Neutron 2 | Frag Ti + Magnacut

The Nuetron 2 did not meet my expectations for a high priced USA made knife, instead I felt more disappointed. Here are my points.
- The Neutron 2 that I received does not have a consistent quality of milling on the show side scale. Even though the pattern is meant to become finer further down the scale, mine basically becomes almost smooth with very shallow milled lines closest to the bottom, and even a small but noticeable scratch. I did think that was odd to begin but thought maybe that’s just how it should be (not the scratch), until I noticed the clip side scale which showed a far better detailed and milled pattern all the way through, I could even tell the difference by touch. Hopefully something can be organised about replacing it.
- The pocket clip is no joke horrendous, good luck trying to ever slide it over your pocket seam unless they’re paper thin pants, I was trying it on standard jeans. It requires you to pry it outwards with a finger or two to have a chance of clipping it over, which definitely is not fun for the fingers after the first couple of times.
- The thumb studs require a small rubber O ring to make deployment easier and feel comfortable, another extremely poor design considering they can get lost, which is not unlikely. I guess you can change them for different colours for very minimal customisation, but TRM couldn’t even be bothered to pack a single spare O ring for it or put one on both sides of the thumb studs, just the left side.

There are positives,
Aesthetically it looks great, the blade geometry paired with its thin super sharp from factory edge slices like a dream. Even though it’s an overall thinner knife it feels sturdy with a nice use of premium blade steel. the lock is easy to get to as well.

From my experience I do NOT recommend this knife.

Thanks to Adventure carry for being fast and reliable yet again with delivery, a great online market place for EDC.

Three rivers Manufacturing - small in house makers of fine quality knives. This neutron is one of their bread and butter line. It’s the mid size and is in my opinion the perfect all rounder for EDC. My only gripe is the deep carry clip which is exceptionally wide, but functional.