Boker Plus Kyoto Folding Pocket Knife 01BO241

Hard to close. The liner lock is difficult to access.Its too low inside the handle. Returned it

If you may have glanced in at some of my recent knife reviews you couldn't help but have seen I said I have pretty much stopped buying / collecting knives (they are all users not safe queens). i have enough; some would say way too many. I do ! I have all I could want or "need".Mostly Spydercos. I've drawn the line. No more.The other day I was just cruising . . . just looking and thinking "I don't need that one . . . and I don't needed that one . . . and being very smug and happy thinking about all the money I am finally not spending on all those great designs that I have now.Then BING ! ! !This Kyoto is right out of what I look for in a knife and have never found unless I bust out my tools and start modifying many of those I have had for years. Specifically those dips milled in the G-10 handle scales near the pivot for gripping the knife between finger and thumb there to get purchase for a sideways cut..BRILLIANT ! ! !Why didn't I think of that ? I've been putting texture into the scales one way or another or wishing the G-10 that was on the knife had much more texture like the Spyderco Siren.Oh and look at that long slender blade ! With a spear point no less ! !Again . . . right out of my dreams.We are checking box after box ; how can I not buy this great knife ? !D2 blade alloy ? WORKS FOR ME !Shallow tabbed flipper ? Again . . . Bada Bing Bada BOOM !Enough gushing for a while here are " Just the facts Mam" :Flipping action = Perfection. Fires right out every time. No problem there; no "technique" required. Just pull back on the nicely textured, compact, flipper tab and the knife is open and locked; just right detent resistance firm but not too much.Blade thickness at the spine = 2.85mm ( for most of the blade length ) ((to nit pick I would prefer the spine taper sooner )). Makes for a strong blade though.Behind the edge is 0.55mm (0.0216 inch)Blade length 3-1/2 inchesBlade width 15mmThe edge is nicely sharpened with absolutely no bur and ready to go to work (unlike the last American made Case knife that I bought which had a heavy bur for the entire length of the blade. Sure I sharpened it off but it was useless out of the box.)Handle thickness 12.2mm. The scales are contoured (rounded a fair amount).Handle width almost 18mm.Full, nested, steel liners. Gives the knife a nice heft. it feels like a good solid tool in the hand (not like a cheep plastic knife).The pocket clip is a nice stout "machined" clip that looks like it is titanium, how ever it is magnetic so some sort of grit blasted steel . . . probably stainless steel.Now back to subjective observations :As far as the minuscule cut out for access to the blade lock release I PREFER THIS. Deep cut outs in knife scales for liner lock release tends to reduce comfortable grip on the handle and in some cases cause me to hold the knife with the blade tilted to one side.Some of my vary favorite knives with very minimal access to the liner lock include all time classics designs like the Cold Steel Ti Lite, The Spyderco Gayle Bradley one and two and the Boker Brad Zinker Urban Trapper. All these I simply could not live with out; or now that I have and use them that is the way it seems.For a YouTube demonstrating an EASY and effective way to release the lock on this Kyoto using the Gayle Bradley knife as an example search out Michael Kristy's video "Spyderco Bradley 2 Folder - Review And Sharpening". Mr Kristy opens and closes the knife many many times and the Kyoto works EXACTLY the same way. The flipper tab on the Kyoto gets a bit in the way but believe me this Kyoto is WORTH learning how to deal with this. As one releases the liner lock with one's index finger one can easily push the blade a little with one's thumb then flip the knife over and finish closing the blade with your thumb.AND . . . AND . . .The pivot action is so stellar on this Kyoto it is super easy to just shake the blade downward with the handle pretty much vertical and the knife will close under it's own weight of the blade. Usually one must pay hundreds of dollars more for this sort of action.I'm telling you this is a great knife. Give it a chance. Learn how to close this well thought out knife.