Cold Steel Medium Luzon 4" 8Cr13MoV Razor-Sharp Clip Point Blade 5" GFN Handle Tactical EDC Folding Knife w/Leaf-Spring Lock

Best pocket knife I've ever had. Takes a sharpening, large enough that you know it's there, small enough to actually serve as a pocket knife.

This is easily the finest addition to my collection this year. The knife is easy to open, easy to close. Both locks work very simply and efficiently. Overall, the knife is very well balanced, and the integrated clip as far superior than it’s competitive counterparts. Cold Steel continues to maintain a high standard of quality.

Like me start off by saying that I also own the Luzon XL, which I consider an excellent knife. It came stupid sharp out of the box, it opens easily both with the thumb tab and as a flipper. The lockup is positive and solid. The liner lock is easy to access and easy to manipulate. I found it lightweight, well balanced and a joy to use. For a "budget knife" it's a well made beastie.Now on to the Luzon Medium. At first glance it looks like Cold Steel tried to make a scaled down version of the Luzon XL. Operative word is "tried". They failed miserably. True, the edge is stupid sharp and it is a good looking knife, but that's all I can say for it. The thumb stud is next to impossible to use, and the flipper is downright painful to use. Using the liner lock to close the knife, well forget it. It's a machosists dream. Talk about painful. Added to the pain, the lockup is inconsistent. I bought it to use as a utility knife, but what use is an edc utility knife if you can't get the bloody thing open reliably? I sincerely doubt Lynn Thompson was involved in the design of this knife.Shame on you Cold Steel.***********************************************************(edited 6/16/2024)In my original review I was very critical of how stiff the knife was in opening it. After having and using this knife for a bit I have to change my opinion. Put a few drops of oil at the pivot and work it open and closed, it will eventually loosen up and you will find this knife is your new bestest edc buddy. I absolutely LOVE this knife now and use it even in the kitchen. I highly recommend it. It even makes a good whittler!

Great knife so far. Extremely sharp. However, use caution when carrying it, the blade had slightly opened in my pocket, sliced my right ring finger pretty badly.

If you're doing extremely difficult tasks this is definitely not the knife to use. But if you're a collector and using it for every day stuff like opening boxes cutting rope etc. or you just love a good looking sharp knife just go ahead and buy it. It's such a cool looking knife. Comes very sharp

Addictive to fiddle with. Sharp as can be! Excellent size! Line lock is a bit tight. Lock works great. Excellent for the price.

Came sharp i like the feel of it but 1 major problem I have with it is when you open it it's very hard to close again I need pliers just to close

Sems study and very sharp.