{"id":54732,"date":"2016-04-12T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=54732"},"modified":"2016-04-12T19:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T12:57:32","slug":"steel-will-gekko-1505","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/steel-will-gekko-1505\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel Will Gekko 1505: A Folding Knife that Can Go Head-To-Head with a Fixed Blade? — Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Steel Will Gekko 1505. About as tough as a folding knife gets.<\/p><\/div>\n

Intro <\/b><\/h2>\n

Steel Will Knives<\/a> is not yet a household name, that\u2019s because they\u2019ve only been around for about a year now.\u00a0 <\/span>But in the 12 months or so since their inception under their parent corporation, SMG Inc., they\u2019ve certainly made a splash within the knife world.<\/p>\n

How did Steel Will differentiate themselves in a super crowded marketplace?\u00a0 <\/span>By making kick-ass blades that deliver on all fronts: quality, ergonomics, utility, aesthetics, and price.<\/p>\n

I managed to get my paws on a Gekko 1505 for this review.\u00a0 <\/span>The best way I can describe the knife would be to call it a Hummer in the trappings of a Ferrari, a ruggedly built, heavy-duty behemoth with the contours, cosmetics and class of an Italian-made sports car.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s both a beauty and a beast!<\/p>\n

Overview<\/b><\/h2>\n

The first thing you\u2019ll notice when you pick up a Gekko 1505 is the size of the knife.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s big.\u00a0 <\/span>At almost 9 inches long when deployed, it\u2019s a big freaking folder!\u00a0 <\/span>No, this isn\u2019t an accident.\u00a0 <\/span>It was purpose-built to be a big folding knife that can, as the website says, \u201cgo head-to-head with fixed blade outdoor knives.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s quite a statement, and later you can read how I took it to task to test that claim, but the Gekko is categorized under Steel Will\u2019s \u201cOutdoor Series,\u201d and it\u2019s easy to see why.\u00a0 <\/span>The size, as I said, 9 inches fully deployed, 4-inch blade, the weight, almost 7 ounces, and the solid design make it an ideal blade to take into the great outdoors.<\/p>\n

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She’s rugged and pretty.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here you can see the lockback.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Still Will really thought this design through.\u00a0 <\/span>The ergonomics are great.\u00a0 <\/span>The handle is a beautiful maroon-linen micarta that is nicely sculpted to remove any hard angles.\u00a0 <\/span>The drop point blade is made from easy-to-sharpen\u00a0D2 steel<\/a>, and coated with PVD<\/a>\u00a0— a process by which materials are vaporized under vacuum coating conditions to produce a wear resistant, friction resistant coating.\u00a0 <\/span>It has an ambidextrous pocket clip, making it suitable for lefties and righties, a pointed-lanyard hole that also functions as a glass breaker or pressure point tool, satin liners that are nicely rounded, terraced thumb studs, jimping on the spine for improved grip — basically, a bevy of features that underscore the attention to detail that went into making this knife.<\/p>\n

While all that is impressive, what really stood out to me was the action \u2014 it\u2019s buttery smooth.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s not something you\u2019d expect on a knife this big.\u00a0But it pops open with ease and locks firmly into place with the hefty lockback. \u00a0When it’s deployed, there is absolutely no play or movement on the blade. \u00a0It is securely in place. \u00a0It is ready to rock and roll. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Specs<\/b><\/h2>\n