Faction

Beautiful Functional Knife

I got this knife straight from Boker. It is as beautiful as it looks in the picture. The blade is very cleanly ground, The handles are machined to perfection, I can see a cast mark on the little latch but that's fine. It came a little stiff and I wondered if it was a bushing or bearing knife since there is really very little info about it anywhere. However, after a drop of MCT oil (I may use it for food sometimes) and a day of flipping it around it has loosened up a lot. It's definitely riding bearings. In fact, I want to snug it up a tad. Here are my complaints, I'm left handed. I really wish there was a way to swap the clip to the other handle, but it's machined for the clip and that's the only position available. If it comes open in my pocket I will cut myself. Also, I think it requires a special tool to tighten it. You could do it with a flathead and an allen wrench but it would be easy to strip the titanium hardware with a regular flathead. I really wish there was a list of replacement parts or some maintenance instructions for the future but if I can't get them from Boker I'll have to figure it out myself. Regardless, I still carry it every day, even in my left pocket and use it when I need it. Besides not being left hand ideal, it suits me and I love it.