Perkin Damascus Folding knife, Unlocking Blade

An amazingly attractive looking knife with a hollow ground, Damascus, carbon steel blade. It has beautiful bone scales, well fitted, which blends well with the brass bolsters. The sharpened edge of the blade is 2 1/2" long. The total length is 2 13/16" extending beyond the bolster. The total length of the folded knife is 3 5/8". The knife is obviously hand made, so there will be variations in each one. In this one, the bee was installed crookedly and was therefore filed off on one side. Also the bolster on that end was filed lower on one side than the other. This left a larger than necessary gap between the bee wing and the bolster and leaves a sharp edge on the bee wing. However, for the price I would not even begin to complain. Where these are made seems to be a well kept secret but I'm guessing India. To get the real deal from France, you would have to pay over 10 times as much. I am well satisfied with this one. The scabbard is not much to write home about but I bought this as a pocket knife. This knife will rust and corrode if not properly taken care of, but it's not that much effort to do so.

What a lovely crafted wee knife. It’s actually quite beautiful and so sturdy and well made. Has that “quality feel” in the hand and is razor sharp. The blade is beautiful modern Damascus blade (I say this as the original Damascus blade secret was lost some two centuries ago). I’m not given to leaving reviews to everything I buy off amazon but in this case I felt compelled to do so as it’s such a great quality item I thought I should.I’ve owned a number of pocket knives over the years and this is quite the most beautifully wrought one of them all!

I got one of there legal to carry pocket knives made with Damascus steal the first knife had a poor heat treat so it didn’t hold a very good edge but after contacting the company they replaced the knife within a week they were very easy to deal with and very promt with there dealing with my enquiry I have nothing but praise for the and the second knife holds a good edge and the fit and finish is very good and the price I think is better than any I’ve found on line. 10/10 Perkin keep it up I’ll definitely be buying more knives from them in the future.

This knife arrived quickly and well packaged. It is a beautiful looking knife and well worth the price. I bought for my Dad for Xmas and if he doesn't like it I will eat my underwear.The only downside, which is very picky, is that it would be nice if it came with a small card explaining that it is handmade, what bone the handle is made from etc.

This is a gorgeous knife but with dinks in the blade its a huge shame for the price. Not very impressed. Craftsmanship, sturdiness, design ect all lovely but thw blade has definitely been used/tested on something to have these dinks in the blade itself. Not happy, not impressed

Great workmanship has went into making this knife and it holds a great edge when sharpened idel for what I needed it for

Wow amazing quality is all I can say!

The good points about this knife: it is remarkably pretty, the brass gives it a nice heft, the fitting of the bone grip scales is good, the bone is well polished and feels good in the hand, the mechanical damascus blade is very handsome, the blade takes and retains a reasonably good edge.The bad points: The edge of the blade had a flat spot (hitting against the backspring in transit?), the bolsters are angled where they grip the pivoting part of the blade, this means that the blade is tight, with no lateral movement, when opened (when it needs to be), but when closed the blade rattled against the liners. I found this irritating and tried to tighten things by re-peening the ends of the pin holding the blade, which only had a temporary effect, and bruised the brass. I have now glued a piece of plastic to one of the liners and this seems to have stopped the rattle. Perhaps I have been unfortunate to receive a poor example.Overall, I like the knife and it is reasonable value for money, but mine is marred by some constructional and/or quality control defects.