The Sandrin Knives Monza Pocketknife: The Full Nick Shabazz Review
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2022
- Today, we'll take a look at an interesting new knife from Sandrin, the Monza, featuring a nice big chunk of their Polyhedral Tungsten Carbide blade and the Snecx Tan designed Recoil Lock.
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Thanks Nick for another great video. I really miss the terrible knife videos I have always enjoyed them.
They’re returning :)
@@NickShabazz Woo Hoo!!
Sandrin knows tungsten carbide, but they still have a few things to learn about knives. I have been very happy with my Torino but I agree with all your substantive criticisms-the thumbstuds, pivot, and lockbar all need another revision or two. I could do with a little more space under the pocket clip, too. Disagree about the blade finish, though, I think it’s awesome 😎
I look forward to mine. But note that if you send it in for sharpening in the US they will change the edge to a single bevel. They mention it on the website, but be sure you want that before sending it in!
Said to myself: if they ever release something with titanium scales and silver-ish blade im gonna buy it. Monza came to the market, monza was instantly bought, havent regretted it. The Bladefinish is unique and beautiful on its own. The knife feels great in the hand and works well. Lock is a bit to tiny for my ham-fingers but otherwise i cant complain.
How's it holding up after a couple months? Considering picking up my own!
@@dominicperri6705 would still recommend it. It's a good knife if you like it for what it is.
Really loving what Sandrin is doing with this new blade material!
Theie knives are excellent. Blessed to have several, slip joint and locking.
Great review Nick. Keep em the good the bad and ugly coming
The tungsten carbide is the only thing making it different enough to warrant a second look. Other than that it looks like every premium base model just about. 🤷♂️ Thanks for the look brother 👍 Stay sharp my friend!
Interesting. I quite like the blade/handle combo.
I just get it this Thursday🤤
I love it. The lock is very fun and works great
The blade is a razor 😍
But one thing drive me crazy. For the moment I can't took it appart because they put way too much loctite and the pivot is freespinning 🤢
So I need a hairdryer to go further 😑
Other than that this knife is georgous, first time I've in My hand a textured Titanium knife and I just love the feeling of it 😍.
Anyway great review Batman 👌
I own the Sandrin Knives Torino and absolutely love it. I may buy this one.
Hey rusty !
Cool looking knife
love love love that blade finish!
it's quite easy to make; disassemble the knife, take the blade, put it on the asphalt, stand on it and move your foot
Love the primo high-high-end blade material. And Nick made me laugh with the "shop floor" finish moniker.
The choil is so big because the stop pin for closed position is hitting the blade in the choil area. It cant be much smaller than on the Monza. You would have seen it if the knife would come apart.... It also enables you to close the knife in backlock style, so you pull the recoil with your thumb and you let the choil hit your index finger. It feel very natural coming from edc backlock knife to edc recoil from sandrin.
Also thumb stunds are not blocking any part of the edge.
Other than the bad stop pin interfacing, the choil is done extremely well for sharpening (very similar to how CRK does their choils). You'll pretty much never run out of blade to sharpen, coupled with the extremely high wear resistance.
My jaw dropped when you turned that thing sideways and showed the blade stock thickness.
Looks good" i like the size.
I like it
I would love to see one of these shrunk down to the Torino's dimensions.
Damn now I really wanna try a megatorino! I hope it’s a red sauce dish!
Man you think of everything 👌🏼
I still have and use the original Torino in gas station red. The finger choil makes it very easy to use and close. Still haven't had to sharpen it. I also prefer the rough finish to the high polish.
9 months later. Still using it?
Sharpened it yet?
@@oceanwaves83 Still in my rotation and still haven't had to sharpen it. However, I'm not that hard on my knives.
Thank you for using the word gription
Missed the mark on this one Nick. This is a one and done gentleman's knife.
Mine also has forward/backward bladeplay meaning that the lock to blade interface has issues. The T6 screw for left side pocket clip carry is permanently lock-tight in the frame… guess I’m carrying right, and the edge is a little uneven, perfect on the flat but nearing the tip the angle changes making it look smaller and imperfect. Overall a unique knife but would prefer higher quality and T8s everywhere… wait for their next Sandrin model
I eventually got the screw out to swap the clip on mine, but yeah, it was WAY too difficult, and it’s especially dumb to loc-tite the screw that needs to be removed to swap the pocket clip.
After a couple days of opening and closing mine developed the very slight amount of vertical blade play. I ended up sending it back to see if it could be repaired, lamina said it could not, offered a refund which I took. Too bad actually I was very intrigued and excited to check it out.
Use a soldering iron and put it in the tip of the screw until it heats up the screw and breaks the loctite bond.
I would really love it if the Monza came in a insingo bladeshape
Super* Lock. The Power Lock was the two-part back lock Spyderco used on the Tatanka
The Nick went partial Terri Nunn when he said "I'm a blade!"
Awesome review, as always, Nick! I have been looking at Sandrin for awhile but have yet to pull the trigger on one. The prospect of a larger Torino is certainly intriguing, as my only gripe with the Torino was its smaller size. My question for you (or anyone who knows, really) is how does this lock compare to Demko's shark lock?
I rescind my inquiry. I thought for about 5 minutes and ultimately realized that I buy knives to use them at work, on a construction site. If I buy one of these to use, I might never need to use another knife again. That prospect frightened me. I'd miss my Shaman and my Native Chief and my new cruwear Ayoob too much.
Great review nonetheless!
I don't know how the locks compare in strength but the Demko is infinitely more comfortable to use.
