Hi Youtube.
Approximately 5 of you have been excited about my upcoming review of the Ystart JIN02, after
seeing it appear in my last video known as JIN01.
Several people have asked me to review YStarts, so if you don't like these knives, blame them.
Let's look at the overall dimensions in comic sans like the length and weight.
I had a reviewer request for using comic sans because it reminded them of email forwards.
Blade size and cutting edge.
You're like prove it.
Handle size and grip area.
What do you think I blame viewers when I do something no one likes.
Spine thickness and handle thickness.
And the highness closed.
Anyone remember when I didn't talk through the dimensions?
I got a viewer request.
The blade of the Ystart is a drop point flat ground blade made from D2 steel presumably.
It has that satin finish that most knives have and one one side of the blade you have
D2 and the other side you have y start.
Blade centering is actually veryish good, not perfect but you have to sate closely at
it to notice it.
The blade is deployed by thumb studs, and believe it or not pivots on a ball bearing
system.
I say believe it or not, because I didn't believe it.
My other Ystarts the JIN01 does not pivot on balls and deploys about as well, and that
fancy titanium LK5010 I reviewed a few weeks ago does, and is much much smoother.
Also washers inside are phosphor bronze.
You have to hit the thumb studs kinda hard... and you get misfires if you don't practice
often enough.
The axis lock is similarly stiff...
probably about twice as stiff as my stiffest Ganzo...
You're like tell me more about your stiffest Ganzo- says zero people.
You can hold the lock back and flick it open...
It still ain't easier.
The handle, the handle is lightly textured but mostly smooth G10 slabs, on top of some
nice and beefy stainless steel liners.
It has an open back designs held together by some standoffs, and the liner has some
skeletonization keep it in that nice mid 4 ounce range that I complain about sometimes.
The handle is a good size with some room to spare, so even hands slightly larger than
mine should be fine.
It's a kinda comfortable and you have a finger groove to help give you control when doing
some extreme cutting or whatever.
Now one thing to note...
I cut myself with this knife, which surprises maybe one person here- but I cut it in an
unusual way... when flinging it closed with the axis lock... the blade tip comes to close
near the very end of the handle.
So in theory, if your flinging it closed and you palm is pressed hard against the back
of the handle, with a little palm meat sticking in there you could get a cut on your palm...
it's the first time I've seen this on any knife...
so just mind your palm when you close it because she's the one that gets you through your dry
spells.
There's no real jimping no where, and I would have like maybe some exquisite jimping on
the blade spine, but Ystart did not consult me before making their knife.
There is in fact a pocket clip on this pocket knife... blade backward tip up in my right
pocket is where you might find it.
It is not reposition able no way, so sorry.
It has a lanyard hole system for your sculpture bead.
The clip is pretty tight... and there's not a lot of give to it, so good luck chewing
up the top of your pockets taking it in and out.
That is unless you remove it and do some bending action.
Blade renention when closed is aight... you can fling it open with your good arm if you
fling it hard enough.
Probably won't open in your pocket.
Ok comparisons...
this knife is sturdy, and well built, but it's a bit of a cranky knife.
So let's look at some sort of similar blades.
How about my 551Griptilian- which feels like a balisong in comparison when deploying...
click clack click clack.
The benchmade weighs less and has a much smoother and easy to disengage axis lock.
Truely a class act of a knife except for those ridges on the handle, which I don't like.
I get it, its for Grip, Griptilian!
Then the Ganzo F7562.
Now this one is a more refined knife with 440c steel.
the handle is slicker too, so rodent entrails are probably not a good fit for cutting with
that one...
But both knives seem equal in contruction quality, but the Ganzo deploys much faster...
not like my Griptilian, but the axis lock is still less stiff.
Now the JIN01... which isn't necessarily a comparable knife, but it's bigger and heavier
and deploys similarly with a liner lock.
I prefer this out of the two.
Ok so let's beat it up a bit...
we'll baton for a few seconds and see if we can get that lock to disengage...
Which brings up a side note- I was tagged over on redit recently in a post where someone
broke a Ganzo blade clean in half because they were batoning.
I ain't gonna lie, it brought a tear of pride to my eye.
I mean I have no clue how it happened... but it was on the internet so I have to believe
it.
While I might not be responsible for someone using a knife how it was not intended to be
used- I like to think I was nearby in spirit.
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