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QSP Mamba VG-10 Liner Lock Knife

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QSP Mamba VG-10 Liner Lock Knife

Name: QSP Mamba VG-10 Liner Lock Knife
Brand: QSP Knife
SKU: qsp-mamba-vg-10-liner-lock-knife
Price: 72 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.333333 (21 reviews)

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New from QSP, the Mamba is long, slender, and vicious, just like its name would suggest. Despite an overall length of 8 inches, this svelte knife weighs just 3.7 ounces, making it an easy option to carry every day Read More

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Spudz1984

May 8, 2020

Verified Buyer

Astounding

Great knife love the fliper open very smooth. Lock is strong but easily disengaged. If it drops again getting the brass and bronze option

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Fonzio

Sep 15, 2020

Verified Buyer

It’s worth it.

This is the kinda knife your coworker would look at and jealously say is not sharp and cut himself as he’s looking at it. That alone should be the reason you buy this knife hahah

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reswright

3850

May 14, 2020

Verified Buyer

Decent but stiff

The top line of the review is that it's a very nice looking knife, it's reasonably well put together, and the company (QSP) shows some promise. There are a couple minor things that I think keep it from being a five star knife: the lockup is just okay, the weathered blade coating is a bit tacky and not really a match for the raffir scales or the chrome-shiny liners. The action is also quite stiff for a slim knife -- the bearing action's okay but the detent has serious teeth and the flipper digs into your fingertip a bit as a result. Also they did go a little crazy with the threadlocker, to the point that I was nearly stripping the T6 fasteners out while undoing them. The raffir scales look very nice -- but heads up that the material does appear to scratch some! So while we're talking about it, what's raffir? It's why I bought this knife for starters -- I wanted to see what it was all about. It's also the name of the company that makes raffir, for starters (raffir.com). But as far as the material, it's a composite of resin and different kinds woven material. 'Raffir noble' in particular mixes metal meshes -- brass and bronze -- which are scrunched up and then sealed in clear resin. The bronze looks coppery and the brass like gold, and when the resulting material is cut and shaped it exposes the edges of the mesh in cool patterns, and because the resin is clear, you get some shimmer and 3D effects by moving the handle around in the light. All very nifty.

The design is pretty clean simple, and has some good things going for it. In the pic below you can see the scratching I was talking about -- it's only visible in bright light, but might bother you if you tend toward OCD. I should add that the knife didn’t come with these scratches, at least I don’t think it did. It was from me having it in my pocket and on my nightstand and halfway into boxes.

Circumstantial evidence suggests those scratches will buff out. What evidence is that? Well, there was green rouge still stuck to the scale in a couple places, like underneath clips and so on. The works of the knife were fine, a little dirty but not gritty.

The bearing cage on the left is before washing, the one on the right, after. The blade coating is weathered, and not in a really attractive way:

Blade coatings prohibit corrosion, scratching and fingerprinting. In theory doing it this gives you a long stretch of the spine and the ricasso to put your fingers on when doing fine work with the knife. In practice? VG-10 isn't a fast rusting steel and the decision to do the coating in such a weathered look -- I mean, something with a rustic look like rougher Micartas may have gone better with it, but this knife, with the super shiny metal and the look-at-me raffir noble scales, just doesn't seem like it's a good match. How was the edge? Really not that impressive either. Sharp enough to push cut a post-it. Not sharp enough to cut one at a narrow angle along the edge without tearing paper. It's VG-10, it'll sharpen right up, but I like my knives coming to me with a little more attention paid to the edge. The lockup is okay but not humongous and people who really need to see 40% or more contact on the lockup might want to look elsewhere. This looks more like 20%. That said, it's locking up fine.

What else? It has a semi-deep clip, standoffs, and came in a kinda cool box. All in all I'm happy with the pickup and I always like seeing it when a company polishes and radiuses liners instead of just leaving them halfass finished. QSP as a brand really isn't doing anything that CJRB isn't doing for five to ten bucks less a knife, but if you had to point to a difference between the two it'd be that QSPs see more finishing work before they go out the door. I wish Drop let us give half stars -- I'd give this four and a half. As it is, I can't give it five -- but it's a decent knife and if you like the look of the raffir, this is a relatively inexpensive way to pick up some, so four stars seems a little stingy but there it is.

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pj.suzano

May 5, 2020

Verified Buyer

Very nice EDC/Gentleman Knife

I've received my QSK Mamba Raffir® Noble last week, and I'm very happy of it. The blade is sharp, the VG10 steel helps somewhere ;) The handles in Raffir Noble are very classy, the 3D pattern inside the epoxy resin is very nice. This knife fit ideally my hand and I love the action, smooth and quick, with a very effective detent. I'm glad to buy it here, I doubt to find it somewhere else at this price, Thanks again to Drop

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jlolo

May 18, 2020

Verified Buyer

A Sharp Looker...

I mainly got this because I fancied having some raffir in my life and QSP was new to me. Mine seems well-built, has a pretty brass/bronze handle, and a sharp VG10 blade. It was a little stiff to open at first but when it does, it's quick, and it has loosened up nicely with just a little use. I'm really happy with it. One warning though - there's no texture to the handle so don't expect much "grip."

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PHDG

114

Aug 30, 2020

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Excellent value

High end materials, craftsmanship and interesting design at a reasonable price.

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RevHaus

Jun 22, 2020

Verified Buyer

This is a solid knife.

I really dig this knife. The handle is incredible beautiful, in the blue/silver colors. It's very smooth, there is not much friction to it. There is a good weight to it, almost like a roll of quarters in your hand. The blade is a great shape, and incredibly sharp.

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gbag8

May 15, 2020

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It looks much better than the picture shows’very happy with this knife. It’s a great knife to Cary when getting dressed not a work knife to pretty for that.

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DragonHawk13

May 10, 2020

Verified Buyer

Very nice knife

I love the handle material, I have it on other brands under a different name. For the price, it's perfect. The handle does get a bit slippery when wet though, so take that into consideration. It deploys fast and smooth, no blade play, and closes easily. Lockup is solid and not to early/late. I did have a spot where the mesh was not smoothed down, it snagged on my pocket letting me know it was there- which I took care of

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Fazneepo

May 6, 2020

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Beautiful and Well Made

This QSP knife is engineered well; the Bronze Wave Black handle is quite pretty. However, it is glossy and smooth, which was not clear in the description...I am not a fan of glossy knife handles, so know that if you get one of these. Overall nice.

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