Spring Assisted Heavy Duty Pocket Knife for Men with G10 Handle & Pocket Clip - 3.5" Tanto Blade - Folding Tactical Self Defense Japanese Knives - for Hunting Camping Military Survival Work 6688 BG

Happiness is a well-made pocket knife costing $15 or less. I've collected budget folders for several years. I keep all my favorites in a display organizer bag. Since all the slots on the bag are full, each time I get a new folder I have to decide whether it goes in the favorites bag or an "almost made it" box. Whenever a new folder goes in the favorites bag, one of the other knives in the bag is exiled to the so-so box. That way, my top favorites are always in the bag. I don't pay much attention to "brand." If a knife looks nice/cool/trendy/innovative, etc., I'll give it a try, regardless of brand. So when this particular Grand Way folder found its way into the bag and I was looking for the potential exile, I was surprised to discover I already have four other Grand Way knives in the bag. That says a lot to me about the Grand Way brand. Their knives are most frequently marketed as "gifts" for men and typically cost between $9.95 - $15. This model is (like all the Grand Way knives I've purchased) bulky, heavy, a bit slow on the open and extremely sharp out of the box. This is a nicely designed knife that comes with a removable clip. It seems ideal for men (OK and women) with large hands. I wouldn't hesitate to bring one along on a camping trip to use for general cutting and/or cooking tasks. For such a low price, this may be one of the best deals on Amazon for a general purpose assisted opening knife. I really like this one, the same way I have liked all of the other Grand Way knives I ended up with. Is it the equal of a $100 knife? Of course not. On the other hand, are you going to use that $100 knife for camping chores? Probably not. What if you lose that expensive knife? If you lose this one, just skip two cups of coffee and buy another one. I love this thing. Now if only all of the hair I shaved off my arm with it would grow back quickly.

Best value for the money for a quality knife - knife is easy to hold and is a good weight. Looks sleek and the tanto blade comes sharp out of the box. No blade play and feels extremely sturdy - easy to use as an everyday carry or for daily tasks, should not have an issue fitting securely into any pants pockets.

