Review Manly Folders: Comrade, Peak, Wasp. Fixed Blades: Patriot and Drugar, Made in Bulgaria

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I guess I must have missed something in elementary school geometry. Looks round to me. Even if slightly oval, it looks like Spyderco's intellectual property. Probably legal, but still a round hole.
 
"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By Any Other Name would smell as sweet."
 
Spyderco did not invent the hole....... spydey hole yes... but not the hole.
 
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sickpuppy1 said:
Spyderco did not invent the hole....... spydey hole yes... but not the hole.
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I think Spydeco had a patent on the round hole opener and now a trademark. The manly hole is clearly a takeoff but just enough off a full circle to be legal.
 
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I think Spydeco had a patent on the round hole opener and now a trademark. The manly hole is clearly a takeoff but just enough off a full circle to be legal.
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On their new peak models, they made the hole more oval than older ones. For what it's worth.
 
Just got the City knife today from a fellow forum member that tried it out for a spell. I'm liking this a lot, plus I believe it is one of the first models that includes a lanyard hole ;)

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S90v blade, clip is deep pocket carry and for those that did not want to carry a knife with the word Manly on it, they did not add that onto this folder. You will see the Manly family/company emblem on the clip and blade, the steel and on the lock bar the name City.

Nice addition to their lineup and waspy thin blade, very very slicey !
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At almost 120,000 views and nearly 600 replies, this thread ranks in the top 5 for knife reviews in both views and replies, that is quite a lot of interest of Bulgarian blades :) speaking of which, I just got in a new to me Manly Peak in S90v steel and quite the slicer she be.

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I don't know if there are many dealers lately for these knives, but from the interests shown and the knives they make, you would think there should be several.

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Hey Gary I’m considering picking up this exact knife. I was wondering what your thoughts were on it. Cheers!
 
It's a cutter, those guys grind their blades down fairly thin, it's been a while since I had that one, like a lot of my old collection, but I remember it as a very nice knife.
Some folks gave grief about the hole being like another mfg, it was intentionally made oval so it's not a circle, but that's hard not to make the comparison. I don't know if these are in production any longer?
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Regarding the opening hole of the Peak, I believe they communicated an agreement with a representative of Spyderco, and this oval shape was the end result. Initial prototypes had a round hole, but those were just that, early prototypes.
 
Currently Manly is under the Bocker's umbrella, they control the sales outside Bulgaria.
I don't think Bocker will resell a knife with issue about the hole, especially considering issue with company like Spyderco.
 
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