TwoSun Tuesday: TS327 Caleb Fechner Design in Micarta or Ti&CF with D2 or M390 Blade
Published: 1 year ago
This is a newer design by Caleb Fechner. Something I think holds it back a lot for more EDC tasks is the blade geometry is nowhere thin enough. It can be a powerful cutter, but can get bound up in material like cardboard due to the thick stock and saber grind.
You can reverse flick these open, but it does require a bit of dedication due to the detent strength being tuned for the flipper tabs.
I do like that the micarta version has nested liners. It's using their newer canvas micarta, but the dye job on them is maybe a little spotty.
Granted I won both of these through eBay auctions, they did have over a $100 price disparity between them. I don't particularly think this design needed a ti&cf framelock variant in M390 as you get 90% of the functionality out of the micarta version for a lot less money.
Micarta-D2 Specs:
3.44" (87 mm) D2 blade with 3.9 mm stock thickness
3.79 oz / 107.5 gram weight
0.55" (14 mm) handle thickness (Micarta)
Nested Liner Lock
Ceramic bearings & detent ball
Link Where Purchased: https://www.ebay.com/itm/203767969623
Ti-M390 Specs:
3.44" (87 mm) M390 blade with 4 mm stock thickness
4.14 oz / 117 gram weight
0.55" (13.7 mm) handle thickness (Ti & CF)
Sub-Frame Lock
Ceramic bearings & detent ball
Link Where Purchased: https://www.ebay.com/itm/363660852783
You can reverse flick these open, but it does require a bit of dedication due to the detent strength being tuned for the flipper tabs.
I do like that the micarta version has nested liners. It's using their newer canvas micarta, but the dye job on them is maybe a little spotty.
Granted I won both of these through eBay auctions, they did have over a $100 price disparity between them. I don't particularly think this design needed a ti&cf framelock variant in M390 as you get 90% of the functionality out of the micarta version for a lot less money.
Micarta-D2 Specs:
3.44" (87 mm) D2 blade with 3.9 mm stock thickness
3.79 oz / 107.5 gram weight
0.55" (14 mm) handle thickness (Micarta)
Nested Liner Lock
Ceramic bearings & detent ball
Link Where Purchased: https://www.ebay.com/itm/203767969623
Ti-M390 Specs:
3.44" (87 mm) M390 blade with 4 mm stock thickness
4.14 oz / 117 gram weight
0.55" (13.7 mm) handle thickness (Ti & CF)
Sub-Frame Lock
Ceramic bearings & detent ball
Link Where Purchased: https://www.ebay.com/itm/363660852783