Twisted Assisted Atlas G10 Stonewashed OD Green Folding Knife 18

Got this for Christmas, I am a fan of most Twisted Assisted products, and this is no exception, it's a really nicely made smart little pocket knife, sturdy enough for some light duty bush-craft tasks and makes short work of difficult to open packaging

My lovely wife surprised me yet again with another cracking knife on Christmas morning. I had not looked at any knives for a while purely due to pricing and the very misleading trend for ever increasing so called super steels. If I was a soldier who's life depended on a knife then maybe I would go for something very strong and hard but most of us are just arm chair warriors who only have our dreams. Rant over let's get back to the Atlas.good size good blade steel great build quality. I've carried it every day since Christmas and it has ably completed every task I've asked of it. No I have not taken it apart or measured the blade centering with a micrometer. With owning well over two hundred knives costing from £500 down to £20 I believe I am quite capable of saying this is a very good knife. So why only four stars ? It is just a little bit heavy, love the shape good price point and will sit in my pocket and definitely have earned its place in my "friendly" knife rotation.

I have been on a quest for the perfect UK legal EDC, my Spyderco ukpk keeps clipping itself to seatbelts and getting mislaid, my Boker has too much blade play, my kizer zipslip needed a bigger thumbstud for my pudgy fingers, this has the correct sized thumbstud, the action is a little too "stiff" but getting better, and the pocket clip is too tight meaning I can't pull it of my pocket, again this may break in . The knife is beautifully put together, I did fiddle with with some of the screws , which weren't very tight from the factory. It's definitely a keeper but it won't be my first choice EDC just yet.

I'd read good reviews on this, but I was somewhat underwhelmed. Good points: UK legal carry, like the stonewash, the filler tab does enhance the overall product. I can see the philosophy of this knife, I think it's had some thought put in to make the most "proper" knife possible whilst working within the restrictions of what is UK carry legal and that is appreciated. Bad points: Thumbscrews just fall off (no threadlocker), slip joint spring is weak yet somehow also prevents one-handed opening (therefore the thumbstuds are kinda pointless), and the proportions of blade-to-handle are a bit unbalanced but I understand that is due to keeping the blade length under the limit whilst also trying to offer an adult-sized handle so can forgive this. Overall, at black friday pricing it was an okay buy but it's not a knife I look forward to opening and using due to the lack of one-handed opening whilst simultaneously having a weak spring - this is an achievement in itself. Hasn't turned into the EDC I'd expected and have ordered something else.