Flash AT Daily Carry Ambidextrous Partially Serrated Pocket Folding Knives Ergonomic Handle D2 Steel Blade

I'm happy with the knife, especially the ability to open it with the left or right hand. I was concerned at first as it was not easy to open. Spent an afternoon opening and closing it before it loosened up enough for one hand use so be patient. Still takes a little finesse to get it but that is more an operator challenge than a reflection of the knife.

Hands down my favorite value knife. Smooth opening and super sharp. Perfect edc

Quick and precise spring action. The grip is sturdy and feels good in the hand. A+ on customer service with replacing a faulty handle without hassle.

Even using a SOG flash 2 for years and almost stopped with SOG, the last few I’ve gotten the materials felt cheap and light and I just wasn’t happy with the knives. Decided to buy this one cause well let’s face it… I don’t like change. Absolutely love this knife. Doesn’t feel cheap has a great open assist. I like the new lock a lot better. I can actually feel if it’s locked or unlocked while it’s still in my pocket. Big fan. Happy with the change!

As others have mentioned, opening the blade takes substantial effort. The way the thumb studs for opening are machined causes considerable finger pain if one can actually manage to open the knife one-handed. Considering this knife has an excellent safety lock, there is no ergonomic reason for opening to be so stiff (perhaps it has to do with the assisted opening mechanics?). On the positive side, the blade is very sharp, and the separate locking lever is a very nice feature. Was looking for a daily carry replacement for my Gerber lock blade, but sadly this is not it. Will likely return item. Update - 1 week in. I've upped my review from 3 stars to 4 stars. Over several days, I've sprayed the mechanisms with Lithium Grease, and worked the opening action repeatedly. Either my fingers are getting calloused, or the grease is working and the knife is less resistant to opening. Either way, I'll keep working on it to try to smooth out the mechanics of this knife.

Great EDC!

Another reviewer said this knife was tough to open. I didn't find this to be the case at all. Maybe his was a lemon? I've owned multiple SOGs, Benchmades & Kershaws. I've no complaint about functionality with this one whatsoever. Release the (optional but recommended) spine safety and press on the ambidextrous thumb stud for a VERY quick assisted open. That's what you want with the Flash, right? Seriously, I sat for a good while opening it and marveling at the speed. Sharp out of the box. Comfortable to hold. Had slightly more heft than I expected. Heavier than, say, the SOG Trident, but lighter than your average Benchmade. One thing to grow accustomed to is needing to pinch the handle with your thumb and forefinger to pull it out of your pocket. This is necessary with the deep conceal pocket clip. Very pleased with this one. Will be my go-to EDC.

I am traditional. I had a German-made fixed blade as a kid, and a brass-bolstered lock-back for many years as an adult...before I stopped carrying. I thought I'd give something new a try. Perhaps one of those tactical-cool knives that are so popular of late. My choice was the SOG Flash AT. The knife arrived and I opened the package and folded the blade. Immediate buyer's remorse. The knife was built so tight, I thought it was defective. I took it apart to record the obvious flaws that I was sure I would find. Instead, I learned a lot about how the knife was engineered and built. Looking back, it is much better than most $60-$70 knives produced in that economic zone. I cleaned out what passed for lubrication from the factory, polished the internals, and greased them. (I use synthetic grease. There are some great oils out there, but they don't look so great on your clothes or on the wall...because--you know--two flicks of the blade and all that expensive oil is somewhere else other than the pivot.) I now have a healthy amount of respect for the design choices and the assembly quality of the SOG. I had gone from a disgruntled customer looking to return the product, to someone who just found his favorite carry knife. And it carries well! It's at the long-end of mid-size knives, but it's narrow and easily stays out of the way at the corner of my pocket. Someone spent a lot of time thinking about the ergonomics on this knife. It's not all roses, though. These newly redesigned SOG assisted knives are heavily sprung--some are worse than others. This is not because they're not "worn in" yet--I polished all contact surfaces--it's because of the torsion spring's torque. Someone who is smaller or elderly may not be able to work the knife. Second: It's normal for the spine safety to be almost impossible to move when new. That goes away after a few dozen actions of the safety. Third: Because the XR lock was placed in a natural location for the user's fingers, rather than satisfying the wants of manufacturing convenience, or some arbitrary, unpredictable asthetic goal from a career SOG naysayer, all of the SOG XR-lock knives look like they have stubby blades or extra long grips. This is a consequence of moving the butt of the blade's tang rearward. A good portion of the blade is inside the liner, compared to something like Benchmade's Axis Lock, where the lock is very close to the pivot. The lock is very strong, owing to the distance from the pivot. I just wish it had the old blade profile from the Flash II. That knife's blade was lighter and quicker to deploy. I also hate the oversized, wasteful packaging. I'd rather have the old packaging and pocket the money. What do I think about the pocket clip? Just like 99% pocket clips on folding knives, they're so awful that I wish makers would simply leave them and their screws in a bag so the customer can decide if the pocket clip should be installed. All of my knives would have zero pocket clips if they weren't attached with a thread locker. That should be a felony, in my opinion. That's like putting tack welds on lug nuts. So how stabby, slicey, or choppy is it? Very slicey, but not very stabby. I wouldn't recommend chopping with such a narrow edge angle. My sharpness scale, from dull to sharp: Wooden Dowel > Butter Knife > Letter Opener > Dollar-Store Razor > Utility-blade Sharp > Usefully Sharp > Dangerously Sharp (Generally mass-produced knives are no better than a dollar-store razor, because they're sharpened on a chipped, filthy grinding wheel that was found in the city dump in 1963, and has been in use since then. Anything better requires expensive manual labor at the factory. Not gonna happen.) This knife: Level 2 Butter Knife Comments: Uneven sharpness across the blade, but angle is consistent. Pretty typical, as I've found. The blade needs to be consistent from one side to the other, or it will wear more in certain parts than others, and possibly tearing the material when using the tool. It was sharpened at a fairly shallow angle. It's D2 alloy steel. I guess they have a lot faith that it will hold its edge. I'm glad the blade is coated, because D2 isn't stainless steel. I also have the Trident AT and the Aegis AT. Both were less sprung, and broke-in much easier. The amount of work I did to make my Flash AT smooth is the reason why it gets 3/5 stars. I should have been awarded a stipend from the factory, because I was technically working for free for them.