KITORY M013B

I bought this December of 2023. Very nice “little” knife. Just right size for my hands, I have average size hands, fits in the front pocket and is comfortable to use. It has D2 steel, it’s not stainless but close to it, and stays sharp. Can be a little hard to sharpen if you arm not really experienced in sharpening knives. It is a little small to open with one hand, but the thumb hole makes it easy to grab the blade and open. If I really need to open it with one hand I can still do it. Like it so much I bought one for my son. Last Christmas i bought quite a few knives in the 40 to 65 dollar range for gifts. I gotta say, I like this one more than about half of the other more expensive ones I bought. For the money, a super deal!!!! The only negative about it is the pivot screw was loose, i tighten it . It’s been fine ever since. I may have put some thread lock in the threads. I can’t remember if i did.

Really Nice little knife, bought 4 for stocking suffers. Burned there nick names in them.

Could have been sharper.

Ok this is not a bad pocket knife but there are things that will make it far better. First tighten up all the assembly bolts as soon as you open it. For my liking the blade was too free so I adjusted that up and added a thicker lube. But those things would have kept this $9 knife at 5 stars. The real problem is the scales. They are huge. This knife is 16.3mm thick. That is way too thick for a pocket knife of this size. Each scale is 5.1mm thick. My thickest pocket knives are 10.2mm thick. I will be removing these scales and bringing them down to about 2 to 2.5mm. This will end up at around 11mm. The scales are not structural at all so the unit will still be solid. Other than that is a nice cheap pocket knife that you won’t mind doing stupid things with because it is so inexpensive. Oh yes and it will take a nice edge and hold it well. It’s not very sharp out of the box.

gr8 blade, very good quality material, size just perfect

It gets two stars because it had a blade that was halfway sharp and cut paper (roughly). The scales are comically thick, the screws are all stripped, so you can't take it apart, and the liner lock had to be broken in before it would actually engage and lock the blade. It claims to be D2, but I would bet money it's not and is either 420 or 440A. After 12 hours in vinegar it hadn't even slightly tarnished, which D2 should. It was a $10 knife I bought to test some patina techniques, but can't even do that effectively. If you're in this price bracket and looking for a knife, go with a brand that makes actual quality. Miguron and Flissa are both on Amazon and have very affordable high quality knives, or Ozark Trail down at Walmart. Don't buy this junk.