Glad you’re feeling better!! Great review. What you’ve said is contrary to what I have heard. I think I’m just bitter at the orca resale prices but maybe I’m looking at it wrong and should delve into the embargo. Tho jk did tell me they are planning more orcas in a couple months. Anyways great video and thank you🙌💯
Thanks! Honestly, the second hand market is just frustrating. The orca is great, but the price second hand is ludicrous, meanwhile this and the monarch don’t sell well second hand. If people would stop trying to turn a profit on every single transaction, I think the community (at least the sales side) would massively improve.
@@Slyfoxminis did you end up getting that embargo jk just auctioned with the sandwiched Damascus. That thing is glorious. Saw you have this embargo up on offer. I’d consider it but just bought some new knives and spent my months new balisong budget 😆
@@intothebreak571 not the one that was up for auction, although it was STUNNING And I’m not rush to part with this one. Worst case scenario I have two Embargoes 🤷🏻♂️ If you’re ever interested, feel free to reach out
so the thing with jk that i have with him is he doesnt make bad knives and i do agree with his simplicity philosophy to some extent when i asked him why he doesnt go crazy with the hole patterns back at blade show, my thing with jk is he makes better knives for other people, let me explain, to me the goose and the zzyzx are just so much more interesting then his main lineup. again its not that anything he makes is bad, its just i wouldnt choose any of his main lineup*(i still need to try an emmesary and litetech, i dont see them often) as my main flipper. i have a zzyzx and that thing is amazing and ive even considered it making it my beater which is very hard for me to consider for such an expensive piece, the goose looks visually interesting at the very least and ive asked other people and they say the same that the goose and the zzyzx are high on their list but other jk knives arent really, with jks main lineup his knives are great visually and ill even say the blades on all of them are quite possibly some of the best its just when i pick up most jk knives i get this "meh its a good flipper but..." but i dont get "wow thats an amazing flipper". when i picked up the zzyzx for the first time i was like "this is one of the best flippers ive ever held and flipped, im getting rid of the rest of my collection". which is just hilarious to me that i love the way they look im just not a particular fan of how they flip except for maybe the monarch. its why i ultimately ended up getting one of indiana johns customs at blade show over one of jk's pieces like I thought i was originally gonna get.
@@VeTisiaK Def not rough can't even feel it tbh when flipping. I mean of guess you can feel it but it isn't rough at all. I had to take out all the pins when using the ti spacers though it was way to handle bias for my liking. But he gives options for a reason. If you get the g10 spacers take 2 pins out god it's perfect.
I've got one on the way now. Can't wait. Great vid man!
I got the same one but teal ano.Fans and rollovers great. Love mine.
That's a pretty bali👊🏾
Thanks! JK really makes some stunning work!
Glad you’re feeling better!! Great review. What you’ve said is contrary to what I have heard. I think I’m just bitter at the orca resale prices but maybe I’m looking at it wrong and should delve into the embargo. Tho jk did tell me they are planning more orcas in a couple months. Anyways great video and thank you🙌💯
Thanks!
Honestly, the second hand market is just frustrating. The orca is great, but the price second hand is ludicrous, meanwhile this and the monarch don’t sell well second hand. If people would stop trying to turn a profit on every single transaction, I think the community (at least the sales side) would massively improve.
@@Slyfoxminis did you end up getting that embargo jk just auctioned with the sandwiched Damascus. That thing is glorious. Saw you have this embargo up on offer. I’d consider it but just bought some new knives and spent my months new balisong budget 😆
@@intothebreak571 not the one that was up for auction, although it was STUNNING
And I’m not rush to part with this one. Worst case scenario I have two Embargoes 🤷🏻♂️
If you’re ever interested, feel free to reach out
Awesome video!!
Thank you! Much appreciated! 😊
@@Slyfoxminis I think I like your embargo better than mine lol
so the thing with jk that i have with him is he doesnt make bad knives and i do agree with his simplicity philosophy to some extent when i asked him why he doesnt go crazy with the hole patterns back at blade show, my thing with jk is he makes better knives for other people, let me explain, to me the goose and the zzyzx are just so much more interesting then his main lineup. again its not that anything he makes is bad, its just i wouldnt choose any of his main lineup*(i still need to try an emmesary and litetech, i dont see them often) as my main flipper. i have a zzyzx and that thing is amazing and ive even considered it making it my beater which is very hard for me to consider for such an expensive piece, the goose looks visually interesting at the very least and ive asked other people and they say the same that the goose and the zzyzx are high on their list but other jk knives arent really, with jks main lineup his knives are great visually and ill even say the blades on all of them are quite possibly some of the best its just when i pick up most jk knives i get this "meh its a good flipper but..." but i dont get "wow thats an amazing flipper". when i picked up the zzyzx for the first time i was like "this is one of the best flippers ive ever held and flipped, im getting rid of the rest of my collection". which is just hilarious to me that i love the way they look im just not a particular fan of how they flip except for maybe the monarch.
its why i ultimately ended up getting one of indiana johns customs at blade show over one of jk's pieces like I thought i was originally gonna get.
Awesome review!!
Thank you so much!
JK is the apple of balis
100% agree with ya there dude
embargo or serif? i could get both around same price
Embargo without a doubt. The serif is nice, but the Embargo just feels and looks better imo
@@Slyfoxminis the hole pattern isnt rough? Couse it looks like that
@@VeTisiaK Def not rough can't even feel it tbh when flipping. I mean of guess you can feel it but it isn't rough at all. I had to take out all the pins when using the ti spacers though it was way to handle bias for my liking. But he gives options for a reason. If you get the g10 spacers take 2 pins out god it's perfect.
@@VeTisiaK I’m not sure what you mean by that. The hole pattern nicely finished, the handles are very comfortable