A while back I reviewed the Serge slip joint, and I liked it a lot.
And afterwards randomly Serge sent me a Bean. But I had said I wanted to pick one up,
and serge is just a good guy. Ive never heard different. The bean is just one of the coolest
knife designs ever. I think it’s pretty notable, because of it’s extremely individualistic
design that was a custom or mid tech only available from Serge for quite sometime. Before
the production the mid tech and custom were hype knives. Did people have public
meltdowns then like they do now? I hope so it wouldn’t be a hype knife without then.
But maybe Serge got tired of the whining and crying and decided to get a production line made.
Whining and crying, and high emotions, and knifesplaining, and stabbing people in the
back- are all important components to the knife hobby though. But as far as Serge goes I figure
he thought about maybe he’d have less stress move on to other things, and the whining would subside
and he’d want to punch knife guy faces less. I’ve seen my face I get it. You know at this point I’m
just making up my own fan fiction, and before I start letting it go on long enough to become
knife guy erotic fan fiction, let’s look at the dimension. Basically put the Bean is a tiny
little non locker, that’s fidgetable and uses a ball detent system. In our knife guy groups
we have often posited is the Bean the only good ball detent non locker. Probably. Basically put
the bean is a tiny non locking pocket knife with a clip. As evidenced by my dimension card here.
The Serge aesthetic is like the Fallout of knives. All the surfaces in that game had a worn
look, and he brings that feel to EDC and kind of was a pioneer in that look. I mean what knife guy
doesn’t have a post apocalyptic fantasy. Walking around with a combat shotgun with a drum mag,
he’s got his trench coat, wearing his mask. (Whud you say??) I said he has one of the strongest
design aesthetics of all the makers, and lately he has been plunking away in his shop working on
new EDC designs. Love the new tokens he’s making. I’m going to buy one, as soon as I have some spare
cash my man. The bean here has a cleaver style blade made from M390. I am going to be clear
too. I pretty much hate all cleaver blades, except Serges. I get sick to my stomach every time I see
a picture of a Gerber flat iron and someone speak positively about how cool it is. The bean is fun
and fidget able as a non locker using a detent system… I think Serge also kinda pioneered too.
So it is not a slip joint. A detent is a little knob or ball, that falls into a hole when it
get’s to where it’s going. There’s the detent pop when it’s opened and when it’s closed. See
that’s the tent tension bar and the detent ball is in that little hole. Click rotate and click.
It works very well for what amounts to a knife mainly used to open packages and cut your food at
a desk. The handle here is titanium with a tumbled anodized finish. The pocket clip
is not deep carry, and I often just throw the bean in the pocket. Comparisons? Uhh how about
mainly for size because I really don’t have any knives quite like this. The Little rattler from
Great Eastern Cutlery. It’s about the only other knife I have this size. I don’t carry this one
though. The Serge is fun to fidget with, this is only nice to look at. The Serge slip joint?
That’s a good one. Serge’s production knives are very well made, I think in China somewhere but
not by a disclosed factory. And how about a Para 3 to show scale. That’s a good one. Alright this
has been a quick look. I love this little guy- it’s one of my favorite designs ever. And maybe
if I say that Serge can will another run of the Orbit. I don’t care who makes it- ok? He says he
watched the channel and is a fan. I don’t know why these videos suuuuuuccckkkk. So make sure you say
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