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RoseCraft Awanata Folding Knife Reviews

4.1 Rating 12 Reviews
Read Heinnie Haynes Reviews

The RoseCraft Awanata features a 5cm, D2 carbon steel, Wharncliffe blade with a long pull and a brush satin finish. It’s a modern, non-locking, slip joint knife that is legal to carry in the UK. The handle is made from G10 in a choice of six colours with an integrated lanyard hole. It will easily fit in a pocket or survival tin or is small enough to hang round your neck on a chain.
Designed by Andy Armstrong it's a quality little folder that snaps open with a reassuring crispness.

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The knife is aesthetically a beautiful piece of design, attractive (even cute) when open and unique with the amount of blade showing when shut. But it has two peculiarities which combine into a real risk. The backspring is astonishingly strong (6 or 7), so it can't be opened or shut one-handed (at least by me), and the nail nick, which extends into the back of the blade, is wickedly sharp all the way along. This means that people are taking a risk of cutting themselves on the nick itself whenever they open the knife, since one has to grip the blade very tightly and pull on it very hard to overcome the resistance of the spring. There isn't enough blade to avoid the nick. Although I am fond of the knife both open and shut, I consider the transition between the two to be unacceptably hazardous.
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Posted 2 months ago
No problem with the nail nick on mine - bought in Feb 24.
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Posted 2 months ago
well made but it is too small for my hand I did not realise that small, the metal finishing is sharp not smoothed at all. but still 3 stars for the
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Posted 2 months ago
Again super quality from rosecraft
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Posted 2 months ago
Firstly, the size and profile are just what I was looking for and I'm more than happy with that. On the other hand - and as already mentioned in several other reviews - the iend and inner groove of the nail nick are ridiculously sharp and draw blood . A really bad design fault or quality control issue. I have managed to smooth most of the dangerous areas, resulting in scratches to the blade and choir area, but as I bought it to use this is not particularly worrying. Given the choice now I might have considered another make of short bladed knife, but it is what it is. As ever, HH service was second to none.
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Posted 2 months ago
Had to buy this knife to see if what other reviewers had said was true. Sure enough I managed to draw blood from the extremely sharp end of the nail nick (it's more a blood groove). Managed to cure the "problem" with just a few strokes of a small fine file. Other than this issue, it's a quality, sharp little knife. Plus I now have a purple coloured knife to add to my 70+ collection.
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Posted 2 months ago
Lovely small knife. Just grab the blade between thumb and forefinger and pull it open. I don't put my thumbnail into the nail nick. The only thing sharp on my knife is the cutting edge. Fair price too.
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Posted 2 months ago
Thin and so lightweight. The orange colour of this one is not a fluorescent hue, but rather understated. The base of the spine had sharp corners, but a few strokes with a file sorted that, with a thick paper wrap protecting the liners and scales. The action is stout on this sample; two hands are needed to open it. Overall, the construction is very tidy. No gaps of light are visible at the back spring. This pocket knife is small enough to be called cute. Super comfortable in a pocket. Well pleased with this one!
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Posted 2 months ago