FirebirdGANZO Adimanti Skimen Pocket Folding Knife G10 Handle with Clip and Glass Breaker D2 Steel Blade Hunting Fishing Camping Outdoor EDC Knife (Black)

Really awesome knife. This brand makes some quality stuff and underpriced in my opinion. This one I like enough to buy 2 more with different scales. D2 steel, G10 scales, Frame lock and fit and fit is great. Solid nice, silky smooth.

I have 3 of these Adimanti's, blue, orange, carbon fiber, they are all outstanding. They arrived clean, shaving sharp, perfect pivot tension and blade centering. They flip open easily and the frame lock design allows easy one hand closing. I have owned two of them for over a year, and there is no blade wobble or drift from original factory set up. The D2 steel blade stays sharp, and is easy to resharpen when needed.Most of my work is box break down and food prep, the tool is big enough to handle these tasks. I have many, many EDC's, including 6 Benchmade's and other Ganzo's. The Adimanti is remarkable at its price point. I carry an Adimanti most of the time.

This is an amazing knife for the money. I got it because it looks a lot like the Zero Tolerance 450, which I love. But I almost lost the 450 the other day and I realized I probably shouldn't take a $150 knife to places where it's likely to get lost or walk away. So - I got this Neformat knife because it has many of the things I love about the 450 - minimalist design, ball bearings, flipper, light, thin, frame lock. I figured I'd give it a try for $29 dollars.Out of the box the detent ball was pretty tight, making it difficult to flip open. The force required to "break" the detent ball out of the hole in the blade was very high. It was a little painful because the flipper tab is a little sharper than I would like. I opened it a few hundred times to break it in, and it got a little better. Ultimately I took it apart and touched up the detent hole in the blade with a dremel grinding bit by hand (don't use a dremel motor - it will take off way to much material). Took about two minutes of hand work to bevel the hole just a bit and it had made a huge difference. I also cleaned everything, put new grease on the ball bearings, half a drop of oil on the detent ball, and removed the superfluous plastic handle spacer - which I thought looked cheap compared to just using the stainless steel spacers.What I'm left with is amazing! The details on this knife are all there - ball bearings, the pivot screw has a "D" nut on the plastic side so that it stays in place when you need to take the knife apart, the frame lock has a hardened steel insert so that the lock is very secure and won't wear, the blade has a beautiful shape, is quality steel and is very sharp out of the box. Everything I want and nothing I don't. For $29 and half an hour of work I have a knife that has very nearly the same action as my buttery good $150 Zero Tolerance 450 and I won't be devastated if I lose it. Is it as good as the 450? No - but it is very very close. Plus the Neformat is a little bigger - and who doesn't want that? I've already ordered a second one!Edit: I received my second knife and its action was very good out of the box although I may do some tuning on it. The first one I have continued to put some effort into the action, and it's even closer to my Zero Tolerance 450. I touched up the lock bar interface so that it isn't as rough as factory and I worked on the lock bar spring tension (which impacts lock-up and the detent action). I also worked on the pivot tension so that it is just tight enough for no blade play. The resulting action is amazing and the lock-up is excellent. After buying two - I would say that this knife excels in having all of the fundamental details right in a very inexpensive knife. For the price, you aren't going to get the level of factory tuning that you will get from a high end knife. But - with all the details correct, if you are willing to put in a little tuning time, this knife has incredible potential and is a great platform to learn about how to tune and maintain a high quality knife without a lot of monetary risk if you get something wrong.

Bought one of these to try the Ganzo brand out, and this thing has been a very pleasant surprise. I've owned Benchmade, ZT, Kershaw, Gerber, CRKT, and lots of other brands, and this thing is on par with my really expensive knives like my ZT and Benchmade, quality wise, but for WAY less money. Super sharp from the factory, super smooth open, it's D2, so it's good blade steel, and it holds an edge really well. It's actually super comfortable in the hand, despite being a fairly thin knife, even for my bear paw hands. Would definitely buy again.

Pros:1. Blade steel. I admit I like D2: powder super steels are better but much more expensive. Yes, D2, being semi-stainless, is a bad choice for harsh environments (e.g. marine), but D2 has same and often better edge retention and toughness than other ingot steels.2. Blade shape. I do believe that it is one of the prettiest knives out there. Any other knife looks ugly if placed nearby.3. Scary sharp out of the box. Be very careful and do not cut yourself, like me. Apparently, 40 year experience working with sharp tools did not help.4. Very well made. Butter smooth action. A lot of attention to details. Impressive.5. Unobtrusive glass breaker that is done right. That is, it does not get in the way and does not try to ruin pockets. IMHO, glass breaker is useless gimmick. When was the last time you had to use a glass breaker to get out? Especially the one on the end of pocket knife? What makes people believe that, under stress, in a rush, and possibly being hurt and injured, they will recall to do something they never ever did?6. Size is just right. Not too small and not too large. Perfect.7. Light. Easy to carry around.8. High clip placement allows carrying the knife deep in the pocket.9. Ergonomic handle that is pleasant to hold.Cons:1 [Major]. The opening detent is, IMHO, too stiff. That allows fully opening the knife with one hand and satisfying "click" sound. Good. Requires excessive force, correct grip and strong hands. Bad. I tend to think that negatives outweigh positives.2 [Minor]. Absence of any serration on the handle. It is not too bad, though: thanks to the shape of the handle, the knife is not slippery.3 [Minor]. Only one clip position (vs. 4 on some high end folding knives). I personally do not care.4 [Minor]. Something tells me that the manufacturer would not cry if their product price was $30 instead of $40.Conclusion: perfect EDC knife for both work and self defense.