This is an combined review for the Spring assisted folding knife 6688 & Tanto Camping Knife with Sheath 2307 (Kobun Samurai). The 2307 fixed tanto katana I call here "Tanto". I bought from both 2 items.On all boxes it says Made in China for G+W. G+W is however an ukrainian company so I bought this to support Ukraine. They are based in Charkow. Did the chinese commies really use 440C or propperly heat treat these? Edge retention is just barely Ok.440C stainless steel:Both lost 1 star since the 440C steel is less impressing regards edge hold than I expected.I tested 1 of each knives and they cut paper when they arrived. After peeling off one orange with each they stopped cutting paper. Then I chopped some branches with each, ate some hot dogs and one day later used them on an barbecue with ribs and they stopped cutting paper as well. The pocket folder I sharpened free hand with an stone and then it started to cut paper again before the BBQ today. It cut somewhat paper well after the BBQ. For both, the hot dogs yesterday and the BBQ today I used ceramic plates. When I used the resharpened folder today for BBQ I could feel how the knife cut into the ceramic plate - the Tanto blade did not (I did not resharpen the Tanto at all but left it as came from factory). The Tanto does not cut at all paper anymore.So, is this really 440C steel or does the 440C underperform? I certainly expected more from the 1980's "Supersteel" 440C. However this 440C does perform better than the local brazilian Tramontina "high carbon stainless" which has an HRC from 56.But do not expect to much wonders from 440C since it's edge retention is just good enough. It sharpens really well with 6 strokes on an stone free hand each side to paper cut edge again. Did the chinese heat treat this right? I would guess the HRC is only 58 barely and never close to 60 HRC.I see on Ganzo knives claiming 440C steel and only 58 HRC. This is definately harder steel than the brazilian Tramontina which claim 56 HRC so it must be somewhat of 58 HRC but not more. It is IMO better steel than the brazilian crap one knows from Latinamerica.Sharpen the Tanto blades in sections with the higher (honing) grit stones. These need to be touched up only ever so slightly to get paper cutting ability.Both sport an Tanto style blade. That is ideal for BBQ. You use mayorly only the straight point and not the long blade itself. That means the point gets dull but the blade stays sharp. Mostly you will see you use the point where both edges meet and not so much the long straight edge. Awesome blade style for BBQ since you have basically 2 edges.Spring assisted folding knife 6688:I cut some brush branches with this. It did not break.All forces are getting into the stopper pin on this model. That stopper pin is a bit to thin for this otherwise sturdy construction of the folder. It is all stainless steel except the G10 scales. A magnet clings to the knife. The frame lock (it has actually a frame lock since the frame is tucked underneath the G10 scales) locks at 45%. That is a bit too much for me. We will see in the future how it chews through. Latest then we have a clue about heat treatment. On one side it has an brass washer and an nylon washer and on the other side an nylon washer. So they cheaped out on that.I tooke one side of the scale off which was the part where the spring for the assist houses. Threads are fine of the screws. They thread into the stainless frame.The spring mechanism is not like it is shown on an disassembly YT video. They changed it now to on proper spring which is housed in an metal rectangular box in an cut out in the frame. Spring is of a type I have never seen in an snake form which hooks probably into an hole onto the blade back. The spring is steel and has to be kept lubricated. The spring is under tension when closed and slides up freely when the blade is open. This housing box for the spring is an unnecesary complicated failure prone part which is held into place just with some pot metal ears. If they break the housing could fall out and the spring will have no support anymore and fly out. With that the knife is not anymore spring assisted and I have no clue how the knife would stay closed since that does the spring. Maybe one would maintain the knife open. If the stopper pin breaks then the knife becomes useless, if the spring fails the knife could be used as an fixed blade maintaining it open all the time. Tha scales seem to be G10 since they are grippy in wet conditions as well. I lubricated the knife from outside with Vaseline. No gritty anymore but rather smooth but the spring is strong so you can not just flick it for fun like an american made overpriced knife. This is an jungle, war or field knife. If it breaks just throw it toward some russians onto their heads. It is an honk of steel. I believe it is 100% 440C stainless steel as per claims of the seller. Believe in God and trust on Radar as Churchill said. This is lets say an field knife for an ukrainian soldier for field kitchen. It is an formidable BBQ cutter. After 5 strokes each side on an high grit stone it is utility sharp again. It does not shave hair but cuts paper.Some 0.5mm gaps I see where the Stainless ends meet the frame on both ends screwed on. That is Ok since they give you really metal for your money. No plastic on these.What worries me is the stopper pin which is held only by fit into place which holds this knife functional. I never used this as an throwing knife.This folder has an detent knob on the liner/frame lock but no detent hole on the blade section. Definately a design flaw by some chinese or ukranian designers. So if it would have had an detent on the blade, the spring could fail and it would remain closed anyways due to the detent. This redundant feature has been overseen by their "design engineers".For 10$ go for it. Would I buy it again? Not really. I rather would go for the double as expensive Ganzo 729 knives which are a PM2 cloneTanto Camping Knife with Sheath 2307 (Kobun Samurai):This is an more robust knife as the folder. 440C is edged into the blade while only printed on on the folders blade.The front hand guard wobbled but sliding down a bit the paracord fixes that.I took apart the paracord on the handle and rewrapped it to see if I can do it. Worked fine.Underneath the paracord on the handle there are 2 rough wood scales pinned into place on 2 spots. If the wood is not splinting they will never come off. The Kobun is an full tang as underneath the paracord runs an full tang to the brass end. The hand guard is brass as the end piece. Solid brass. How the brass end piece is attached to the tang I could not figure out. Maybe pressure fit on an protruding piece of metal from the tang. Not much else to say what was not said before.This Tanto is an very nice chopper for brushes. It is heavy enough for chopping and has an very thick spine (blade). Both of these, the folder and Tanto sport an Scandi cut. So they are rather choppers and stabbers than slicers. You can cut small branches in the forest with this Tanto. It balances about 1.8 cm behind the hand guard on the grip. So right where you hold it is the perfect balance. I used the blade on the front flat edge (ceramic plates for Hot Dogs and BBQ) where it does not bite anymore into an finger nail but the flat edge bites still into the finger nail.Maybe I am to overcritic with the 440C stainless steel but I had more expectations (maybe closer to an Magnacut or 30V steel which is clearly unreasonable).These Tantos I would never sell but these I feel are good self defense knives.Order yourself an angled sharpener with some ceramic or diamond fine stones and these you have to give only 5 strokes each side to come to an utility sharpness once you dulled them up.These Tantos I recommend and would buy again. These will have not design flaws so these will not break. If it falls apart you still stuck with the 440C full tang blade and can redo a grip on it somehow. One could get rid of the wood scales and wind double and tripple paracord onto it and I bet it would work well.However I go rather for Ganzo 729 style pocket knives since these small Samurai Swords one will not carry as EDC daily. They are just to big. In an end of the world scenario however you wanna have these.

Oh my goodness! This knife is one of those spring assisted with a locking blade knives and I couldn't ask for a better knife at this price point. I love the tanto point of the blade and it's just the perfect size. It flicks open real easy and quick. I've had expensive knives before and this knife feels like one of those. To me, it's pretty good.

Great knife for a sweet price, super sharp, and very heavy duty feel to it!

Too Big and Too Heavy to be a pocket knife. Really nice blade on it, just too big for an every day pocket knife. Also the pocket clip should be facing the other direction, not such that it clips onto your pocket point end up IMHO.Blade-goodSpring assist-goodLocking mechanism-goodFor $10 its a solid knife as long as you don't plan on carrying it in your pocket on the daily.

Great knife. A bit heavy but definitely a great knife.440 stainless blade and holds an edge well

I have 3 of these knives. All different colors. Well made. Sharp and strong. Would recommend