CoastFX411 Frame Lock Folding Knife 4-Inch Blade, Wood,Stainless Steel

This knife is excellent value for it's price. Ordinarily, I would say "you get what you pay for", and that still rings true here. However, even for it's faults, this is a superb work knife.This is my second one over the course of several years (I lost the first one when the pocket clip snagged on something), and it sees use several times per hour, every single day. I've become very familiar with it. As such, here are some pros and cons:Pros,- Tank-like Construction.The core components of this knife are beefy, sturdy, and durable. The scales are thick, but not chunky. The liner lock feels indestructible, and the blade is sleek enough for fine tasks but stout enough for heavy-duty work. It also has enough steel on it to handle repeated re-grinding or re-sharpening as needed.- Simple Construction.No ball-bearings. No specialized parts. No extra springs or multi-tier locks. At it's core, the knife is comprised of no more than four vital components: wooden handle scales, steel liner w/ liner lock, blade with thumb studs, and Chicago screw joint. This excludes, of course, the peripheral components such as the fastening bolts and washers. But the knife is so sturdy that you could actually lose some of these smaller components and it would still be functional. As an added bonus, the scales are attached in such a way as to cover the integral handle hardware, effectively eliminating the concern that the liner bolts will fall out over time (the Achilles heel of so many folding knives in this price range).-Ergonomic.The handle flare, broad finger choils, and beefy construction do two things for the ergonimics here: it allows for a comfortable, secure grip, as well as making the balance completely handle-heavy. For a combat/throwing knife, this latter point would be a sin. However, in this instance, you now have a large work knife that handles as easily and readily as a box cutter. As an added bonus, the edges of the liner are evenly beveled all the way around. This means that there are no sharp edges where there shouldn't be. This knife has zero hotspots (unless you count the extended jimping along the spine), and is comfortable for hours even without gloves.-Modifiable.This point is more about preference than practicality, but due to the simple construction of the knife its very easy to adjust and modify certain features. There's the reversible pocket clip, of course, but you can also replace/alter the scales with no more effort than unscrewing them from the knife. Or, if you'd like an ultraslim option, you can remove them completely without any damage to the knife itself. So sturdy is this knife that someone with a little bit of skill could even do away with the screws completely, and replace them with small rivets cut from wire stock and peined into place. There's enough meat on the blade that it could even be reprofiled a bit, if desired.-Ease of sharpening.This is a knife as comfortable being sharpened on a brick as it is on a whetstone. I've literally used a piece of flattened concrete to put a temporary working edge on it before, after a nasty run-in with a nail. That evening, a short sit-down with a whetstone brought it back from "functional" to "keen" without issue. In addition, it holds an edge well considering what its made of. For reference, the edge lasts about as long as that of a common box cutter blade.-The price.For the money you spend, you get a very sturdy tool that can be abused and used for years, in return for very little basic knife care.Cons:-The stigma."Cheap Chinese crap!", that's what people like to type, right? No, this knife won't outperform your laminated steel Bush Bruiser Nine-Billion. Its a work knife, it gets dull when you use it hard or hit something hard. If the edge gets damaged, it doesn't crack or shatter, it just rolls. Sharpen it back up with anything from a belt sander to a whetstone to a carbide scraper, watever you want, and put it right back to work. Use it as a trowel, scuff the crap out of it, slash apart plastic banding. It'll bounce right back with 1/10th of the work you'd need to fix other steels.-Not a froe.Stop batoning with folding knives. It is never a good idea, even if the knife is technically capable of accepting the beating.-Unpatriotic.Unfortunately, not every single part of this item was forged in the Oval Office while the American anthem was performed by fifty flag-weilding bald eagles on the 4th of July and blessed by Teddy Roosevelt himself. So, its probably a communist I guess. Too bad, its a good knife.Honestly, I can't find anything to reasonably complain about here. I could nitpick, sure, compare it to hundred-dollar knives or gripe about a millimeter here and there. But the fact remains that this is an impressive knife for the price. Moreover, I would suggest that the price doesn't accurately reflect the quality. Everything is tight and solid, there's no play to the blade, the pivot screw is easily adjustable during it's break-in period, and on top of everything else, its a very attractive piece.I cannot reccomend this knife enough. For this much reliability, at this price, its a great item for experienced knife users, youths, and newcomers alike.

Previously I had owned this knife after buying it at my local AutoZone. I worked there at the time and used this knife for work related things like cutting boxes when they disrespected me, reckless hose trimming, driving large high-torque bolts, trimming alternators etc. This knife took it all and asked for more. It also made a good intimidating toothpick - which is the best kind, of course.Anyhow, in this town if you set something down for 5 minutes it tends to walk away, and thus, like so many of my prize-ed possessions, it too fled to the strange but invigorating comfort of some shoplifter's pocket.Devastation! Woe! For my beloved had fled me, never to return. At least, until I bought a new one from AutoZone.Indeed, once-more I was be-struck with woe! For so it was that AutoZone, whom I had come to trust, had ordained to discontinue my beloved, never to return to their stock. Nary a knife left in the town to be found. Tragedy! Lamentation! Woe!But in my darkest hour, a brilliant light split the dark skies, and from it Amazon descended unto me and said, "Do not fear or dismay, Child of Bezos, for we have come to redeem you from this dark place, and provide unto you once-more your beloved knife, with free shipping through Prime."Rejoice, did I, at the marvel of holding my beloved in my excessively large and masculine hands once-more, and only mere days later! The marvel!It's every ounce the knife I remember, and just as sharp as the day we first met.For those of you living in this century,I love this knife enough to buy it again after losing it. I got it at AutoZone, lost it, and couldn't find it again anywhere so I turned to Amazon and there it was. A whole 2 dollars cheaper than AutoZone too! So I slammed that checkout button and Amazon slapped that puppy in a box and dispatched it expediently as we are so accustom to.Happy to report the quality is consistent with the last one I had. Nice wooden grips with a lovely reddish brown color, black frame and blade, belt clip which can be mounted on either side, and a good sized little knob for extending the blade.My experience with the past knife was that the frame lock was solid, the blade kept and edge well, although I did regularly sharpen it as I'd be using it for far more reasonable things like cutting cardboard at work and it would dull regularly as would any knife. I liked it because it kept a usable edge longer than my other knives and has a bigger blade that isn't too thick.I have big hands and this is a bigger than average sized pocketknife - accordingly it takes up a bit more space in the pocket and carries a bit more heft than your typical pocket knife, but I like that about it. It's what makes it beautiful to me, and you can take that to the bank.I did notice the edges wearing from black to silver but frankly, I felt it made it look cool, like a discarded gun used by John Wick to avenge his dead puppy. meanwhile the wood grips showed no wear and only minimal wearing off of the black finish occurred at the tip of the blade. I also sharpened it regularly as I used it for work and it would get dull just like any knife forced to cut cardboard for a while, but it held a blade a bit longer than my smaller knives so I liked that too.10/10 so nice I bought it twiceI hope it doesn't get stolen again, I don't know if I can carry that on my soul at this point.

Excellent quality knife for the money. Has the quality and appearance of a more expensive knife. Carry clip orientation makes one-handed drawing and opening fast and easy. Blade opens smoothly without lubrication and is sturdy when locked in place. Knife is on the larger side, and would be good for someone with big hands. The aggressive knurling on the back of the handle helps maintain a good grip with gloves on but can become a bit uncomfortable if using the knife for long periods. Overall I am very happy with this knife.