Ganzo G710 Folding Knife 440c Blade Black G10 Hanlde Camping Knife Hunting Knife

I just got this knife so I can't speak the it's long term durability or the blades edge retention. I can however tell you my initial impression are this is an outstanding knife especially at this price point. I have other Chinese knives with an "axis like" lock that were either OK or an outright fail. This one is very smooth, easy to operate, and has rock solid lock up. The handle is comfortable and the material used on it provides a solid grip. A quick look has indicated zero fit and finish issues. The performance of the pivot and axis like lock are outstanding. I base this opinion as the owner of Benchmade knives featuring the same lock. If this knife were $75 I would still be happy with my purchase. At this price point I am absolutely pleased and border line thrilled lol. I know personal experience with Chinese knives can vary greatly even with the same model but my experiences with this knife would make it a recommended buy for anyone who asked.

This is a copy of the Benchmade Rift. It is stated that the blade is made with the Chinese equivalent of 440C blade steel, a claim up for some debate but it is of no matter to anyone other than those who obsess over such things. The design is a close approximation of the Rift, right down to the Axis lock and the shape and size configuration. I'm a knife enthusiast and I own several Benchmade knives as well as Benchmade produced HK knives. Along with Spyderco and Zero Tolerance, these are some of the best made knives in the USA in my opinion.So, why did I buy a cheap copy of a Benchmade? The original reason was based on my interest in possibly buying a Benchmade Rift but wanting to be cautious about it since the Rift is not exactly the type of knife that currently captures my interest. To get to the point, after handling the G710, I decided against the Rift because I'm more interested in thinner, narrower knives these days and the G710 proved to me the original Rift is just too wide in cross section. So be it. I saved a few bucks. But the subject here is the Ganzo G710 so let's talk about it.This is a heavy and heavily built folding knife. I didn't measure the blade thickness but it's pretty hefty. Unlike the liners in Benchmade and other higher priced knives, the liners in the Ganzo are not skeletonized to reduce weight. The G10 grip panels are thick and aggressively textured. The blade shape is the Osborne reverse tanto, also erroneously referred to as a sheepsfoot blade. The complete package makes for a knife that is designed for work. Build quality is excellent. The blade deploys smoothly and easily. It's sharp but not extremely sharp. The edge grind is a little thick. Even so, it cuts paper smoothly and a bit of sharpening and stropping improves it even more. I've had Benchmades come with duller edges than this. The Ganzo Axis lock works but, unlike the Benchmade Axis lock, it's stiff and sticky to release. A little oil helps but it doesn't alleviate the stickiness. It might smooth out with lots of use. Even so, this is a twenty buck knife and it compares favorably in design and function to a hundred-fifty buck knife. That assessment comes from a guy who owns more Benchmades and Spydercos than I care to count and one who has been involved in knife collecting for decades.Now for a sidebar of historical fact and editorial opinion. If you read Internet knife forums, you've likely experienced the venom poured forth against Ganzo because it copies the Benchmade Axis lock as well as designs from Benchmade, Spyderco, Lionsteel and various other premium cutlery brands. People get their panties in a wad over this and scream about counterfeits, fakes, etc. My advice is, "Get over it". I'm a photographer, now retired but still actively making photographs, who is old enough to recall the history of the Japanese photographic industry. During the years after World War II, Japanese camera makers were roundly criticized by Westerners for making cheap copies of German cameras. In those days among several makers, Nikon was building cameras that copied designs by Zeiss Contax and Canon was copying Leica designs. Many people with zero experience in using these Japanese-made cameras condemned these companies as being knockoffs and inferior garbage. As time went by and mostly during the 1950's, Western photojournalists traveling to Japan to cover news stories discovered these "inferior" cameras and lenses. They introduced Japanese camera equipment to the West and the rest is history. Nikon and Canon, once "inferior garbage" makers, reign supreme while Contax no longer exists (and the last Contax cameras were name-only models built in Japan by Kyocera/Yashica) and Leica is an expensive boutique brand. Bottom line here is to beware of what you rail against because the future can bite you on the rear end.Back to our regular program. I'm pleasantly surprised and impressed with Ganzo knives. Even though this particular model is not a design I favor, it's still an excellent knife that should serve a user well. No, it's not a Benchmade and I don't expect I'll give up my Benchmades or stop buying new Benchmades because of it. But it's good enough to push me into looking at and ordering other Ganzo models from Amazon.

I wanted to try an axis lock style knife, I knew it was a Benchmade inspired Chinese made tool. I'd much rather buy American made, but I can't afford to buy top quality everything... so we make sacrifices. Im not knowledgeable on blade steel, but read enough to know that this is decent, I was more intrigued by the blade shape (I've been salivating over the Osborne designed 940), and I wanted to use the darn thing and not worry about damaging it. I have owned it for about a week now, the knife came shaving sharp, after opening and closing it for 10 minutes it's action smoothed out, the axis lock isn't too stiff, the blade really flies out (almost too fast). It's a little bulky, I'm not sure if the axis lock is any faster or has better lockup than the thumb stud or spider co style, and frame or liner locks, and I'm not a fan of these scales, the ridges that run perpendicular to the frame aren't as comfortable as say something like the RAT1 with smoother edges. All in all, I think it's a neat design, and will do what it's intended to do... for how long? Who knows.... but until then, I'll use it.

