-I'll see your Cryo, and raise youDon't knock the affordable knives..many of them are really good! Kershaw really does put out some nice knives such as the leek and the poor mans Hinderer the Cryo 2 ( not an insult, its the only hinderer I own LOL )
-Pronounce it with the 'G' silent,Love my Concierge, great knife...kinda silly name...
So...Know denuts and detents?" " " and sticking people too close to the junk/femoral artery. It’s honestly all depending on how much you trust that detent and lots of knives are fine to carry like this...just know your detents.
I have the same problem. Amazon won't ship any flippers to NYS. From what I understand, it's because of NYC. They apparently don't want to be bothered with filtering which zip codes are legal, and which ones are not so they just ban them to all NY residents. Except, every once in awhile one slips through, especially if it is a more expensive knife. I guess bigger money makes them look the other way sometimes. For this reason, in addition to the clone risk, I refuse to buy a knife from them anymore, flipper or no flipper.What the heck? I was going to order this from Amazon and they say they say this is illegal in NY. What?
As I understand it discussing prices of various vendors here is a bad idea.wow, how much did you end up paying for the chill? seems to be about $25 from some of the bigger bf dealers
My SECOND Kershaw Chill just arrived minutes ago. Perfect ! The edge is nice and sharp all along it's length, no dings or flat spots felt when pulling it across my finger nail. Flipped open easily on the first and second try (only have opened it twice so far). No play; looks great all over (no holidays were they didn't grind something smooth / nice bead blasted blade finish, no sharp corners or rough G10).
Why, pray tell, do I need two super inexpensive knives of the exact same model . . . some one may ask ?
I am so impressed with this design (handle to blade ratio, blade shape, nice handle feel in use) that I wanted one pristine to just have around (I couldn't bring myself to obliterate the nice and fine lettering etched in the blade) and I am going to grind the old one's blade significantly thinner for an ultimate user.
I've been watching the prices. Just before I bought my first one the price jumped up a dollar or two just about the time I was going to click the Buy Button. This time the price plummeted well below the price previous to my first purchase. I just had to go again ! ! !
Heck before it is all over I could even see myself buying a third one to fool around with thicker handle scales. You know me and my thick grippy handle scale mod.
Suuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrre would like some serious tool steel blade alloy in one of these.
ohhhhhhhh welllll . . . sigh . . .
One advantage of buying from the vendors that support this forum (or real knife stores in general) is demonstrated by my order / purchase a few days ago. I was ordering a knife with a damascus clad blade. The particular knife is notorious for having the very mechanical looking repetitive pattern, called "ladder" or some such, I much prefer the random looking damascus so one of the services they offer is to open some boxes and select a knife with the characteristics I am after; and generally look over the knife for any anomalies before shipping it to me.I refuse to buy a knife from them anymore, flipper or no flipper.
Funny you should ask that.does it use a teflon washer or phosphor bronze? I'm guessing teflon
I have the same problem. Amazon won't ship any flippers to NYS. From what I understand, it's because of NYC. They apparently don't want to be bothered with filtering which zip codes are legal, and which ones are not so they just ban them to all NY residents. Except, every once in awhile one slips through, especially if it is a more expensive knife. I guess bigger money makes them look the other way sometimes. For this reason, in addition to the clone risk, I refuse to buy a knife from them anymore, flipper or no flipper.
The Chill is surprisingly good for what it is, accepting price and steel choice. It has the form of a gentleman's folder but with a tactical flair. The manual flipper works well enough and the lack of a speed safe keeps the opening non-frightening for any fearful sheep at the office. Overall, it's a decent little letter opener.
A year or two ago, a friend got one of these and wasn't totally impressed with the action. He brought it over. It was still basically new. So we took it apart and cleaned out the factory lube. From what I remember, there was a little grit or something on a washer. I've seen that in new knives before and it cleaned up fine. The scales had some sharp edges and were uneven in one spot, which was easy to fix with an emery board. I hit it with some non-toxic Lubriplate and put it back together. It was a big improvement.
-I'll see your Cryo, and raise you
a Thermite
-Pronounce it with the 'G' silent,
CON-SEE-AIR - who assists by performing various tasks for people....Seems a fitting name for
what looks to be a nice gent. knife
although, I have yet to obtain or
handle the Atmos or the Concierge...'yet'
So...Know denuts and detents?
How IS the flipping action on the Chill? It's unassisted, and doesn't use bearings...