I'm not a knife buff by any means, but ever since I was in university, I felt that I'd like a nice pocketknife. Just one, good, solid, dependable knife which I could use for the rest of my life.
Most knives I'd seen at flea-markets and antiques shops were tiny. Fruit-knives and such. Or Victorinox Swiss army knives or whatever.
Most of them just displeased me in one way or another. They were too small, they had too many features, they were tricky to open or close...in the end, I decided to try and get myself just one, good brand-new knife.
I don't need any of those fancy, extra applications and gadgets that some knives come with. I just needed a decent-sized knife which I could sharpen myself, and which had a good blade and looked nice, opened or shut. Yes, I want a folding knife.
Anyway, this is what I got:
It's similar to the Buck 110 in style and construction, but I believe it was made in Taiwan instead of the 'States.
Closed length is 5in.
The model name is the Excalibur Royal King, apparently, and while it looks the part, there's almost no information on this thing on the internet. I'm not sure if that's good, or bad.
The blade is 3.5in long, which is plenty big enough for anything I'm ever likely to use it for. I don't need one of those massive bowie knives or a machete or anything. I don't have anything which can be bothered compensating for. I just wanted a solid, easy-to-use, easy-to-maintain, middle-of-the-range knife which looks good and will last.
Construction is stainless steel spring, lock and blade. Brass bolsters, liners and rivets, and wooden scales on the sides. The lockback feature is good and solid - it snaps open and holds, and a moderate pressure on the lock pops the blade to swing it back in.