EDC now for 3 weeks. Took me about a week to get used to the axis style lock, been using assisted opening for years. I now love the style of lock up. So easy to quickly open and close with one hand, no changing hand position to toggle a liner lock. Open and closed in less than a second. This model specifically has a pretty thick blade and it is a little on the heavy side, but it's sturdy, no play, textured G10 gives great retention, lock is solid and mine came exceptionally Sharp.Knives in photo are Kershaw Fatback and Spyderco Byrd Cara Cara 2.

Great knife, smooth after breaking in and oiling. Love the texture and grip they did for it. I'm not giving it 5 stars is because of the blade to handle ratio, and the axis lock. I like my knives to have close to a 1 to 1 ratio... However this one is pretty much exactly a 1 to 1 which is a problem. It being and axis lock, you're going to be closing it with one hand most of the time which will require you to have your palm on the bottom of the handle to properly move the axis bar down (the spring in these axis locks are much heavier than then real axis locks so simply grabbing the side doesn't really work). It being an exact 1 to 1 ratio means that if the fat of your palm goes in the handle or past the handle in any sort of way at all, it's getting sliced. Just breaking it in i cut my palm twice. The axis lock itself isn't exactly made great on this model. I bought two other ganzo knives, g711 and g7452. On the G711 i immediatly returned because of how little that axis bar actually engaged the knife, Less than 1/32". If when holding the knife and using, you were to touch that axis bar at all it could come down and slice you good. On the g7452 i didn't have that probelm at all, great lock up. However on this G710 i have much of the same probelm as w/ the g711. Only about 1/32" which again doesn't take much at all too release.Great price and good materials for the price, just some design flaws and don't exactly make it a safe knife.

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Excelente, no tiene nada que envidiar a otras mucho más caras de marcas muy conocidas. Fuerte y con buen corte. Seguiré comprando productos de este fabricante.

Ich besitze das Messer seit ca. 3 Monaten und benutze es in Haus und Garten fast täglich. Es kam werksseitig sehr scharf geschliffen. Die Schärfe nahm schon nach der ersten Benutzung (Zerlegen eines Umzugskartons in DIN A6-große Schnippel) merklich ab. Unterarmrasur war nun nicht mehr möglich und das Schneiden einer Telefonbuchseite war eher ein Zerreißen.Der 440C-Stahl lässt sich aber gut mit den handelsüblichen Schärfwerkzeugen wieder auf eine gute Gebrauchsschärfe bringen, die zwar keine Haare spaltet, das Schneiden einer Tomate aber ohne Zerquetschen und das Schneiden einer Möhre ohne zu spalten zulässt und das, obwohl die Klinge durch ihre robuste Dicke nicht unbedingt für feinste Schneidarbeiten ausgelegt ist.Das Messer ist trotz des geringen Preises erstklassig verarbeitet. Der bombenfest verriegelnde Verschluss ist aber gegenüber einem Originalverschluss von Benchmade eher schwergängig und erfordert eine intensive "Einspielzeit". Die sauber gefrästen Griffschalen ermöglichen ein sicheres Arbeiten, auch bei nassen Händen oder mit Handschuhen.Das Ganzo G710 ist durch seine offene Bauweise leicht zu pflegen. Wäre es nicht so groß und relativ schwer würde ich es ohne weiteres jederzeit mitführen, auch wenn es durch seine Bauart nach § 42a WaffG dem Führungsverbot in der Öffentlichkeit unterliegt. Aber ein kleines Vorhängeschloss durch den Axislock geführt verriegelt das Messer; es kann nicht mehr geöffnet werden und man kann es so transportieren.Fazit: Sicher nix fürs Büro oder als Immerdabei-Messer zum Anzug. Aber als robuster Worker, der wegen seines günstigen Preises auch mal missbraucht werden kann oder den man im Wald auch ruhig verlieren kann ohne im finanziellen Ruin zu landen, wenn man ihn wiederbeschaffen muss, ist das Messer aus Fernost eine klare Kaufempfehlung. Einen Stern Abzug wegen §42a und der dadurch eingeschränkten Führbarkeit.

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nach mehrmonatigem Gebrauch des Messers kann ich nur gutes darüber berichten. Stabilität und Schnitthaltigkeit sind hier sehr gut. Habe schon so ziemlich alles geschnitten was sich schneiden lässt - vom Küchengebrauch über Holz etc. und sogar dünnes Blech (Konserven). Lässt die Schärfe nach, so wird es ein paar mal über den Keramikstab oder über dem Arkansasstein bzw. Lederriemen abgezogen und schon gehts wieder weiter. Für den Preis top Messer. Daher 5 Sterne von mir.