ESEE BRK Designed Zancudo Framelock CF/Blk D2 BRKR2CFB

I have a wide array of pocket knives. Everything from your gas station special to the venerable Benchmade and Spidercos. This finds it's way into my pocket far more than anything.The steel is easy to put an edge on, and has good enough edge retention. The blade finish does wear easily, but I am a fan of the battleworn look. It is thin and fits in a pocket perfectly. It's light enough not to be noticeable. I seem to always bend wire pocket clips that CRKT is fond of, but this one is solid and robust. I have scraped paint off of steel with the pocket clip.I have used for everything from opening packages to prying out pins on shotguns in the field. I cannot give this knife enough praise for the money you spend on it.

I got this for EDC pocket carry after searching around for a while comparing similar size and quality folders, because the state I live in currently has a maximum concealed folding knife blade length of 3". My only gripes with this knife are as follows.The frame lock release lip is tiny, and it's nearly impossible to unlock to close without using a fingernail.Secondly the black coating isn't awesome, not sure what it is. I've already seen a little bit of wear doing a little testing on wood.The action when I first got the knife was super tight and hard to open (my thumb was screaming). As I've deployed the blade and worked it out over literally hundreds of times over the last week it's gotten loose enough to deploy smoothly, but now the blade centering is off by a considerable amount. I'm, not sure why exactly, but the pocket clip is point down, which is on the pivot, so I might try switching that and re-centering the blade to see if that helps.Other than that, great materials, super solid frame lock, slick action with bronze bushings, D2 steel blade came razor sharp. The carbon fiber handle scale on the one side is slick, but the ergonomics of the knife are very good so for your typical EDC tasks it probably won't matter.