The overall finish on my Vallotton (and Navaja) seem pretty similar to my other Taiwan knives. The inside of the liners of both look pretty darn good to me. Yeah, they're not high gloss polished, but they're more than smooth enough, and evenly machined. And I really don't care if the inside of my liners are glossy anyway. The outside, and blade grinds look fantastic. On a production knife at this price, I would call that nit-picking.
The blade grind, I can see as a bigger issue. But the grinds on mine look almost perfect. But I'm sure a few come out not quite as perfect.
PICS: Valloton Sub-Hilt Folder
This knife is super intriguing to me and that's funny because it's not really my style, but i have this inner lust for bolsters and i love how "straight" the overall design is. I'd love to see pics of it next to other Spydies for a size comparison...like next to a Delica and maybe a Para 2?
On a side note, does anyone know if that blackened clip will fit a Para 2? Same hole configuration?
On a side note, does anyone know if that blackened clip will fit a Para 2? Same hole configuration?
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Yes it is nitpicking, I agree with that. However, as I said before, I only noticed it because I had seen better ones before. The great thing about the other knives from Taiwan ist that they finished in places where no one is looking.gbelleh wrote:The overall finish on my Vallotton (and Navaja) seem pretty similar to my other Taiwan knives. The inside of the liners of both look pretty darn good to me. Yeah, they're not high gloss polished, but they're more than smooth enough, and evenly machined. And I really don't care if the inside of my liners are glossy anyway. The outside, and blade grinds look fantastic. On a production knife at this price, I would call that nit-picking.
The blade grind, I can see as a bigger issue. But the grinds on mine look almost perfect. But I'm sure a few come out not quite as perfect.
I do disagree with the "finish" being similar. It's not, not on the one I have here, and not on the pics I've seen. Not on my Navaja either. The inside (note: only the inside) looks like it just fell off the grinder.
Now it's totally okay if you don't care for that. And the finish is also totally okay for a normal knife, especially given the fact that the finish on the outside is great.
But, it's not on par with the "everywhere" excellent finish on other Taiwan knives.
Though I still do love my Navaja :D
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The blade grind on mine is a bit off on one side, but not a bother...and I have a very slight space between the G10 slab and the subhilt on the lock side, that bothers me more, but not enough to try and do anything about it.
I think that the Valloton is really a immensely comfortable knife. Though I will say...as a lefty, a b!tch to disengage the lock because it takes a lot of force, but again, not too bothered.
I think that the Valloton is really a immensely comfortable knife. Though I will say...as a lefty, a b!tch to disengage the lock because it takes a lot of force, but again, not too bothered.
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