Bear OPS Bear Song IV Folding Knife Review

Small Bear Ops Butterfly

Nice feel to the knife. Will need to break-in time due to the stiffness of the action. Appears well built.

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Hard to find a Bali in this size made in USA.

I have been looking for a bali style knife for a while now with the main factor being handle / blade length, looking for more of a EDC size, with a shorter overall length even though I will never carry it, just like the looks/feel. I bought this knife specifically because it fit into that category and I wanted to see it. The coating on the blade is pretty rough aggresive textured… read more much more like a survival knife with baked on coating, that does not bother me, I was just worried with this rough textured coating would the rest of the fit and finish be rough and unrefined. It was just the opposite, handles and bearings are super smooth and tight, great feel. I see what the only other person who reviewed this knife means about the latch wearing, the thing is, its probably not the latch but the stop pins on the blade, its oversized and when the aluminum handle detent area wears the latch will loose its force against it (Because they fit it so well Im sure the handles flex enough to make it catch tight). I don't know if I will ever see that problem seeing how I plan to put it back into the box/fabric bag it comes in and put it with the rest of my odd ball higher end collection. I will say I liked it enough upon first five minutes of viewing it I told myself I would buy another to have two......that being said, I'll probably buy another next week thinking I'll actually use it but when it arrives it will be so clean and nice it will just go sit with the first one which is specially for collecting.

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LOVE IT

This bali flips so well, sure the pins and pivots get loose but you can purchase them from Bear and Son directly. It does dent a little easy too.. the long handles allow you to learn flips much easier. comes razor sharp.

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An excellent option

The only thing holding this one back from a 5 star is the latch wears quick and becomes unreliable. But it's smooth action and blade are awesome for the price.

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DO NOT BUY

Pin broke in literally one day, and it wasn't even heavy use. It did work very well though for the 2 or so hours it lasted. Fortunately bladehq replied to my email in a couple hours so I should be able to return it. I'm most likely going to invest in a more expensive knife.

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Do not buy any bear ops knife!

Had this knife for about a week and barely carried or flipped it. I decided to flip it one day and after about 5 minutes a tang pin breaks. soon after the other one broke. I examined it and realized the tang pin was two pieces that screw together in the middle of the tang. I simply loctited the screw and went back to flipping. The knife performed well UNTIL the tang pins broke again,… read more but this time they didn't unscrew, the screw just snapped. VERY cheap construction. I have had three dollar comb trainers last longer than this. Also the latch screw came with red loctite so i couldn't get the latch off. Also came dull as a trainer, this couldn't cut my fingers even if i wanted it to. The knife itself has handles that are way too thick and square(fanning and transfers were impossible), the latch doesn't hold the knife open or closed, and there was WAY too much handleplay. I never thought i would say this, but i wish i had bought a qtrmstr.

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Good Company & Customer Service!

I have had this knife for 1 month and is not functional. This is my first butterfly knife. I learned a couple of tricks with very light flipping and the tang pins came off. They broke at the center and do not go back together. Also the handle has bent so bad that the lock constantly catches when opening. I have submitted an email to Bear & Son regarding this and waiting for a response… read more back. Will update based on that response.

Update: 7-30-2016 - Received a response back regarding my issues and was sent two (2) new sets of pins for my knife. Did not have to jump through any hoops other than sending pics of my knife and the damaged pins. New sets of pins were mailed out that day. I have them installed and knife functions great. It is never about the problem you have with a product but how the company handles the issue. Bear and Sons was great in taking care of the issue. This is a great company who backs their products! I will continue to purchase items from Bear and Sons! If I could give a half a star I would give them a 4.5 out of 5. Thank you Bear and Sons!

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I was sent a defective knife; service is very frustrating.

I received the knife in such an unflippable condition (out of the box, it would not flip. I had to use two hands from the massive tension.). I was forced to adjust it, and then quickly noticed that it needed loctite badly. I went out and bought loctite and refrained from flipping it until I could put the thread locker on, and in the meantime went to Disneyworld. When I came back,… read more I took out the pivot screws to put loctite in and very quickly noticed that the top upper quarter of the pivot barrel is chipped and missing. I called Bear and Son about this problem and was essentially told by the company president himself that it was probably my fault for taking apart the knife (Adjusting the screws and putting in required loctite to make the knife usable). I asked if I could simply be sent a replacement pivot and was refused. The only option I was given is to send it in to Alabama and pay around $10 for shipping for them to "fix" the knife, (I.e. replacing a pivot barrel that I'm apparently too incompetent to replace myself as the president suggested.) I was also told that I'm lucky that they are willing to fix their faulty product at all, as they said all other companies would say that putting loctite on the product would void warranty. Benchmade would say that? They SUGGEST putting loctite on their balis, and mention in the warranty papers under regular knife care; this company obviously isn't Benchmade, but that remark was unbelievable for me. Again, a broken pivot barrel is "probably" my fault. I won't be sending in the knife to be repaired, as it honestly isn't worth an extra $10. This is also most likely to be the last Bear and Son product I will ever buy. P.s. the operator who I spoke to in the beginning of the phone call before I asked to speak to the president himself relayed the message as "He took his knife apart; now he needs us to put it back together", that's what the company president told me was said to him. Maybe your experience with this knife will be better. The knife itself is actually decent; it flips alright, if you happen to get one that isn't impaired. Lol

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