>>676385>How are you liking that Native 5?For the price I don't think it can be beat. S35VN steel is the tits. The grip texture is perfect and shape of everything is perfect, especially the blade geometry for slicing things like cardboard. Nothing to snag or slow it down. The handle can be held two ways, but probably caters to smaller/medium hands to be comfortable without using the front finger choil. That finger choil sold me on the knife. Combined with the blade shape and that fine edge it really allows you to do some detailed accurate work.
Mine came stiff as fuck and I'm trying to break it in right now. I've taken it apart and oiled it with good stuff but it's a slow process. I don't know why because all the contact edges are a mirror polish already. My $40 Tenacious is smoother in deployment. Maybe its the lack of washers in it?
The pocket clip is good and secure, but a little rough on my pant pockets for EDC. I'm going to have to buff up the edge a bit or else it will tear up my nice jeans. Other than that I don't like the finish of the blade. It shows smudges like a bitch and takes a long time to clean up. Yeah I'm splitting hairs at this point. It does the important stuff more that right for the price, and it's making me think about getting a Paramilitary 2 instead of an Emerson Endeavor as my next nice knife.
