So, I had a hard time deciding whether or not to pick one up. Problem was that it’s very hard to tell how it’s going to fit in my hand. I decided to grab one and I’m glad I did but I want others to have a bit more to compare against than what I could find. Here’s my lrg-xl “Mechanix” glove sized hand with the Rhino, Delica and PM2 since they are likely knives that potential Rhino buyers own. Then some pics lining up the grip area. I included the Lava just because I noticed how close in size they are,(Lava is far thinner).
It is very comfortable and stable in 3 finger grip. It is pretty good but a little cramped in 4 finger grip. I opted to swap the Spyderco clip out for a deep carry Benchmade Griptillian,(black). It looks good and sits better in hand. I wish Spyderco would make a similar deep carry clip. I do NOT like the wire clip on most knives and I feel it would have made for terrible hot spots on this knife as it does on my Techno, (I almost never carry the Techno due to it!)
As a lefty I can say this thing is great! Spydie flick is perfect. I can easily enough use my thumb to flick or slowly open it as well although for slow opening pinching with middle finger and thumb, switching to thumb is best. I thought I’d be grinding off that part on the scale forming the first finger groove, but I actually like it. Even with my fairly large thumb I can still get in there to thumb it open so no need to mess with it. As mentioned by many the blade does not drop freely. With a reasonable flick it goes about halfway which is fine for me. Again as a lefty I typically use a two step closing method on my compression lock knives anyway. I often enough need to get my knife out for use quickly, however I’m having trouble remembering a time when I’ve needed to put it away faster than a two step method allows for.
