Front Flippers - Feist & Wakulla, changing the game!

What's the latest ETA on Feist?

It looks like the street price will be around $155.
 
I just keep being asked when the Feist will be released, now I am happy to tell you that it will be available at the end of April and maybe will reach to the dealers at the beginning of May. And it is FFG.
 
Feist looks pretty nice right there, have to save up the pennies again!
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Mo2 said:
way too much for that knife. i really dont understand Kizers pricing of different models of knives. they have other models that are using more materials, more design work etc yet this one cost more than them. are the prices based on the name and popularity or something?
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I thought the price would be lower like around $150 but it's not unreasonable based on other S35VN titanium frame lock bearings flippers in the Kizer line.

Of course, now that there's the Massdrop/Ferrum Forge Falcon flipper (S35VN, titanium frame lock, bearings, machined titanium clip) made by WE for $125 a new baseline price has been set.
 
honestly this is a no more than $125 knaf. im guessing there is markup and MAP involved some how. im sure the price will go down with time. ill either get one in the exchange or when they go on sale for a more reasonable price.

ive got one of the best front flippers around, so its not like im missing out (burger knives LEXK w/m390) and its not like im cheap cause thats a custom knife that cost alot more than this one.
 
Funny. I got the e-mail saying it was in stock and on BHQ site it said "out of stock." Anyway, I like it, but I'm going to wait a bit on this one, see how the reviews come in. Never been much of an early adopter. My next Kizer is going to be the T1 Uli, and I'm also looking at the Pinkerton Escort. So the Feist is looking like Kizer no. 3, which probably won't be until '18.
 
Have been checking weekly all over the Interweb for the release of the Feist.

Put off by the price. I also will wait.
 
Sadly, my Feist is gritty and difficult to open. I kept working it, hoping the action would break-in. It got worse.

It's beautiful and, out-of-the-box, looked like a real winner.

I have a fair number of Kizers, including all of Ray Laconico's models, both Ti and G-10. Kizer has been my favorite brand lately.

This is my first Kizer that isn't perfect. I'll be returning it to the dealer.

I love the design and may pick one up later. For now, you might want to pass on the first shipment.
 
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flash900 said:
Sadly, my Feist is gritty and difficult to open. I kept working it, hoping the action would break-in. It got worse.

It's beautiful and, out-of-the-box, looked like a real winner.

I have a fair number of Kizers, including all of Ray Laconico's models, both Ti and G-10. Kizer has been my favorite brand lately.

This is my first Kizer that isn't perfect. I'll be returning it to the dealer.

I love the design and may pick one up later. For now, you might want to pass on the first shipment.
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Mines same. Super gritty.
 
Love my burger knives (trevor burger custom knives) EXK FL front flipper m390 steel. it cost a pretty penny, but its a perfect front flipper unlike these poorly made and executed mass produced examples.
 
I'm hearing lots of reports of grit and bad machining on the Feist, actually, and I handled one from a buddy which had burrs and other nastiness in the action. Considering that Kizer usually does much better than this, and these specific sorts of machining issues are really weird even for their duds, I'm wondering if they farmed the production out to a third party on this guy, and got screwed.

Hopefully they'll iron this out in Gen 2.
 
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I guess I was really lucky with my Feist. It's action is nice and smooth and it has no machining problems.
 
A couple of knife buddies had uncommon issues with their Feist. Ergo, I backed off. It's on my list once a good batch shows up.

Hope it's not a sign of QC issues at Kizer!
 
NickShabazz said:
I'm hearing lots of reports of grit and bad machining on the Feist, actually, and I handled one from a buddy which had burrs and other nastiness in the action. Considering that Kizer usually does much better than this, and these specific sorts of machining issues are really weird even for their duds, I'm wondering if they farmed the production out to a third party on this guy, and got screwed.

Hopefully they'll iron this out in Gen 2.
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RamZar said:
A couple of knife buddies had uncommon issues with their Feist. Ergo, I backed off. It's on my list once a good batch shows up.

Hope it's not a sign of QC issues at Kizer!
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Keizer is no where near the quality of WE knives, reate, rike. Kizers quality control is sub par in comparison. better than benchmade tho.
 
Mo2 said:
Keizer is no where near the quality of WE knives, reate, rike. Kizers quality control is sub par in comparison. better than benchmade tho.
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I have seven Kizer flippers. No QC issues at all in any of them. However, the flipper action and detent are not very consistent. Also, the Splinter could have been finished better.

Reate, WE and Rike have much better and more consistent quality and it's usually reflected in their prices.
 
I emailed Kizer about these issues, and the guy I talked to said, roughly, that they're trying to figure out the problems with the Feist, and that they're hoping to make some improvements for the next run. He also asked for any details about problems people are having to pass on to the production team, so if you've got Feist issues from this first batch, it'd probably help to post pictures or descriptions here.
 
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