This $28 Chinese framelock knife is made by FURA with no real name to go by. It features sculpted grade 5 titanium scales, a steel lock insert with a built in over travel stop, caged steel ball bearings, and a titanium pocket clip.
You should buy this knife just based on what it has in respect to its price point. There is absolutely nothing comparable that the big U.S. knife companies have that comes close to what this knife offers for $28. U.S. companies will generally give you knives in this price range of $20-$40 that are full stainless steel handles, Teflon washers, maybe phosphor-bronze if you’re lucky, with a 420HC blade. This knife is definitely superior to its U.S. counterparts in every way, including the blade steel which is supposedly D2, but could be 9Cr18MoV, which is still no slouch in terms of value vs. performance.
The design of this knife reminds me a lot of the Lucas Burnley Kwaiken, and in some circumstances could be considered a copy of his design. If you are a clone hater, you might not like this knife based on principle.
The FURA name is rather unknown, but the sculpted titanium handles also remind me of knives that TwoSun has made, and I can only hypothesize that FURA and TwoSun are somehow related. With that said, I’ve always wanted a TwoSun knife, and this one will fit that bill even without the TwoSun logos and branding.
The initial out-of-box experience for this knife was a little lacking, but forgivable given its price point. I expect for $28 that the pivot is not smooth, and it definitely wasn’t, but with a little bit of wearing in, it is as smooth as other knives that feature caged steel ball bearings. It can be drop shut, and flipped out light switch style; the button-press style is rather hard to pull off. The knife does slam shut on one or both of its barrel spacers so if you don’t want chips in the blade, it is best to file down both barrel spacers by adding a V-notch to make room for the blade to clear without touching. This is my only gripe with this knife, and for my uses and its price point, it’s not a deal breaker.
I should note that this blade came extremely sharp from the factory, and without the repeated dings into the spacers, this knife would have been sharp for quite a long time without needing to re-sharpen it.
Also, the sheath they give you is nice looking but I would not recommend using it. The metal snap will scratch your titanium handles and not in a nice way like a stonewash would.
This knife is multipurpose for me personally. I use it as an extreme budget EDC knife while still retaining that high end EDC look, even if it isn’t considered high end EDC. The blade has enough sweep on it to function very well for EDC tasks, while still having a pointy tip for when that is useful, especially for defensive purposes. This blade is a little bit short for defensive uses, but works in a pinch. I still prefer blades that are 4” or longer for defense as it provides a lot more reach, and penetration.
Hopefully, by the time you read this that LuvThemKnives and Gearbest are still running their sale, but if not, you can always keep watch on Gearbest as they always do a flash sale from time to time. Regular price is around $40, but during the sale, it can be had for as low as $28. Still, pretty worth it at $40.
Also, I am amazed at the level of outreach my single post about the 940-1 clone has gotten. I had never expected to get as many views as it did. Now that I know that there is some level of exposure, I will attempt to keep writing more posts in the future on a more regular basis.
Until next time,
Fanofknives
Here is the video from LuvThemKnives with the link to buy this knife in the description.
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Links in the description of that video are paid links for LTK’s channel, but provide you a discount.