I pre-ordered mine as soon as I saw this thread and just got it this morning - all within 2 days
Here's a little review:
1. Love the feel as much as the G10 version.
2. Love that I can tip-down carry
3. Love the FRN (I'm a big fan of FRN, and even without the liners - which I love - there is as little flex as the Delica 4)
4. Not liking that the blade is situated far-left (the choil rubs the inside of the handle, which I'm guessing is the only reason that the blade isn't)
5. And the last thing which is kind of weird... I tightened the pivot up a little bit. I thought that the whole point of the bushing pivot was that you could tighten it all the way, and the setting would be perfect. Instead, it locked the blade up to the point that I couldn't open/close it. After playing around with it (I couldn't get the blade to open/close properly), I had the clip on and then started to loosen the pivot. That caused the handles to "pry" apart a little bit. Then I tightened both sides about all the way again, and now the tightness is ok again. Gave me a little scare, there. Although the blade is still far-left
I really like the knife; I've been wanting one for a long time and was very happy when I read about the Native 5 FRN coming out (probably the biggest impulse buy I've ever had
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By the way, the lock bar pivot looks to be pinned, but the rest of the handle is screw-construction. How exactly does that work?