BOKER Plus 01BO010 Credit Card Knife with 2-1/4 in. Straight Edge Blade, Black

OK . . . . . . time for a little reality as I experienced it. I was put off by the negative review video. I decided not to buy the knife. Partly because I THOUGHT (wrongly as it turned out) that the handle slab of this knife was made of glass fiber reinforced plastic or some such. THEN, fortunately, I discovered later at another knife vender's web site that the handle slab is Titanium. I know titanium and specifically thin wall Ti. and it is pretty butch stuff. I rethunk the purchase and ordered my knife. I AM GLAD I DID. so far. I have only had the knife a few hours but I think I can contribute a few thoughts here : The knife is NOT flexy or wimpy like in the video. The knife is not a one hand open knife. At least not without a strong and dextrous paw and a lot of practice. The pivot works well but the lock locks when closed as well as when open and is very firm. I don't need this to be a one hand knife so I am happy. (PS: I can just do it but is clumsy so far) PPS: I'm getting it now. PPPS: No problem (though not as easy as say . . . my small Cold Steel 20MT Mini Tuff Lite Plain ) I am guessing our nay saying friend started working his over to free up the one hand open aspect and over did it. Just guessing. Before I bought this knife I saw a YouTube about it. I was concerned when I noticed a significant gap in between the blade and the handle. There is indeed a thin high quality washer between the blade and the handle. It is not a problem. The lock tang on the handle and the stop screw (where sir nay shows it slipping past) are still well overlapped enough to securely lock the blade from accidentally folding closed or over extending. NOW HEAR THIS ; the pocket clip reinforces the area between the lock stop and the screw stop; removing the pocket clip could / will make the structure less rigid. If you are going to use your knife to bush whack new passages in the Amazon I recommend you leave the pocket clip in situ. If you are, as I am, used to dealing with and respecting the limitations of fine ultra light structures ( such as road racing bicycles, hang gliders, air craft, Ferrari sports cars . . . you get the idea) THEN you may do fine removing the pocket clip and being slightly more careful how you cut with this knife. Again . . . if you find it difficult to get to the grocery store and back without destroying your ride and have found a D-10 is the only thing that can take that kind of punishment . . . then leave the pocket clip in place. : ) If your knife does loosen up like in the vid a simple solution is to remove the pocket clip, put a large, tapered center punch in the rivet, strike the punch a tap or two with a hammer to TIGHTEN UP THE RIVIT. Or better yet use a snap setting punch. If that is too "technical" then maybe using a pocket knife is too technical as well. As far as cutting up the box; I cut up the entire corrugated cardboard box the knife was shipped to me in into roughly one inch wide strips. My knife is sound. The rivet is quite sound. THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. (by the way it took a fair amount of force; though the knife is sharp it is thicker than a box knife blade and combined with the single bevel design it isn't the best box cutter though no worse than a small, regular, every day, folding knife with a pocket clip. NOW . . . as far as the "Think cheese grater or mandolin" where it has been suggested here that the blade edge is too exposed when closed. In the case of the knife I am holding in my hands THERE IS NO PROBLEM. The maker may have changed the grind slightly to compensate (the YouTube seems to show an edge bevel on the handle side of the knife that mine does not have). My knife is a single bevel grind ( the side facing the handle has no bevel). The side of the blade facing away from the handle has a wide main bevel and then a fairly large secondary bevel on the same side. Sliding my thumb perpendicular to the edge (knife closed) I can not feel ANY cutting edge. Every thing is just fine. Sliding my thumb along the length of the edge (knife closed) I can not feel any cutting edge. Every thing is just fine. If you are still with me, here are some additional fun facts : The blade thickness: Max ~1.38 mm, most of it is ~ 1.36mm On the other side of the blade from the "BOKER plus" label acid etched into the blade is : John Kubasek, maker, East Hampton, MA, 440 C Stainless Steel. Apparently this knife could perhaps be made in the USA. The titanium handle is medium gray in color, the pocket clip is black and made of steel (not Ti). If, with time and use, I find I hate this knife I will up date and eat crow but, so far, I think I have a winner here. If you are the type who could bind an an elephant with a spider's web, rather than stun him with a kick then you many find the subtleties of this knife intriguing. (= roughly a movie quote)

So I was concerned,after reading some reviews, about purchasing this knife but I thought I might as well it's not too expensive. I'm so glad I gave it a chance. I was looking for an edc knife for my minimalist wallet(basics wallet). I usually carry a knife but I wanted a back up just in case and something I'd always have even if I'm wearing a suit. It fits well in the wallet and doesn't add much bulk as seen in my photos. I had planned on removing the clip but with the wallet I use it helps keep it in place but to fit in a card slot in a typical wallet the clip would have to go. I will say the clip also helps with grip and gives something to push against when one handed opening. It came in a nice little box with a nice ball chain necklace option. I fully expected to have to sharpen it but it is super sharp out of box. Like one reviewer said it is shaving sharp. it locks into place well and feels very sturdy with no blade play. It's actually easier to get a grip on and feels good in the hand a lot more than I would've thought by appearance. If this makes sense- the blade looks too small and doesn't look like much closed but when opened it feels like a good sized blade for most minor tasks I'd even say it feels like it would be a good self defense knife in a pinch. The only issue I had at first is it is a tight moving blade due to the washer type rivet it hinges on. I fixed this quickly by working the blade open and closed several times as well as bending the locking bar down just a tad. There's a ball there that fits in a notch that keeps the blade in place when closed and slightly bending it alleviates some of that pressure against the blade. This took it from two handed to one handed opening and closing pretty easily for me. Although the more I open and close it the smoother it becomes. It also doesn't seem to have any threat of opening by itself in pocket after doing this as it's still a pretty snug fit. On mine the stud screw keeping the blade from bending back doesn't seem to give it the chance to do that. Maybe reviewers that had this issue had an older model and they fixed this or they got defective items. Mine however feels very sturdy and safe. I'm a knife snob at times and I honestly thought it was going to be more of a novelty item than a useful knife but I was wrong. I don't leave reviews like I should but I had to with this item after seeing the reviews and how it made me question getting this knife. The quality and usefulness is great. Overall I'm in love with this little knife and very impressed. I highly recommend giving it a chance!

So I ordered this knife for 14.99 on 10/3/13. I received free shipping because I spent +$25, and chose the 5-7 day shipping. To my utter enjoyment, I received this knife on 10/4/13. That's right. One day shipping. On to the boxing. The box is standard black, has a silver safety seal so you know if it was open. About 2 1/2"x 6 1/2" and about 1 1/2" thick. The top of it has the usual, yet beautiful, Boker logo that we have all come to love. Once opened, we have a foam base taking the entire box up. Cut into the foam, is the shape of the knife folded, and a small little square. Inside the knife hole, is obviously the knife. The small square has a micro-small plastic baggie that has a black chain-link necklace. I used this for my dog tags. And of course, we have the standard Boker manual. For info on the knife... Its pretty good. It fits the size of a credit card, without the clip that is attached. I mean, it does what its supposed to do. I have this as a last-resort kinda thing. Onto my cons. Unless you are a tool-head like me, and have the smallest possible star screwdriver, you cannot take the money clip off. The folding takes a few seconds, but what else did you expect? That's all. If you want a knife to stick into your wallet as a last resort, get it.