when I beat it, then tell you its fair.
Also detent is sorta strong, but you can fling it all the way open from closed if you do
this.
It shouldnt deploy in your pocket.
Shouldnt.
The handle.
The handle is super nice and my hand fits around it perfectly, it feels perfectly natural
and it doesnt even curve to the left?
There is zero jimping and the aluminum handle is machined or 3d printed or forged or chiseled
by underpaid workers from a single piece of valarium aluminum.
Well you can also get it in titanium, but its heavier, and about $150 more which is
a lot of beer.
And I need beer more than a heavy titanium folder.
Plus I like looking my age, and working on my gut.
The handle can be had in a few colors, but orange made the most sense to me because it
wasnt available in hot pink or zebra stripes.
Its smooth with smooth texturing, so it might not fare too well with fish slime or yak blood.
The clip is reversible, and has that glass break stud on the back, in case you can reach
it in your overturned car, and need to get out.
It has the specially shaped stud!
Its a tip up carry only, unless youre Macguyver.
The clip is nice and springy although it may be loose in standard slacks, but not for you
21oz denim guys.
Modern world problems spend half a paycheck on heavyweight slubby Japanese selvedge or
dual lock Italian ball bearing flipper with using German super steel.
Ok I think I went over everything.
Lets do a super quick flipper comparison.
You remember the Steel Will CutJack.
Youre like sure do Ive seen it in probably 3 videos in a row now.
Maybe 4.
Oh ok, thats a much smaller knife, but the ball bearing action is comparable and they
both easily slide open.
Then theres my HEAdesigns Poison, also ball bearing, but it has the more super of the
steel, and its smaller.
Ok, you know what you can always go watch those videos.
How about the chopping!
Let me start out by saying.
Im kind of disappointed.
I mean not a whole lot, but I was hoping to beat on a knife that could withstand a ton
of abuse- but as the count stands, my Sebenza framelock actually was more reliable.
I know.
I dont know if mines slightly defective or not or the Lil Lionspy was super well built.
The lock failed multiple times, because of the slight amount of play when the rotolock
is locked.
So it cut my chopping short, since its not a reliable knife for that.
Youre like how about an axe.
Oh yeah Ben Malonda over on Instagram wanted me to test the tip.
Stick it in ad wiggle it around, you know the normal creepy sounding stuff.
Ok, so you wont get me to pry with it because that breaks tips and so far I have avoided
heavy duty prying to get clicks, but I will jab and pull jab and pull.
And if jabbing and pulling wont work for clicks, then Ill pry.
Im not at rock bottom yet.
After all of thiswell its only a bit, the knife is still ready for cardboard I guess.
Waa wah.
Ok, so its still sharp.
Fit and finish on the blade seems nice, except for the lock play.
I like it quite a bit although Id be lying if I said I bought it intending to do stuff
it wasnt intended for.
Oh well.
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Medford did.
He said no, but he still did.
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