>>679682I love them, they're fun as hell to play with and they make great edc knives if your laws wherever you live allow them. They aren't very good for /out/ purposes though because they are still folders and fixed blades are the only way to go when you're doing /out/ stuff. I sure as fuck wouldn't baton with mine and I wouldn't want a bunch of blood and hair in my pivots either.
There are good ones and there are bad ones just like any other type of knife so I don't think they're a meme knife but the selection of good ones is pretty fucking small at the moment and you gotta be willing to spend money on them.
Right now basically brs and benchmade are the only companies putting out good knives in any number. Any of the benchmade balis are good, but for edc and flipping, you want the 51 at about $230. Their other balis are good too, but they're just not as good flippers due to size in the case of the 32 and size and weight in the case of the 6x series. I own a 32 because my state has a 4" blade length restriction unless you have a ccw and it's the best knife I've ever used for edc. My old edc folders got separation anxiety when I brought it home.
From brs you have the replicant at about $270 and the alpha beast at about $370. Both are just fantastic knives. The rep's blade shape is kinda wonky I think but I have no real complaints about them.
Pic related is my new rep I picked up a few days ago.
