I’ve always been wary of button locks, probably, in the same way that people are wary of planes. Statistics say they’re safe, but the path to total obliteration seems like it’s only one or two mechanical failures away.
It doesn’t help that most of the first button locks I used were flashy and light. Made to fidget and snap and come out of the pocket to its own theme song.
The RMX isn’t that. It’s a drab knife in a way that makes me trust it, because I know it isn’t trying to be anything more than exactly what it is: a tough, slicey knife with a hard line on long-term usability.
It helps too that the designer is possibly one of the most practical, tool-savvy people in the industry.
Probably the major headline feature of this knife is that Work Sharp designed a way for customers to convert it into an automatic. That was part of the original RMX when it hit the market. We didn’t get that one. We got the plain old thumb stud version, because we’re plain people.
I have the original RMX, and it is a solid knife. I should probably carry it more often, but I suppose I don’t because I don’t think it has much personality. But there is nothing wrong with it performance wise.
Read the whole thing at NothingButKnives.com
https://www.nothingbutknives.com/worksharp-rmx-review/