CJRB Pyrite-Light Pocket Knife, Folding Knife with 3.34'' AR-RPM9 Steel Blade EDC Knife Small Pocket Knife with Pocket Clip for Men Women, Suitable for Camping Survival Hiking Knives, J1945 Green

I already own the Pyrite XL in Green Micarta, which is a favorite of mine mainly due to it's ergonomics. This standard sized Pyrite was too tempting to pass up. Unlike some people, I like FRN knives and this Pyrite is a well made example of an FRN knife. The FRN is kind of smooth, but not slippery feeling. The scales are light weight and yet are still stiff enough to have a great deal less flex than the XL Micarta version does. The use of non-weight relived liners helps add to the stiffness of the nested liners. The ergonomics are extremely good for the price point we are at and the steel is decent. The action is smooth and snappy, but opens relatively quietly. The pocket clip is recessed slightly and has recessed screws, which really helps the ergonomics out. I prefer the thumb stud on this design because it allows for effortless opening using the most commonly known way of opening pocket knives, which means anyone can use it with ease. The button lock operates smoothly and has zero stick, but locks the blade in place nicely. The sheepsfoot blade shape is incredibly useful and has great cutting geometry along with a generous choil for those of you who like to choke up on the blade. This knife is good enough even with the choil that I still give it 5 stars. Great value for the dollar spent and a phenomenal gift idea for knife newbies and people who appreciate good knives alike.Now for a rant about choils. I don't like choils on medium to large folding knives because it reduces the overall length of the cutting edge which makes me wonder why you wouldn't just carry a smaller knife if you want what is effectively a smaller blade. Choils are effectively traps where whatever you are cutting drops into the choil and suddenly you are trying to tear your way through whatever you were trying to cut. That is infuriating when you just want to get the cutting task done and don't want to have to watch how deep your blade is inserted to avoid getting the choil hung up on it. I sincerely wish this trend of adding choils to every blade under the sun would stop, because it is a feature that only appeals to people who love features for the sake of features rather than actual function considering the task at hand. Choils are good on very small knives with handles too small for a full grip on the knife and bushcraft knives that are intended to be used to chop things and be a more jack of all trades kind of knife. Choils are terrible on everything else.

A very light knife. It's also for light duty. Well constructed, really smooth, and has an excellent locking system. Super slicy blade. For It's price point a great deal.

I own too many folders from a variety of manufacturers, including Spyderco and Benchmade, and plenty of less "prestigious" brands. I saw the Pyrite mentioned on a YouTube video by MaxLvlEDC and it intrigued me enough to take a look, and a coupon brought the blue stonewash version down to $30 for me, pre tax.I have owned it for less than a day, so I have not properly put it through its paces and cannot speak on the quality of its AR-RPM9 steel, but I am having a hard time setting it down. To borrow a concept from WranglerStar: it gives me the "fizz". It gives me more fizz than any other knife I've purchased in years.It's startlingly light with comfortable scales -- think Benchmade's Bugout and without the flex in its frame -- and its blade sports a beautiful flat grind, perfect centering, zero play, and arrived "shaving sharp". The button lock is the first I've owned and I've found myself happily fidgeting with it. I'm excited to have it as part of my collection and, once I've spent a little more time with it, I have a few buddies I suspect may be getting their own as a Christmas present this year.The only thing that puzzles me is why it was named the "Pyrite"? It's inexpensive, but I daresay calling it Fool's Gold is a disservice to such a nice folder.

The media could not be loaded. This is my first purchase from CJRB, I've got knives from other brands like Kansept, Kizer, Schrade, yada yada and so on.This is my first button lock in regards to a regular knife, I've got utility knives that are button locks. Right off the gate I will say that I wish the button stuck out a bit more, I sometimes have to use my thumbnail to push it. The other thing I did not enjoy was that while it has thumb studs, the only way to open it is by using the button lock itself, not a deal breaker but I wish I could open it with the thumb studs too by a flick.It didn't come as sharp as I expected or wanted it to be. I had to work it a little bit to get it to be as sharp as I wanted. I have less expensive knives that have come shaving sharp right out of the package.Its lightweight and fits well in the pocket, the blade itself feels a little on the thinner side which is fine because this isn't a knife you're going to use for heavy duty use like battoning or chopping up wood. The clip holds well in your pocket and doesn't let go easily which is good for outdoors use.The handle material isn't as grippy as I'd want it to be, but it does feel good and strong. We'll see how long it lasts with regular use.All in all, this is a good knife at the price point it is at right now ($30~). You could do better, but you could also do a hell of a lot worse. Overall, it's a good knife to get if you're starting to build an EDC kit or if you need a good, inexpensive knife for daily use.***Update: The knife will open without using the button lock and using the thumb studs. It was just that the detent was too strong, some fiddling around and it works great now.

Hands down, the best budget friendly EDC knife. Light weight due to frn scales. Slicey blade. Deep carry pocket clip. AR-RPM9 steel is fantastic. Holds an edge and takes a hair splitting edge. Great factory edge as well. I never need to reprofile Cjrb or artisan edges. Only complaint is the lack of texture on the frn scales. It’s has some texturing, but still pretty smooth. I scuffed mine up with a fine grit sand paper for some added texture