Reddit reviews Steel Will Cutjack C22 Linerlock Black

You're in luck, we're in a massive flipper bubble right now and everyone and their dog is producing them, meaning you can get very high quality actions for increasingly lower prices. Keep in mind I'll be linking to chinese sites, so expect 2-6 week shipping times. You can probably get them in the states at a markup.

You seem to have a lot of axis lock ganzos. While those are still relevant blades, they're always on the thicc side and never really have a thin blade stock, or come with a good edge.

In that case, I would definitely recommend the new ganzo lineup of flippers. Their blade lenghts are all 86mm (3.38 inches, pretty much almost PM2 length), which to me is a 'full size' knife. Anything with a blade of over 3.5" starts feeling 'big' to me, but I do have pretty small hands. You'll find people singing their praises all over, and for good reason; they're all lightweight (under 113 grams), have skeletonized nested liners, run on ball bearings, and have a solid detent action. Their best attribute is that they come with D2 blade steel for under $30, D2 being more than adequate for medium-heavy duty tasks with good toughness and edge retention. Their model numbers are the FH11, FH12, FH21, FH31, and a new one coming out, the FH51. The cheapest I have been able to find them were on fasttech.com

I have never tried the FH11 and FH12 models but they seem to be no nonsense EDC options. I think I got a lemon for an FH31; it has terrible lock stick and the detent was weak, but my god does it have good ergos. The FH21 has a 100% perfect, snappy, reliably action, with fantastic fit and finish, good ergos and jimping, but could definitely be thinner in the handle area.

I think you'll be really happy with the ruike as I've heard it's thin, yet supremely functional. Other flippers I've had my eye on that you might consider are the SRM 1161 (14c28N steel, that sweet toothy scandinavian stuff) and the twosun ts16 or TS21 (although I hear twosuns are thicc, they always receive good reviews on f&f and action. It's recommended to bid on twosuns on ebay instead of outright buying them).

If you're talking about the absolute best you can get for 50, bump the price up a little and search 'd2 neon' on aliexpress. It is a clone of a shirogorov knife. I've never handled one but people honestly GUSH about its multi-row bearing action (you can see a gif on the front page rn I think), plus they seem to be your size and thickness.

Moving beyond flippers, the knife I was most impressed by with price to quality ratio in mind was the Sanrenmu/LAND/SRM 9103. It's a big version of the classic SRM 710/7010 that I think kickstarted enthusiasm in chinese knives. Ceramic bearings that are oh so silky smooth, milled out stainless steel handles, thin form factor, perfect lockup and centering, functional jimping and ergos, brilliant machining details and slicey blade grind. It's 12C27 steel, what I believe the old SAK's used, so it takes a hair edge easily but also loses it quite easily. The one issue I have is that when I first got it, I would press down on the lockbar with my fingers while trying to thumb flick it open and sort of lock it up; once I learned to ease up on it, the blade flies open effortlessly. All for $15 on gearbest.com.

For fidgetability, I want to also recommend you try a front flipper. I bought a michael zieba front flipper clone from someone on this subreddit and am so goddamn chuffed about it. Holy heck is it light. Holy heck is it fun to front flip. Holy heck do I love the design. I've had some bad experiences in the past with a front flipper (Y-Start LK5009) that absolutely tore my thumb to bits, but not this one. I got the more expensive version with the titanium handles, but there seems to be a much cheaper steel handle version you could try.

You could also check out the steel will mini cutjack, it's kind of a delica alternative. D2 steel, functional blade shape and ergos, FRN handles, flipper action. It'll have to be a lukewarm recommendation from me though. It runs on copper washers which take some time to break in and, while more reliable in the face of dirt and grime vs bearings, is sort of a bitch to flip correctly sometimes. The action is satisfying in a different way from bearings, but you may need to adjust the pivot (did i mention it's a PITA to take apart?) and if you're not focused on the flip, it could deploy halfway. Plus the model I got was horribly off center. Functionally, it's a good tool, but it could be much better and cheaper. Grab it when it's under $30.

Bonus fidget points to FURA's line of Serge Pachenko bean clones. The clip is ass but it is a fun tiny keychain knife with a unique action. Also bonus points to the spyderco dragonfly sized malyshyv gnome clone, just because it's such an adorable and well shaped knife.

Keep in mind this is just all the collected ramblings of one person who's just consolidated the opinions of the front page, no doubt there are other offerings from CH knives, eafengrow, Besttech, ruike, etc that are hidden gems.

Ooh. $25 is tough. There are so many good options for $30-$35...

Here are a couple options around $25

CRKT Ruger LCK

CRKT Pilar

And here are some options around $30

Kershaw Atmos

Ruike P801

Sanrenmu Land 910+

Steel Will Cutjack 3 Inch and 3.5 inch

Buck 110 Slim

And some $35+ options

Kershaw Link

Kershaw Dividend

Spyderco Tenacious

https://www.houseofblades.com/kershaw-hob-exclusive-1776blbwhob-link-blue-blackwash-assisted-knife/ or i would get https://www.amazon.com/Benchmade-Grizzly-Ridge-15061-Drop-point/dp/B078NGH1HT/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523201697&sr=8-1&keywords=benchmade+grizzly or i would get two of either of these knives
https://www.amazon.com/SMGC221BK-BRK-Cutjack-C22-Linerlock-black/dp/B073ZKTVGP/ref=sr_1_2?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1523201960&sr=1-2&keywords=steel+will+cutjack+d2