Review of the YSTART T03. A Smallish Medium Sized EDC Folder
Published: 7 years ago
While we cannot be 100% sure that this is a Y-START knife I am willing to say that it is. It looks like a Y-START and the fit and finish is very much like a Y-START too, My guess is that this is unbranded stock that was created for some other brand but for some reason never received that branding.
I did some rust testing, twice, on my T03 knife rusted quite a bit more vigorously and more quickly than the stainless steel knives that I included in the test. That leads me to believe that the steel on the T03 is most likley a carbon steel. D2 is a carbon steel, so it may very well be that the T03 knives are indeed made with D2 steel.
As you can see on the title of the video, this knife comes in 3 colours and you can most readily get it from DHGate for $25.15, but unfortunately I may have waited too long to post this video because it seems that only the BLACK version is currently in stock.
http://www.dhgate.com/product/y-start-t03-folding-knife-with-d2-satin-blade/388306424.html-0-1b;searl|0980125634
Do a search for: Y-START T03
You may be able to find it at other stores online, but not too likely as I couldn't find anymore just now when I looked.
If you want one of the other Y-START knives that I have reviewed you can get them from GearBest easily. First the JIN01 then the JIN02
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JIN01
BLACK: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_619061.html?lkid=10583154
GREEN: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_619062.html?lkid=10583175
Multi colour – it looks like orange and black: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_619063.html?lkid=10583180
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JIN02
JIN02 BLACK: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_460125.html?wid=21&lkid=10233912
JIN02 ORANGE: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_460128.html?wid=21&lkid=10233916
JIN02 BROWN/TAN: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_460126.html?wid=21&lkid=10233917
JIN02 YELLOW / Electric GREEN: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_460127.html?wid=21&lkid=10233922
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I did some rust testing, twice, on my T03 knife rusted quite a bit more vigorously and more quickly than the stainless steel knives that I included in the test. That leads me to believe that the steel on the T03 is most likley a carbon steel. D2 is a carbon steel, so it may very well be that the T03 knives are indeed made with D2 steel.
As you can see on the title of the video, this knife comes in 3 colours and you can most readily get it from DHGate for $25.15, but unfortunately I may have waited too long to post this video because it seems that only the BLACK version is currently in stock.
http://www.dhgate.com/product/y-start-t03-folding-knife-with-d2-satin-blade/388306424.html-0-1b;searl|0980125634
Do a search for: Y-START T03
You may be able to find it at other stores online, but not too likely as I couldn't find anymore just now when I looked.
If you want one of the other Y-START knives that I have reviewed you can get them from GearBest easily. First the JIN01 then the JIN02
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JIN01
BLACK: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_619061.html?lkid=10583154
GREEN: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_619062.html?lkid=10583175
Multi colour – it looks like orange and black: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_619063.html?lkid=10583180
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JIN02
JIN02 BLACK: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_460125.html?wid=21&lkid=10233912
JIN02 ORANGE: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_460128.html?wid=21&lkid=10233916
JIN02 BROWN/TAN: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_460126.html?wid=21&lkid=10233917
JIN02 YELLOW / Electric GREEN: http://www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_460127.html?wid=21&lkid=10233922
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