What "Other" is in your pocket???

[bearfacedkiller]

[DSH007]

Nice addition of the o-ring!

[TkoK83Spy]

Nice addition of the o-ring!

Haha, I didn't even catch that. Did it make a difference for ya Darby?

[The Meat man]

An update on the Manly Wasp:

I submitted a support request to Manly Knives in Bulgaria a couple days ago about the terrible finishing job and the fact that the blade can hit the backspring when snapped closed. I haven't heard a response yet.

This evening I decided to just take the knife apart again and try to fix the issue on my own. Actually what I found was that in my first disassembly, I had inadvertently lost a small pin that sits close to the pivot and serves as a kick for the ricasso, keeping the blade from hitting the backspring:



My fault. :o Luckily nobody had vacuumed the room since then so I was able to find the tiny pin and reassemble the knife, problem solved. :)

The finish job is still terrible obviously and one of these days I plan to take the knife apart again and polish up all the surfaces; but for now I'm happy just to have a functioning knife. I sharpened it up again, didn't quite repair all the damage but got it up to hair popping sharp. It's very thin and I look forward to EDC'ing it now for awhile.

[prndltech]

Large, plain, sebenza 21

[TkoK83Spy]

[bearfacedkiller]

Nice addition of the o-ring!

Haha, I didn't even catch that. Did it make a difference for ya Darby?

It is subtle but I can tell a difference. I am in love with that knife. I had to make myself rotate today. Haven’t really carried a Spydie (except the Caplifter in my watchpocket) for a couple weeks now. Had to fix that so I went all in and am carrying my fluted Ti Native today with my Bark River Mini Kephart. :)

[murphjd25]

[soc_monki]

[DSH007]

Nice addition of the o-ring!

Haha, I didn't even catch that. Did it make a difference for ya Darby?

It is subtle but I can tell a difference. I am in love with that knife. I had to make myself rotate today. Haven’t really carried a Spydie (except the Caplifter in my watchpocket) for a couple weeks now. Had to fix that so I went all in and am carrying my fluted Ti Native today with my Bark River Mini Kephart. :)

TRMs are such nice knives.. I get what you're saying about making yourself rotate. I've considered myself a Spyderco guy for then past couple years, but my Atom has easily been my most carried knife since I got it a about a month ago. I joked in the TRM facebook group that it felt like I was having an affair, stepping out on my Spydercos haha! Great group to join btw, if you're not already a member of it. Much like this forum, it's one of the better places on the internet..

[bearfacedkiller]

Yesterday



Straightened the clip on my opinel yesterday. Love the knife but never warmed up to the blade shape. This was easy and I like it much better now.

[Woodpuppy]

Nice! In general I don’t like upswept points; straight clips are preferable.

[bearfacedkiller]

Carrying my Massdrop/Laconico Keen today. Awesome knife!

[The Meat man]

Out on a run today:

[prndltech]

[abbazaba]

[VashHash]

Carothers FK2
Pic is from yesterday but it's still relevant today.

[soc_monki]

Benchmade 940-2 today!

[GarageBoy]

This one came today:



I've got mixed feelings about it.

Pros:
1. Clean design
2. Strong spring
3. Premium blade steel
4. Very thin geometry
5. Inexpensive - cost only $60-some
6. Good construction, no blade play.

Cons:
1. Absolutely horrendous finish.
2. Not sharp out of the box
3. Difficult to disassemble/reassemble
4. Very dirty inside

The opening and closing action was pretty rough out of the box and I could immediately see why - the backspring looked like it had been cut out with a malfunctioning laser and no attempt appears to have been made to smooth the rough edge. I took the knife apart and the liners were likewise - looked like they had been cut out and stuck into the knife with no deburring or smoothing done on anything. It was pretty bad. My job is mainly running CNC lasers and I can say that if I had a part that looked like these I would immediately stop production and figure out the problem. (From the looks of it I'd say they need to either replace a lens or nozzle, or else adjust the laser beam focus.)
The innards of the knife were filthy. It has two phosphor bronze washers for the pivot which is a nice touch, but they were totally black with grime and I had to polish them for awhile to clean it off.
Reassembly was kinda tough with the stiff backspring and I had to use pliers but eventually got it together again. The action is still very rough even though I did try polishing up some of those surfaces. I think it will smooth out over time though.

All negatives aside though, it is a great cutter! I really like the edge performance so far. I'm going to pair it with my Byrd Hawkbill and see how I end up liking it with use. The four stops is unusual but not too annoying. I think if the action smooths out a bit I will like this knife. And realistically it's hard to complain too much since it only cost $60+.

Dang, I wanted one since their us dealer was blowing them out, but yikes... Makes case knives look like crks

[DSH007]

Since I got it, I haven't been able to go more than a couple days without sticking the Atom back in my pocket.. such a great knife. Haha and in order to assuage my guilt about cheating on Spyderco with TRM, I now carry a Lady or Manbug on my person at all times as well..