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QSP Leopard 14C28N Liner Lock Knife

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Nov 9, 2020

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First Impressions - Its ok. Second Impressions - Nope

Only had it for a few days, and it's an interesting knife to be sure. Theres a lot to like about this knife, but theres a lot of questionable choices as well. So far, what is pretty awesome is, great flipping action, nicely ground knife, fit and finish is great, and the curved scalloping on the inside of the liners gives you just enough extra grip to close the liner lock, but it is all smoothed out so your fingernails aren't chipped. And the not so great part, the clip is really tight. compared to the qsp penguin which had a perfect clip, it was very difficult to get it into the pocket. There is so much loctite, that I am unable to disassemble the smaller screws, which seems to be a common occurance in QSP, and I need to now get a heating element to soften the loctite (the pivot is always easy though). Rather slender handles, but the scales are a little beefy so it makes up for ergos a little bit. The backspacer is also a bar of black plastic, which is weird considering the rest is steel and micarta. Could be a cost saving measure but I'd rather see some steel standoffs like the qsp penguin. The blade grind is also weird, as it terminates at an off angle and there are some machining marks there. It could also affect performance when cutting with the heel, but this is just speculation as i havent tested that yet. It also doesnt follow the lines of the handle, which slightly annoys me. And the worst part, the flipper tab. It is a weird one, sort of placed in between a regular flipper and a front flipper. It does not function as well as either. You have to use the part between distal and middle phalanx to flip consistently; this is also not the strongest part of my hand, so my skin is quite sore after flipping this a hundred times. Using the tip of your finger in any direction requires a LOT of pressure because the way it is angled, you either have to dig your fingertip into the scales to get the correct flipping angle or you press the down at the right angle part of the flipper and flick backwards. It actually tore some skin off and is not a pleasant experience. But it flips out every time. The flipper tab knocked 2 stars off of this otherwise near perfect slender flipper. Not sure if i like this knife or not as of yet. Theres a lot of good but a lot of ugly that i am trying to get used to. A safe bet would be, just get the qsp penguin. Sure it is not a flipper, but compared to this, it is a perfect knife at half the price. I'll add some updates below in the future. Update: nope, not recommend. that flipper does not seem to get easier. the basic geometry of the flipper and pressure of the detent ball make this a difficult knife to operate. on top of this, i have chipped and bruised my fingernail because of the poor design of not just the flipper, but also the scale/liner/internal stop pin setup, which if mis-flipped would jam your nail into the knife and feels like you are getting your fingernail simutaneously jammed and pulled off at the same time. the blade grind is also pretty bad, as any cutting/slicing with the base of the blade is difficult because of how the grind is terminated. great fit and finish though, but asides from that, design, function, utility etc. is subpar. i thought this would be a great buy like the qsp penguin, but was sorely mistaken.

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