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- Dec 7, 2017
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I was in the market to get a new knife and knew I wanted a manual flipper with the blade length between 3" and 3.5". I was trying to stay around the $150ish range. I had narrowed it down to the 818 streak or the 809 practic. Both were M390 and under what I was willing to spend at the time. It was basically a coin flip and went with the 818. I didn't see much on the 818 here so figured I would post.
Right out of the box the knife needed no changes. Didn't have to dial in the action or anything.
The G10 felt nice and had the right amount of grip (not rip your pants G10) The pocket clip has a nice shape but isn't my style just based on color. I might do something with that eventually but it functions nice and I feel is well made. The color of the clip is probably my only complaint.
The blade is M390 so cant be disappointed with that. It came dead center and sharp. I ended up putting a mirror edge on the kme (didn't need sharpening by any means). One thing I noticed in doing that is the edge angle was the same all the way around. If that makes any sense....
The blade has a nice contrast between the stonewash and satin finish (the stonewashed is different from what I have had in the past but I like it). The only markings on the blade is the extremely small "M390" which gives it a clean look.
Then there is the action. I have owned a Massdrop Crux made by We and it was smooth. But I had to break it in. The detent was extremely strong. However they nailed the detent on this one. Super smooth opening and drops shut. I'd say better then the zt's I own. I was extremely impressed.
I'd highly recommend this to someone as a good knife for the money.
Right out of the box the knife needed no changes. Didn't have to dial in the action or anything.
The G10 felt nice and had the right amount of grip (not rip your pants G10) The pocket clip has a nice shape but isn't my style just based on color. I might do something with that eventually but it functions nice and I feel is well made. The color of the clip is probably my only complaint.
The blade is M390 so cant be disappointed with that. It came dead center and sharp. I ended up putting a mirror edge on the kme (didn't need sharpening by any means). One thing I noticed in doing that is the edge angle was the same all the way around. If that makes any sense....
The blade has a nice contrast between the stonewash and satin finish (the stonewashed is different from what I have had in the past but I like it). The only markings on the blade is the extremely small "M390" which gives it a clean look.
Then there is the action. I have owned a Massdrop Crux made by We and it was smooth. But I had to break it in. The detent was extremely strong. However they nailed the detent on this one. Super smooth opening and drops shut. I'd say better then the zt's I own. I was extremely impressed.
I'd highly recommend this to someone as a good knife for the money.
