Ganzo G7412P-OR-WS Orange Folding Knife with Whistle Ribbed Handle G10 Grey Blade 440c Lock Axis

Great fit and finish, solid heavy knife, and the axis-esque mechanism is smooth and keeps your fingers out of the path of the blade while closing it. I carried a benchmade of one variety or another through 5 deployments (mostly griptilians), and I inevitably shed a tear every time I lost one knowing I had to shell out another hundred bucks to replace it.These Ganzos have all of the benefits of those knives, and the price is frankly incredible for the quality. Holds an edge well and I can't imagine being able to break them. This one particularly has a nice grippy handle with a sort of stone washed blade finish. I prefer the orange handle because it seems to scare civilians less at work than the olive/desert/black knives I used to carry. Also, the pocket clip on this one has three screws which in my experience works a lot better than knives with one or two screws, seems like those are more prone to coming loose. The blade locks very solidly, and the axis style lock is something I always look for, having nipped the top of my thumb with way too many liner locks in my time. Frankly I have no idea why this knife is priced so low. It makes a great gift at this price point too.The only improvement I could think of is that I wish they made one exactly like this but slightly smaller, about 75 percent of this size. Again, part of that is perception, I work with a pretty broad range of people, and non-pocket knife people have mentioned how large it is on more than one occasion, something that rarely happens with a smaller knife. Maybe add a window breaker, and I'd buy a dozen.

Very nice knife. Fit and finish on this knife is excellent: Ganzo keeps getting better and better. The stonewashed blade finish is perfect there are no visible marks or scars on this blade even under a 10X loupe! There are no sloppy gaps anywhere on this knife and the scales of the grip are perfectly contoured to the frame. This is a very nice looking Ganzo knife too and fancier than some of them. The P in G7412P model number indicates patterned scales. The orange G10 handle is a shade lighter than some of the other Ganzo knives. The textured scale is nice and has a good grip. Time will tell though, all my others have the flat G10. The grips on this one are contoured, thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges which is more sophisticated machining of G10. One slight nit, the ridges raise the grips higher than normal and a bit less of the Axis lock lever protrudes above the grips, and when you operate the Axis lock your thumb rubs across the ridges. You have to reach inside the recess a bit to operate the lock. But it is still easy to operate. Whenever I get a Ganzo knife I spray the pivot mechanism and the Axis lock with DuPont Silicone Lubricant with Teflon. It smooths out the mechanism. I have had the knife out of the box for less than a day and it now opens smoothly and the Axis lock is already loosening up. The blade is razor sharp and is centered in the frame, and there is no play at all in the blade. It does not wiggle a bit. This model appears to have one bronze washer and one Teflon washer. I have not had to touch the blade adjustment screw at all on this knife, just work it in. The Axis lock by design is self-adjusting. The curved back part of the blade inside the frame, is a cam and the Axis lock is a spring loaded piston that rolls along the cam surface and locks into place. Over usage the cam smooths out and wear in, and the knife's action become smoother: both opening- and closing action smooths out. The cam and piston smooth each other out and as the knife wears in the the fit actually improves.The G7412 is a knockoff of the DPx H•E•S•T F 2.0 knife that sells for $200 and up on Amazon. So for under $16 you are getting a $200+ knife clone. What it does not have it the cutout on the blade for a "wire cutter" like the DPx H•E•S•T s o if you happen to planning James Bond infiltration mission and need to cut barbed wire, better you spend the two hundred bucks and get that other knife. By the way DPx H•E•S•T is made in Italy by Lion Steel so it too is an imported knife: only the G10 handles are American made. The Ganzo uses 440C steel not D2 tool steel. I am trying to figure out just what part of the $185 price increase on the DPx knife is due to "D2 tool steel" but coming up short on that question.Another difference is Ganzo uses Axis lock type mechanism. It is copied from Benchmark. People say the Ganzo version of Axis locks are stiff when new and I do not disagree: but after you work it in for a few days they are fine. Use the Dupont aerosol lube on it and work the action. It also flushes out any smaller than dust bits of grit. Any excess drips I wipe down the blade and it waterproofs it. After 12 hours out of the box and opening/shutting 100-200 times my Ganzo G7412P now it flicks open smoothly one-handed with no effort and easily closes one-handed too. There is a cutout on the handle that leaves plenty of room to get at the thumb stud that opens the knife, and also doubles as a bottle opener or so I am told. It also make a good recess for your index finger and helps grip the knife. The blade size is nice, bigger than the G7041 which is a HK 14205 clone, and slimmer blade than the G722 which is their Lion Steel SR1 clone. Blade retension is excellent: no amount of shaking the knife will get the blade open, you have to operate the lock lever to open it. Once opened the lockup is outstanding. There is no wiggle back and forth and none up and down either: that blade is not going anywhere. One detail, the post inside the frame that is the blade stop on this G7412 has a quite noticeably smaller diameter than my other Ganzo knifes. Not sure how much that makes it "weaker" since the dimensions of the different knifes are well, different. I think on this model if they made that post as thick as on the other Ganzo knives, the cam part of the blade would strike the post when you close the knife, so it's all good.There at ridges on the top of the blade to place your thumb. The grip is long and I have good size hands but not ham-fisted; anyway there is plenty of room on the grip, and with the cutout for the index finger its a good grips. It is a clone of a very good knife design the DPx H•E•S•T. Yes Ganzo copies famous maker knives and of late they are doing more sophisticated designs like Lion Steel of Italy (who makes the DPx knives)The handle on this knife is quite a bit longer relative to the blade length of 89 mm but again it is a DPx H•E•S•T clone and has similar proportions. There is no 'glass breaker' on the hilt of the knife. Of course then there is the whistle. You get a whistle on the lanyard that comes with the knife, you can buy the whistle separately some places for $2-3. The whistle is quite loud. It is not shrill sounding more like a toot. But very loud. Not sure how many will use the whistle but, there you have it. The pocket clip is idential to the G7329 which is their Benchmade Griptilian clone. Not much to say but it is a nice, good size secure clip. It stays in the pocket but easy to remove. I stopped carrying the very nice Kershaw Cryo II assisted opener because they have a tiny pocket clip and way too tight. Anyway the Ganzo knives are much nicer in my opinion than anything in the Kershaw line.As I mentioned the 440C blade on this is razor sharp. This one has the gray stone washed finish. It looks nice. I have various model Ganzo knives in the satin steel finish (shinier), stone washed (this, less shiny) and black coated blades. The stonewashed gives it a nice, unobtrusive gray color to the blade and not too shiny, and it looks great with the Orange frame on this knife.I can strongly recommend this Ganzo G7412P to anyone. I have not had a bum Ganzo knife yet

