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Shlomse
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Feb 8, 2021
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Fantastic knife
The flipper and closing mechanism are fantastic, better than my Malibu. Fits nicely in the hand. I got the milled handle and understand what other reviewers are saying about sharpness, but it doesn’t bother me. I like that it’s not slipping out of my hand. Over all I’d recommend it- I almost want a second one.
Recommends this product? Yes
ThatsNotAKnife
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Apr 22, 2021
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ShlomseLol there’s honestly just no way you prefer the mordax over the Malibu…unless you have a fake or defective Malibu maybe…?
Cdoyle
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Dec 10, 2021
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ThatsNotAKnifeI’m curious what your perspective is on these two? I own a Malibu and have a mordax on the way with the milled handle and will see how they compare also. The Malibu is great although I do not like the smooth handle on it and wish protech offered an inlay like on the Newport for example to break up the slick aluminum otherwise you are correct the Malibu is a fantastic EDC.
ThatsNotAKnife
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Dec 11, 2021
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CdoyleI own both and love them both, I was more teasing the person above bc I think they really dialed in their button lock system by having an actual detent feel like on a standard frame lock or liner lock knife. On the mordax the opening isn’t as crisp on the breakaway but it kind of compensates for it by having a much larger heavier blade to still get it open well due to it inherently having a higher inertial value because it has more mass/weight.
i guess it just comes down to preference.
Ok, one last point I’ll leave u with, since in all likelihood I’m being way too verbose and self indulgent in my response lol. While the milled mordax looked more attractive and I was initially being called by its siren song, once I did some research before pulling the trigger, I came to realize almost every reviewer I watched or read was in agreement that unfortunately the milled variant is not comfortable bc of the milling being too sharp. And now that I’ve had the chance to handle the milled version first hand I’ve got to agree with them. I know u asked this ages ago and I’m probably too late for my response to be of any use to you but I’m depressed and awake so I thought “hey, why not just write an essay about a pocket knife to roll into the void of one of the billion internet comment sections” lol
anyway, so how do u like the Mordax? Do you prefer the Malibu or the Mordax and what did u think abt the milling?
edit: oh noice, I thought this was a message from months or more ago, glad to know I wasn’t late lol if anything maybe a little too fast of a response, it’s like jeeZ dude get a life…amIRightorwhat?😅
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Cdoyle
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Dec 14, 2021
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ThatsNotAKnifeReceived the Mordax today and i do like how lightweight it is for the size. Right away i did notice is has the mushy button lock flipper detent unlike the malibu which does indeed have a much crisper break upon deployment although the Mordax does seem to deploy reliably. I have not disassembled either knife but looking at the button locks they appear to possibly use the same exact button locks so I’m guessing the difference in the detents is milled into the blade tang geometry where it interfaces with the button.
Regarding the mordax’s milled handle i had also read about the sharp/hot spots but decided to take the chance since I’m not that fond of the Malibu’s slick aluminum handle nor my other Protech handle, an SNG. I have nothing against aluminum handles as long as they have some type of texture to break up the slick feeling. I have a Cold Steel code 4 which also has this issue and ended up sending it for some hand engraving which worked wonders so I suppose that’s always an option for the malibu.
The milling on the mordax handle is good for me until you get to the bottom of the handle which gets thinner where your fingers wraparound and the designer chose cheese grater like 90° blocky milling which is always just a bad choice for a knife handle. If they would’ve not done that part and just left the milled lines throughout it would’ve been much better. I would like to see that on the Malibu actually adding some milling lines for texture sans cheese grater area. I suppose as long as ones not planning on hard using the mordax and just mainly light to medium EDC use it shouldn't present a problem though and it does look nicer than Plain flat AL
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I’ve only had the mordax for a few hours and the Malibu for a couple months or so now but i think I do prefer the Malibu and had already decided it will most likely stay in the collection as it does have a lot going for it where as the mordax I’m not so sure yet but they are both quality blades. Ive handled and own many makes/models over the years and there is no such thing as the perfect folder. There are Always compromises and it comes down to how the design and features align with our preferences and what we are willing to overlook and what is a showstopper ultimately.
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