The ratcheting action is an acquired taste for sure, not for everyone and on a small folder I can see it being a little bit of a nuisance, but then I am use to it from having the Comrade a long time ago, perhaps in the next iteration they may just have a half stop, but then it may be a 'trademark' action they are looking to capitalize on? Certainly different from any other knife I've own.
And mine, wicked sharp so I feel for you and can almost hear the draw of breath as you realized how close you came to having bone meet steel, I've only had that happen once, a small butterfly knife with a very rounded blade, I was perched on top of a moving machine in a glass factory, not even one of our machines, but until that one was running they couldn't get bottles through our machine so I was helping. I was trying to cut into some very hard plastic...while trying to keep my balance, the rounded part of the edge slid off of the plastic and into my index finger of my left hand. To the bone of course, I got down and the guy I was helping started talking about what to try next, I said I'm trying the emergency room as he noticed a crimson thread appear between each finger of my left hand. The doc said he had plenty of room to stitch the tendon back together, but it took many years before I could touch my palm with that finger tip!!!
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