The weight on this knife isn't bad either. At about 3.5 ounces I don't think this is going to be considered too heavy for anyone outside of ultralight backpackers. Even then, I feel like this will be fine.
The pocket clip has been a topic of many people. Lots of people seem to dislike the pocket clip and claim that it tears up pockets.
It is quite the strong pocket clip. It will not fall out of anything that it is clipped onto. The clip has not torn up any of my pockets, but I also don't take out my knife that much everyday to use. I found the pocket clip to be nice because I know it won't come loose. If you dislike the pocket clip, or find it to be eating up your pants too much, this knife does have options. For one, it comes with a filler tab to get rid of the pocket clip completely, along with a leather pouch if you want to carry it all fancy style. For two, the pocket clip fits the same size as a Small Sebenza pocket clip, so you can just buy one for about $12. I think that the milled clip that it comes with not only looks great, but functions great too, so I personally leave it on. The pocket clip that the Impinda comes with is also flat, and does not curve up like Sebenza/Inkosi's pocket clip, and so it does not create a hotspot in use. If you find that you don't like it, you have options and relatively cheap ones at that. You could also go fancy and get a custom clip too.
Something else I discovered when using this knife, is that basically no one is afraid of a slip joint. Using two hands to open a knife, and using two hands to close a knife is something that seems to put the knife-scared people of the world at ease. In no way is a slip joint considered a "tactical" or "scary" knife by most peoples standards. The size of the Impinda is also small enough for most people not to bat an eye if you take it out to cut a cardboard box, or bag open. I know that most of us knife nerds don't care about other people's opinions on if a knife is scary or not. But even with that considered, I think it is nice to have a knife that is easy for most people to view as simply a tool, and nothing more, even if they are people that are scared of knives. I mean, just compare the slower two handed opening of an Impinda to a flipper like an XM-18. The scare factor is going to be on the flipper.
Segway, so lots of people think that opening a two handed knife would be really bothersome. I think it just takes a change in mentality. If you plan ahead to take out a knife, so that you will have one hand free to open the knife, then it is not a problem. If you are someone that regular encounters situations in which you need to have a knife be one handed, then maybe don't buy a two handed opening knife. For me personally, I did not really encounter any situation in which I needed one hand to hold something, and one hand to open the knife. All I needed was to take a second, and I mean literally a second, to put down the bag or box or whatever, take out my knife, and open it. I have actually timed this, and opening a knife one handed and opening a knife two handed is a time difference of only about a second if you are practiced with it. Unless you plan to use your knife in a tactical situation, or emergency situation, I don't think this is going to be an issue. But this knife is absolutely a two handed knife. It is also too hard to open with your mouth, like many grandpas open their traditional knives. With the swedge on the blade, I would also advise not opening this knife with your mouth, unless you want to look like the Joker.
In terms of hard use and cutting performance, I have used this on pretty much everything that I use a locking folder on. I have never had the knife close on me, or even start to close on me. I have done cardboard cutting, food prep, box tape cutting, bag cutting, chord cutting, zip tie cutting, wood whittling, and a bunch of other everyday EDC tasks. The Harsey pivot here really does a good job at staying open, and not closing unless you put a decent amount of force on the spine. I view this knife as CRK's work horse of a slip joint, and it preforms as such. Is this going to work on a farm setting or a construction setting or something that requires a lot of hard use? I don't know, but if you think you need a locking blade, and you can legally get one, just buy that. This is going to be relatively unsafe if you really put a lot on force on it, but all slip joints and non-locking knives are. Just use common sense, and you will be fine. I know everyone has those childhood stories of using a slippy and cutting themselves bad, and those situation can still happen, but just use your brain and you should be fine. Of course, like I've read in other threads discussing if locks are needed on knives or not, I will quote "Why do cars have seatbelts if you never crash them?". The answer is, because you CAN crash them. So yes, slip joints are going to be more dangerous than locking knives, but hey I like a little danger.
