CJRB Prado Pocket Knife 3.76" AR-RPM9 Sand Polish Steel Blade G10 Handle Crossbar Lock Folding Pocket Knife for Men Outdoor Survival Camping and EDC, J1936 Aqua Green

Classic Laconico design, excellent build quality and a rock solid lockup on mine. The action on the cross bar is a bit stiff at first but will break in. Fit and finish is fantastic, carries light and slim.The cross bar studs are sharp! You'll want to disassemble the knife and have a go at stropping off the micro burs. I wouldn't buy this knife if you have small hands or short fingers, I have long fingers and decent sized palms and it's a stretch to access the crossbar studs due to the handle length.The knife is extremely comfortable and well designed. If you get the G10 version, the texture is amazingly grippy... so grippy that the clip (which comes with a very tight tension) will eat your pants. Takes about 10 seconds to bend the clip back a little and release the tension to your desired friction level.I paid $50 for mine and it's $50 incredibly well spent.

Some knives are are just well designed and built and this is one of them. I got the ebony version which is rare as most of my knives have G10 scales but you almost never see an offering in ebony and it looks and feels fantastic. Hopefully the wood scales will hold up over time. The one slight negative I found was the edges if the thumb stud were rough to the touch and will require some very light sanding to soften the rough edges. Beware the knife is surgically sharp, the sharpest of any knife I have ever purchased so use caution. Overall a great value and was rated knife of the year by youtuber Wayne's (sharp) World. Thumb hole deployment only but it seems to work OK. Definitely worth a look. A great build and value.

Can ask for much more for a 50 some dillar benchmade alternative with quality modern steel, great look, slim and lightweight carries like a 3 incher but you get a much larger and stout blade. Only con I found so far is the stiffness of the crossbar lock and its sharp edges, but not enough to change my mind that buying 4 of these over a 1 bugout is a no brainer. Or just buy one and diversify with the 150 savings.

5star!!! Awesome Knife! Fit ,finish, Comfortable in hand and Great Value! CJRB. Is good at what they do. This is the Budget side of Artisiain Cutlery and They Produce Quality Products I own Several This is Basically a Budget Revel. Same Blade and Materials Just a Different Handle. BUY IT! Take this from a Collector that has over 300 Pocket Knives Spanning from $20.00 to $500.00 and I Really Like This One!

Except in the first week the wood scales dried and warped enough to crack one side. I’ve seen several others with the same problem now on YouTube reviews too. If you get it take the scales off and treat them immediately to avoid this.

Pros:Wood is nice.Jimping on the back of the blade.Deep carry clip, also reversable.Ambidextrous opening and lock.Skeletonized liners, light weight.Cons:Not the easiest to open, no stud or flipper, crossbar requires both sides to be pulled evenly on both sides to let the blade swing free.Whole knife is pretty wide and a tad long.Handle is smooth. Very little contouring.The crossbar lock is very stiff.The combo of stiff lock, large and smooth handle caused it to slip out of my hand when trying to close it.I have other CJRBs that I like better, this one is ok.*UPDATE*So this knife was part of my collection as a display piece only, I never carried it. Last month while reorganizing i noticed a split in the wood on one side. Sigh. Contacted customer service and they authorized a return but I'm on the hook for $15 to send it back. They should've paid for shipping since it had literally never cut anything, not even a thread.With the negatives previouly stated, self breaking handle and non-paid shpping I'm subtracting two more stars. I'll be skipping CJRB as a whole in the future. Kizer and Vosteed are better with better steels.

AR-RPM9 is chemically the same as 9Cr18MoV but is spray formed and has finer better distributed carbides and the price is comparable. Good job CRJB!. This knife has a really nice 0.126" blade stock with a little more belly than most other drop points. The primary grind is 4.0 DPS. I sharpen mine at 18 DPS and it is hair popping sharp. It will cut arm hair without touching skin. With this steel you could go much lower if you wanted to but I find that 18 DPS makes resharpening faster, conserves blade stock, and makes blade less likely to receive damage hitting bone. I like thumb studs. I like flipper tabs. I like fullers or opening holes. But I don't like them to be on the same knife. I love that this knife only has the nicely subdued opening hole. I wish all my knives were like this. It's not the easiest way to flick open, I find it easier to sweep it open, but once it is open it has the least interference with the grip and cutting action of any method and the way they did it on this knife it looks great and not as retarded as a Spyderco which I find to be really ugly knives. I saved the best for last. The thing that I really like about this knife is the weight. It is very light for a blade of this size due to the fully recessed liners that don't just have lightening holes in them but are rather fully milled into a truss like structure. With the light weight and clean no thumb stud no flipper lines it will really surprise you how light and easy this knife is to carry.