It took me awhile to decide to purchase a Chinese knife. Originally I purchased a Kizer Original black for a relative. I liked it so much that I decided to give Kizer another try. So I purchased a Begleiter Mini Titanium frag, M390. That knife was great for the price. So I purchased another, a Gemini titanium. I love titanium and carbon fiber. Here are photos of the Gemini. The pivot has changed to a simple design. You can say I have the Kizer bug.
Nice to see they implemented the "new" sharpening notch to the titanium gemini along with the smooth pivot screw...It took me awhile to decide to purchase a Chinese knife. Originally I purchased a Kizer Original black for a relative. I liked it so much that I decided to give Kizer another try. So I purchased a Begleiter Mini Titanium frag, M390. That knife was great for the price. So I purchased another, a Gemini titanium. I love titanium and carbon fiber. Here are photos of the Gemini. The pivot has changed to a simple design. You can say I have the Kizer bug.
Just went down the Kizer rabbit hole looking for the older version with the full stainless liner (far left). I wonder why they ditched that in the newer models. According to Kizer, the weight goes from 3.75oz to 2.75oz with the change. I wonder why they changed that. Does that affect the feel of the knife much? Seems like it would...Micarta Gemini differences:
May be not that much, but definitely noticeable.
I love the look of micarta on the edges of the scale, so nested liners is a pretty big aesthetic deal to me when it comes to nested vs shadowboxed or what have you. I like how the edges end up weathering in a way that accentuates the way the fibers in it look.
