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reswright
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Jul 27, 2019
Y-Start LK5016 You've seen this one before -- it's in the picture that leads out this post.
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That is Jade G10, but if you've been reading this thread for long, you know it ain't gonna stay that way. The blade is about 3 3/4 inches long, with an extremely simple and good flat grind. The thumb hole is flickable from top or below, but the balance is optimized for flipping using the flipper -- it has an extremely smooth flip.
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I'm noticing a trend with Y-Start in that they like to put jimping on either the scale or the liner, but not both. You can see a bit of it at the base of the frame, close to the clip, for better control of the knife in an icepick grip. If you look carefully, you can see that the clip is nonstandard -- it bolts directly to the frame and folds around the G10 scale. You can barely see where it bolts on if you look through the thin G10 there. Turns out it's a great clip and allows a very deep pocket carry. How's it break down? Fairly elegantly, but like the JIN02 there was some cleaning to do -- red dust, a lot of which comes from milled iron filings. See that orange around the pivot holes? See a touch of it on the bearing cages? Worth a good clean to get rid of that before it becomes a serious problem.
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A better look at where the clip bolts on. The bolts run through from the back side of the frame:
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Cleaned up, back together, and dyed emerald:
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It really brought out the grain:
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Not bad for just screwin' around!
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