@franksalem8580 It looks like it's ergos are much more solid. Thanks for info!
that blade finish is awesome and way nicer than the mirror finish adds esthetics and ruggedness. id be surprised its a choice related to lazyness and unfinished blade rather than desigh and esthetics considering the attention to details for the rest of the knife
Were you able to confirm the entire knife is rustproof? They go out of their way to say salt water, and they do have ceramic ball bearings, but wasn’t sure if the whole knife was rust proof?
Will the blade shatter if dropped, like ceramic blades do? How fragile is it, exactly?
It’d certainly chip
I don't mind the blade finish but the handle shape doesn't connect with me, deep carry pocket clip is always great and I approve of extra prominent thumb studs.
I'm a lefty and usually carry right handed knives. I got excited and then disappointed with my TRM Neutron and QC Waypoint because the left thumb stud is not as prominent due to the liner lock.
For me a free spinning pivot is a deal breaker at this price point.
A bit biased and over exaggerated review this time Nick. I agree on free spinning pivot and thumb studs though. Apart from that... a must have for me :)
I was very intrigued and very excited to get this knife because of its uniqueness, dimensions and weight. I did not pay $400 I paid $366 shipped from lamnia. But after a couple days of opening and closing there was a slight bit of vertical blade play. It started off slowly depending on deployment method but then was consistent across the board of deployment methods. I emailed lamia and they said send it in to be checked for a repair. I heard back from them and they said there was nothing they could do about the blade play. They kindly offered a refund which I took. Like another commenter mentioned , there's something going on with that interface between the lock and the tang . And at least on mine it did not show up as sharp as I was expecting.
I want to try this knife but the bad reviews of there usa service and all the things you mentioned keeps me from trying one. Ultimately the number 1 deal breaker is the free spinning pivot with out tooling on both sides.
I like the blade finish. This kife is made to use not to look at.
The Mega-Torino is filling, but I’m only there for salad and breadsticks.
The best version of the Superlock so far is still the Shark lock, both in terms of strength/lock-up and ergos. The Superlock, Recoil lock, even Bryan Winter's unreleased Fusion "vertical lock" all have the same issue: the lockbar is hard or at least awkward to get to.
Also, Sandrin's blade finish is still an absolute eyesore. They might as well leave it unfinished because that's what it looks like.
The shark lock is very different from the super lock. They are only superficially similar.
Is the knife thinner than Kershaw's Leek?
As one of the 10% I am, indeed, over the moon.
Hope we get more of these 😅 Can’t find them anywhere!
My first set of wheels was named Monza, a 76 Chevy Monza, pretty good car it was.
For the price I would want it to be more refined. I understand the material is expensive and difficult to work with but the edge holding capability doesn’t outweigh the unfinished aesthetic of the knife for me
They're still rolling with that pocket clip, huh?
13:59 🤣
Ive always appreciated the product that Sandrin offers for its innovation...but this guy....makes me ask myself....This, or Sebenza?
I wish I wasn't unemployed right now..
@@jackmoon2582 thanks my dude 👊
Recoil lock also known as axis.
Axis lock is patented by Spyderco is it not?
@@oceanwaves83 Benchmade, not Spyderco. And the patent expired if I'm not mistaken.
@@YanDoroshenko oh yeah you're right. I've never owned a Manix and mistakenly thought they had the axis lock but I think they call it the ball bearing lock
71 HRC ? With a point like that.. 👍. Dont get me wrong, I like the knife, the design (not blade shape tho). If I had the money and it was legal where I live, its best I have seen you review recently. 👍
Sign the petition for another terrible gear live.
The pivot plus threadlocker are deal breakers. I can well afford $400 but not for this.
If meh were a knife. The clip is cool though.
I think my wallet stopped listening at "tungsten carbide blade", beautiful knife though.
Nick these days getting so big that we’re “[his] population”
I give it a pass on the blade's "Plain Jane" shape and contour (or lack thereof). With stock that thin, there isn't a whole lot of room to do much more than just give it an edge, and call it a day.
Compound grinds, a sweeping swedge, and other functional or aesthetic niceties are pretty much out of the question, and would defeat the primary purpose of such a blade, which IMHO is nothing more than effortless slicing.
It’s a really nice start but at $400 it almost deserves a makeover. Thumb studs could be replaced with an ergonomic tab. The lock bar needs jimping or god forbid another raised tab. Blade finish doesn’t work for me either. I do like the pocket clip. The thumb studs need to copy the clip design.
Nick be fat-shaming knives
I own this primarily because it's doing something nothing else is doing. I'll forgive a lot for that, now if only reate would re-issue that wierdo gravity knife.
The pivot goes beyond ugly to deal breaker.
A free spinning pivot is a deal breaker at any price point. Easy pass.
odd looking
FIRST
The blade is the equivalent of paying hundreds of dollars for jeans with holes in them. If I want a scratched blade (or jeans with holes in them), I can do that myself or let it happen over time with heavy use. At $400, the blade shouldn't come pre-scratched. And the free-spinning, untooled pivot is inexcusable, regardless of price point. Even a $10 Kershaw hotwire does not have this problem.
This knife is a blade finish and a competently designed pivot away from being absolutely awesome and a knife I must own. The blade would at least be tolerable at a lower price point. The pivot is an absolute deal breaker and I'm not interested in owning a knife with a free-spinning, untooled pivot at any price point.
This, imo, may be the ugliest knife I've ever seen
Scratch-Pattern Faux-Mascus. Free marketing name for this unfinished finish