I have wanted the G720 since it came out but because I am left-handed and the clip does not line up right when switching sides, I never ordered one. This G7412 is nearly identical and a fraction of the cost! This thing is so sharp I literally shaved half my thigh with it! I have several Ganzo knives and they never disappoint, even though I've been collecting knives since I was a child in the 80s including Buck, Gerber, CRKT, Kershaw, Spyderco, Cold Steel, and more, but not ZT or other $100+ knives. That being said, Ganzo craftsmanship is as good if not better than most name brand knives at 2-3X the cost when comparing apples to apples, i.e. blade steel, handle material, etc. My only complaint is that the axis locks on most have been extremely stiff and take some serious breaking it, but once it is, the blade snaps open and shut with a flick of the wrist. Buy it, you will not be disappointed! And consider their multi-tools too, truly insane value!

This was my first Ganzo knife. For being a sub $20 knife, I'm very impressed with it initially. The fit and finish is nearly perfect. The lock on it is stiffer than I would like but it's workable. The blade has a stonewashed finish. It opens and closes smoothly and it locks up tight and solid. Although it's slightly larger it's very comfortable in the hand. Even the little whistle is sufficiently loud enough.

It is identical in operation to my Benchmade knives, well built too. It remains to be seen as to how well the blade holds an edge, but the value is unbeatable thus far

This may be an inexpensive knife but it doesn't feel inexpensive or cheap. It's a bit heavy and it fills my small hand. It came razor sharp. The axis lock is a bit stiff but still very manageable. Overall I'm very satisfied.

Strong, safe knives for bargain price. It's built a little clunky, but absolutely sturdy.

Nice knife