Hey Everyone David C. Andersen here coming at you from the KnifeCenter and
today we're looking at the we 908 schism. A great new option for an EDC
gentleman's knife let's check it out. For those of you who are familiar with We
Knives already you won't be surprised to learn that the quality of the schism can
rival any production company out there. They've honed their skills for years as
an OEM for other knife manufacturers and ever since they struck out on their own
they've been hitting things out of the park. One of our first thoughts when we
unwrapped this knife was that it reminded us of a slightly smaller and
upgraded Kershaw leak. It certainly has a similar refined and understated
classiness that makes it a great option for a gentleman's pocket knife or
fancier EDC knife. The blade is a textbook warncliffe shape and it has a
hollow grind with a long swedge. This is great for all the obstacles of modern
life it can pierce and cut aggressively. It's great for cutting down boxes
opening packages blister packs or envelopes and it's especially useful for
scoring or cutting through tough material on the draw stroke. It's
comfortable to use too thanks to sham furred edges and subtle jimping right
here at the thumb. The steel used is s35vn for a premium cutting experience
and it's just under three inches long it's a perfect length for getting enough
work done without taking up too much room in your pockets although some might
mistake the finish for a bead blasted look. It's actually much finer and nicer
than that with each one of these blades being hand finished to a matte satin
gray the opening of the blade is achieved with these small dual thumb
studs and they do the job quite easily pops open very quickly and that's thanks
to a perfect detent something that they always do very well and caged bearings
in the pivot something else that keeps the lines of the knife nice and clean
our hidden stop pins on the blade which you can see as the blade travels between
the closed and open position they nest into these nice pockets in the handle
which keeps them from cluttering up the visual when you've deployed the knife.
The handles feature full titanium construction and like the blade itself
it's just the right length it's enough for a three and a half finger grip in my
hands comfortable enough to put the heavy work but agile enough for smaller
and more delicate needs. It also has a bunch of nice little details that really
elevated the pivot is adjustable on the backside but the front action
features. The we logo that logo is nice and subtle it doesn't beat you over the
head with its branding but it's a nice touch that lets the world know what
you're carrying. Moving back we have a diagonally
machined groove that creates a faux bolstered appearance and three conical
machined holes with concentric ridges we've got two different anodized colors
here to choose from both blue or bronze and that matches the hardware including
the thumb stud and the back spacers. Speaking of back spacers the lanyard
hole at the end of the knife even goes through one of them meaning there's no
chance of your lanyard accidentally making contact with the edge of your
knife. While it's closed on the reverse side there is that adjustable pivot as
well as a tight frame lock it does have the expected lock bar insert to ensure a
long service life as well as an internal over travel stop to prevent the bar from
being bent out of shape from overzealous unlocking a milled and ridged cutout on
the lock bar makes the operation smooth for your thumb when you're disengaging
the lock and as a nice touch the front scale features a cutout of the
same shape for a well-balanced look. The back is also where we find the Machine
titanium pocket clip it's set up for right side tip up carry only and the
retention is good without being too difficult to extract from your pocket
it's nice and centered on the frame but the retention point doesn't rest on the
lock bar itself therefore it won't interfere with opening the blade if you
happen to be gripping the clip while you're doing it. The 908 Schism is another
solid entry from we knives and if you've been looking to upgrade your gentleman's
knife you should take a look especially if you appreciate the everyday usability
of a warnecliffe blade. to get your hands on one click the link in the description
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