Genesis Folding Knife, Emergency Orange, Raised Clip

Features

Model: Genesis

Part Number: Genesis EO RC (Emergency Orange G10, Raised Pocket Clip) Designer: Andre Thorburn

Manufacturer: Origin Blade Maker

Length: 4.5″ folded, 7- 7/8″ open

Weight: 4 oz

Blade material: N690

Blade Thickness: .157″

Pivot Style: IKBS with Ceramic Balls

Liners:  6AL4V Titanium

Liner Thickness:  0.080″

Detent Ball: Ceramic

Handle Material: G10

Pocket Clip:  6AL4V Titanium

Notes: We use ceramic balls in the bearing system, they will not rust or wear out like metal balls. This style pocket clip sits on a stand off as opposed to our our standard pocket clip which is formed. The gimping on the thumb rest & on the flipper button is done by wire EDM, providing excellent purchase & another feature of the Genesis that high-volume factory made knives can only dream of. P.s. The handles look a bit ‘redder’ in some of the pics than what they actually are, the pic with the blade half open is accurate, the Emergency Orange G10 is that color. MADE IN THE USA.

A word about online reviewers:

Social media brings with it self-proclaimed “experts” since anyone with a smartphone can very easily shoot a “review” video & instantly upload it to the internet. Absolutely zero qualifications are needed, the reviewer does not need to know anything at all in order to review a product. This in itself is not all that amazing, what’s truly astonishing about Homo Sapiens is just how many of us “follow” such wholly unqualified social media stars, slurping up everything they dish up, whether the information is true or false, without questioning what qualifies them to do a review? Part of their success is the fact that Youtube allows them to edit out fair, critical comments, further skewing their so-called reviews.

A clever guy once said that only a man who has never produced anything with his own hands will criticize something which another man has created. Many of these online reviewers start by describing the manufacturing techniques which they believe a manufacturer used to make a product, whereas nothing is further from the truth. For instance one knife reviewer describes the aesthetic dimples in the back of the liners of a very high end folder as being “done by file at the hand of the maker”. As a cutting edge manufacturer it becomes glaringly obvious that this person has zero manufacturing knowledge, the liners on the knife in question are entirely made on a cnc mill (as is the case with most modern folders). What’s sad about this is that his “followers” are effectively being misled.

Our Genesis has been described as ‘Shockingly Good’ by one online reviewer, but the price, weight & blade material is attacked. We find it almost comical to see the reviewer compare the knife to much lesser models. Also, as the reviewer takes the knife apart it once again becomes clear that he has zero technical background. If he was in fact qualified to take a knife apart he would know how to lock the pivot. Also, sadly again, if the person had any manufacturing experience he would be able to recognize features in the design & creation of the knife that sets it apart from other knives in its class & warrant the higher selling price. For instance, if the reviewer possessed some micrometers he could for instance measure the extreme tolerances of the components & point out to his viewers that this is the kind of thing that is unseen, but sets an awesome knife apart from a run-of-the-mill knife. Also, someone with precision manufacturing experience would instantly be drawn to the stand-off’s. The recesses in which they sit in the liners & the shoulders turned into them is one of the things that makes the Genesis a $325 knife. Such engineering is extremely hard to achieve & costs extra time hence extra money, but it makes a great knife (the liners cannot move parallel to each other). The amount of standoff’s is also critical, it inter alia determines the sound the knife makes on opening. The same goes for the 80 thou thick liners, something you usually only find on much more expensive knives.

Come on folk, if you’re going to brand yourself a reviewer & make your millions of your Youtube royalties, at least get some qualifications. Visit some of the top makers, SEE how a knife is made, ask them how many hours they lie awake, sweating over the Swiss watch like tolerances they have to keep. Instead of calling a knife “nice”, with very little technical reasons why, or calling the price “meh”, without knowing what it costs to get there, or sneering at blade steel without knowing how it is made to perform with the correct technology, get some measuring skills, learn how to take the thing apart correctly, learn the difference in laser cut gimping & wire edm gimping, provide a better service for your viewers.