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Spmxk
19
Sep 12, 2018
Received my Perpetua today, and after handling the knife for a bit it seems like a good knife. Plenty of pros here. Fit and finish are good; no sharp corners or burrs, screws are tight, blade is centered and hair-shaving sharp. Out of the box the knife didn't show any tight pivot problems. It opens and closes with slight resistance which is my preference. No blade play either.
Ergos are great with no real hot spots to mention. It sits in my medium size hands pretty naturally, my grip is set after opening with no readjustment needed. The texture of the G10 complements the ergos; not pocket-destroying rough but noticeably grippy.
The axis lock on this knife doesn't stick the same way my Benchmades did initially, which is a nice plus. Lockup is solid and confident. The omega springs look slightly thicker than Benchmade's as well, here's to hoping they last longer.
Now for cons...I'll start nit picky. The jimping on the knife is good but not great. I prefer a little more bite on my jimping. I also like wasabi on my pizza. Your opinion may vary.
Moving from nit picky to slightly annoying are the thumb studs. They are either too small, the handle too close, or the handle is too thick at the thumb stud location. Fixing any one of these three would eliminate the mild grievance I have with missing the thumb stud a couple times before I hit the sweet spot.
The biggest problem I have with this knife is, like others it seems...the pocket clip. It's very soft, only took a few times in and out of the pocket before it developed a gap. I could be wrong, but my feeling is that the batch of clips this one was in missed heat treat. Looks like the problem is being taken care of with Jonas on the case, so this will soon be a non-issue. In the meantime I'll be putting it through its paces as intended.
SpmxkThank you very much for your comments on the knife and thank you for picking one up. As the designer I want to make sure people are happy with the end product. Please make sure you submit a help ticket to Massdrop so we can understand more about the scale and severity of the clip issues you and some others seem to be having. Let me know if you have any questions for me as I'm here to help!
Spmxk
19
Sep 14, 2018
CarbonHandprintThanks for designing the knife! I like what you've done recently (still want to get my hands on a Torrent...one day...) and this one is no different. Seems like the questions I had were answered in other comments so I have just one. Were there any other locking mechanisms that were considered for this knife, or was the patent expiration for the Axis lock the primary motivation for picking it? I'm a lefty so a full ambi knife is always welcome, just curious.
Thanks for also jumping in the discussions here, nice to see a designer actively searching for/responding to feedback. Looking forward to your future work!
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