Ready for a quick cut? Like a lot of things lately the Tuya Tortuga is a donation,
by a friend of the channel. Sometimes companies donate things, sometimes it’s the freemasons,
Monster energy, or local satanists. It really varies. But
basically whoever pays the highest price for up to a few thousand walking pieces of mindless meat,
activated by a trigger word in a scheduled video at an undisclosed time in the future.
Just know the battle will be glorious and you will die a hero for the only energy
drink that truly matters. Now with 10% less mercury. I didn’t know the Tortuga
were extremely limited until I posted a picture of it, which made me go to the website. There were
two micarta options the brown and the tan. This is the Brown. I heard a rumor, that these were made
by a Besttech adjacent manufacturer for Tuya. It’s a rumor from a person who knows more about things
than me, that’s most people. Viewers know I have next to no useful knife knowledge. Let’s take a
look at the dimensions of this slightly larger than a Benchmade Proper sized knife. Up front
you get a blade made out of the S35VN, with a and I’m gonna be very technical here, sideways brushed
satin hand rub finish. You might know of my Sean Yaw garage made knife the 13, because it was
his 13th knife, this has a hand horizontal hand rub, sorry I can’t say that without giggling. I
think this dresses up the blade- maybe it’s because I have so few of them. I already dulled
and sharpened this blade once- it was because I started breaking down one of those cardboard boxes
with staples. Oopsie, just did a draw cut right on a staple. I used the sharp maker at 40 degrees
and 10 minutes I had a usable edge. This is a non locking slip joint, so for me the most important
thing is the backspring. You know I like a good tension on my back springs. I don’t want a finger
nail ripper but I don’t want it to be mushy like a Benchmade Proper. This has a midrange pull to it,
and a crisp spring. It isn’t a finger cleaver like say a GEC 23, but it still has a good snap.
Now the top of the knife isn’t quite as flush as say a 71 GEC seen here.
The carbon fiber bolsters are married well with the rest of the scale, just
a thin seam. The comfortable handle grip has a nice amount of area but it’s a touch small at
about of 3.25 inches. I like about a 3.5 inch grip because I like my four fingers to grip a knife
for doing downward cuts- without being stopped short by a small grip. That’s not a hard rule,
just what I like for a large EDC. Work carry or light carry is different. The pocket clip.
Wireclips are generally ugly to me, but they are functional and have a fanbase. They generally
slide in the pocket nicely if done right and they are lightweight and cheap. Got a little less than
a half inch of knife poking out the pocket. Tip up Blade backward in the right pocket.
Comparisons. First the Tortuga. I like this knife a lot, it’s nice looking
but has some imperfections like this channel. First and foremost in a slip joint a little bounce
back of the blade is good, and a nice snap when opening or closing. This has that, the micarta is
a little splotchy- I tend to like some uniqueness in my covers, but these bug me a little. Are these
covers or scales? Probably scales. I guess this is a modern slip joint, and modern knife guys
tend to prefer stainless blades, handles, and bolsters that show less wear over time.
I wish the handle top was more even, and since I picked this scab in the Proper review,
there’s no healing back now. The Proper. Also imperfect, and I like it less overall. If the
Proper has a less mushy backspring they’d be on par with one another. How about a GEC? This is
the forum knives Barlow. I don’t think I’ll ever review this. For reasons people who follow my
IG feed might understand, but I do like it. When I was a member of Budget Light Forums,
the forum lights there were available to all via an interest thread, You said you wanted one and
you got it. That was how it worked. But this is a great knife. Crisp with saw cut hemlock handles.
Is it a modern traditional or a traditional? GEC has been making knives since 2006. Is it
the process, the pattern or the newness of the knife that denotes a modern traditional. The knife
only able to be bought by the extremely online old guy. And the Serge slip joint. This knife is
a good knife with flush scales and a backspring. It’s crisp is great looking a little more on the
expensive side because it’s titanium and s35vn or m390 is it. Ooops it’s M390. Ok that about
does it. The Tortuga is a great slipjoint with a few minor problems. This has been quickish look.
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