Damascus Steel Folding Knife Pocket Knife Yellow Sandalwood Handle Mechanical Lock Outdoor Camping Survival (Curved blade)

I want to start off by saying that I followed the artist that patented this folding design many years ago and having been lusting for the chance to buy a knife that folds like this for YEARS while he sat on and did nothing with the patent. As surprised as I was to see it on amazon from someone (who I am uncertain if they are the artist or not), this thing is 100% true to the original form and is of very very reasonable quality for its affordable price point. And I can not be more excited!To the extreme dismay of my girlfriend, my excitement for being able to finally get my hands on these bad boys for the first time was actionably translated into me giving EVERYONE one of these in 2025! Family, friends, co-workers, in-laws, neighbors... I don't care, I am getting you this knife. You're having a birthday, wedding, retirement party, out-of-town gift, middle school graduation, just got out on parole, or baby shower... I don't care, I am getting you this knife. Oh, you love knives, hate knives, never used a knife, don't really feel one way or another about knives, might own 2 or 3 kitchen knives at most, or can't be seen in any instagram pics with a knife... I don't care, I am getting you this knife. Every time I gifted one of these bad boys I would wood burn something sentimental for the recipient, normally dates, names, initials, or quotes. An example one is in my attached pic.After handling at least a couple of these I feel that the build quality has been consistent (and obviously good/satisfactory) between all of them. They also all come comically sharp, at least I think its comical since I see these as little art pieces and did not expect to get something that is shaving ready like a straight razor. They are also not too small, the blade itself is roughly 5.5 inches. I know we like to joke about five and a half inches being on the larger size of things, but this folding knife is probably the only this this has ever been actually true. I am not sure if our standard experience with vanilla folding pocket knives belies our intuition of blade sizes, but I think its very apparent here as the parts of the handle itself fold into a distinctly separate space which the real handle occupies, that one does not concretely see when it is retracted; whereas normal vanilla folding pocket knives directly show you the size of the blade and handle, this one basically feels as if the handle is materializing and disappearing upon folding.Now, I finally decided to buy a couple of these for myself. Since I have not really owned one for any length of time I cannot speak to the long term usage of it or how much wear and tear evolves from your standard beatings, I cannot really speak to this. However, I will post and update edit in 2-3 years here to fill you in on that. Otherwise, all the pins are butter smooth and the handle is comfortable to grip. After all this praise you might wonder if there is any thing bad about this knife, and yes there are a couple tertiary cons. It comes with a neat little leather pouch/holder, if you are accustomed to actual leather sheaths you might be disappointed by how thin and stiff these little leather stamped things are, and they require more finagling than you expect to actually button shut. Though, the saving grace of these leather pouches are that they look really cool, and because of how pretty they are, I think these pretty leather pouches bought me way more time to give way more of these bad boys away, versus if the knife came by itself. The other thing that I only became aware of with doing so much wood/burning and carving of these, is that I think the varnish on them may have room for growth in the quality department. I solely base this thought on how it smells when it burns, I've smelled the good-good varnish when it burns, and in my opinion the smoke from burning the handles does not smell like that. This is purely my speculation though, and I have no actual idea on the varnish quality since I have not owned one of these long enough before giving them away. Can update you in 2-3 years there. Otherwise the wood itself and the actual steel are really quite great for its current price.I still do not know what to use these knives for, but hopefully when I actually own one for myself I can explore that idea further.

Look you don't buy this type of knife and not be careful as it has a different way of opening up. As far as opening and closing of the blade is very smooth and feels good in the hand. Can just get 4 fingers on it and thumb on the back. Size med glove. with your hand on the knife opened ,it's almost impossible for it to unlock itself but flip upside down and holding the rear of the knife you can easy close it upIt is a very clever design and the quality looks to be very good especially for the price you pay. Durability only time will tell but this is not a knife your going to put to the test like other good flippers with better steel.Ok its avg. sharp so I cut up a bunch of boxes to dull it for reprofiling the blade to a closer 15 degree angle. This is a unlike any sharpening I have done, because the grip is so big and the wood overlaps the blade edge so you sharpening with the blade pointing way back towards you. The damascus is sandwiched outside of the vg 10 steel and looks nice.I'm going to give it 4.5 star because its just a cool way of opening it up fun factor, along with nice all around good steel.

good knife sharp well made works as intended but as other said i was being careful still cut myself trying to figure out how the knife unfolds so be best wear knife gloves until you figure it out

This is not a knife you see all the time. The opening system is odd, but that's what makes the knife great. Well that and the sharpness. It passes the paper test with flying colors. I had to watch the video again to open it the first time, but it comes natural now. Closing it is easy as well. I would not put the knife itself into my pocket. Luckily they give you a nice case with a belt loop on it to use. When the knife is open it stays open unless you close it. Technically it does not have a lock to keep it in place, however the design does it for you. It's easy to grip. Overall it's a nice useful conversational knife.

Great bang for your buck - true, layered damascus. Interesting and smooth mechanism, sharp out of the nox. Holster is a nice touch, actual leather as well. Not sure if it holds an edge well yet, but seems like nice steel. Pretty neat knife, even if it's not the most ideal for an EDC (weird shape to carry compared to others, and ease of opening isn't the simplest, also mildly heavy compared to your average EDC). Only thing I would wish for is a safety lock mechanism; it would be a really easy addition above the blade's tip on the handle to add a sliding bracket of sorts to keep it from being able to open in a pocket.

Very interesting mechanism. Potentially dangerous if you are not careful opening it. Nice blade, sharp. But lots of empty space between the blade and casing make it clunky. Mechanism is stiff and not to my liking.

Be careful. Very sharp. Have to learn cautious opening habits. Beautiful knife. I want more of the affordable damascus blades like this.

This is a beautiful knife. It is very sharp so be careful learning how to open in. I bought as a gift and I know he will absolutely love it!