Nemo Knives Review: QSP PENGUIN PLUS

H. Clay Aalders
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As I was looking for a big not threatening folder, I was studying different wharncliff designs or sheepfoot blades for that matter.
Ending my quest with that little Spyderco wonder in the previous review: the Dragonfly.

But my need for a more longer blade (especially in the kitchen) was still on and then I have found that QS130XL-B – QSP Penguin Plus Titane.
Same specs as my beloved D2 Blue Denim Micarta QSP but everything is different because this is the Penguin PLUS with:
A longer blade. Blade length 8,6 cm.Blade thickness 3,5 mm.
A flipper.
A titanium handle
A 20CV DLC longer blade.
Length closed 11,4 cm.
Ceramic ball bearing..
Lockbar insert.
Titanium clip.

Weight 127g.

The price was 7 times the price of my first Penguin on thebestknives.eu in Vesoul, France. Great bargain and great service.

Always nice to read one of Nemo’s reviews. It pleases me that there is a glimmer of knife culture still burning in Europe.

Read the whole thing:

QSP PENGUIN PLUS – Titanium and 20CV blade. Revenge of the Emperor penguin ?

 

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H. Clay Aalders

H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The Truth About Knives - spending his last 5 years there as Managing Editor. His background is in fixed-blade hunting and bushcraft knives, but has jumped into the world of vintage slipjoint collecting with both feet since coming to work at Knife Magazine. Clay’s primary role is as Digital Editor, curating and creating new content for our website and blog, as well as maintaining the Knife Magazine social media accounts (FB/IG: @theknifemag, Twitter: @knifemagazine). He is also a contributor and Associate Editor of the print magazine.

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  1. Monday morning and I saw this “QS130XL-B-QSP Penguin Plus Titane”. . . Firstly, I did the metric-to-English conversion: 25.4 cm/inch and approx. 28 g/oz. The hell with that; It is roughly a 3-inch blade and weighs about 4-oz. The water-jets and CNCs in Yangjiang produced another precision cutting tool . . . I reckon the humans need to be well-versed in programming these machines. Once the computerized-knife machines are “dialed in”, I can envision a wall of these marvels each producing a component of the “Penguin”. Which one makes the “thumb-stud”?

    I read the review and it was thorough. I chuckled when I read the part on “de-shouldering the edge”. Perhaps the “robot” responsible for creating the knife-edge was programmed for a secondary bevel. It’s not the machine’s fault . . .

    I hope to visit a U.S.A.-based manufacturer of “machine assisted custom knives” (aka MACKs**). I want to see and learn about these CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) machines; lasers; water-jets; mills and such that produce the precision parts to make a knife. I want to observe how these “parts” are put together . . . Are humans involved in the “fit and finish”?
    (**The “Knifemaker’s Guild” has drafted guidelines on defining a “handmade” knife. This was done to present a “fairness standard” for knife-makers who build custom knives.)

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