New Knife - QSP Otter

It's been a while since I introduced something new from one of my favorite brands, QSP. The Chinese challenger has gone from clarity to clarity in my opinion. One of the things I thought they did correctly was that they did not start with a gigantic range.

On the contrary, they started on a rather modest scale and expanded from there. Today, the catalog has swelled considerably, especially as it has adopted a concept of success used by some other manufacturers by having a large number of versions of the knives that are most popular. This has been done, for example, with the Penguin and Hawk models.

"Have a Knife Day" QSP says. Their slogan is otherwise "Better Knife, Better Life"

An extra nice detail is that the specification card actually portrays the knife in question

But today's knife is not only new to me but also one of the latest knives that QSP has released. In this case, the model has not been named after a bird, which is otherwise common in their case, but instead Småland's (where I live in Southern Sweden) landscape animal, the otter. As I am a naturalized Smålander, it, therefore, suits me well to present QSP Otter. 

QSP Otter 140-A1 where the numbers mean that the knife comes with sides made of aluminum foil carbon fiber 

This knife is not available in quite as many versions. Yet, should be added as it probably depends on the sales success, I suspect. It is now available in four versions, of which this is the 140-A1. It stands for a knife that has a blade with a two-tone satin finish and a handle made of carbon fiber with elements of aluminum foil. It gives a dramatic pattern that is the carbon fiber's answer to patterned welded steel. If you do not like the color scheme, the knife is also available with a black blade or with copper instead of aluminum in the handle. 

The exclusive material in the handle is matched by the fine blade made in S35VN. Very good steel that is shaped to a nice drop point blade with influences from a Wharncliffe.

The design is elegant and what stands out is, as I said, the pattern in the handle. Otherwise, the knife opens with a flipper tab, comes with ceramic ball bearings and the blade is secured with a liner lock. 

Overall, the first impression is that this is a very well-made knife that surprised me somewhat by being very small. A review is planned by this little beauty!

/ J - interested

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