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Famars Lama Knife Review! WOW!

Steel Sahlute fellow steel brothers and sistuhs!

Man the battle stations of the Steel Sahlute Enterprise! All hands on deck and accounted for as I introduce this Star Trekky stlye knife. Remember how slick the Star Trek Communicator was? Just a flip, and Captain Kirk was magically connected to his crew? So advanced. So far ahead of it’s time. So futuristic! So dad-gum cool.

Introducing the Famars Lama pinless, double action, sidelock knife, automatic, just squeeze and wuh-tesh, you’ve engaged the blade.

Like you, I had not previously heard of Famars. I had no clue who they were or what they made. Heck, I had no idea they made anything. I promise you though, you won’t soon forget about this knife.

Details:

Made in USA! All parts are produced here in the US and hand assembled!
Model – LAMA
Action: Automatic, pinless sidelock knife
Blades: Satin finish, Standard & Tanto blade, 154CM Steel (Definition taken from Benchmade.com: 154CM: An American made premium grade stainless steel originally developed for tough industrial applications. Known for its best all-around qualities, it offers great corrosion resistance with good toughness and edge quality).
Handle: anodized Aluminum, Maple Burl wood inlay. Hand cut

The TripleF: Fit, Finish & Functionality – 10.0
Smooth. Sleek. Refined. Flawless. Impeccable. Can I find any other words in my Thesaurus for perfect? Not surprisingly, your natural inclination is to press the flush-set button to watch the knife bolt into the open, ready-to-cut position. Oh, that is just too cool you think, so you repeat the process, not once but hundreds and hundreds of times. And that’s just the first day.

As a knife reviewer, my intention was to see if I could make the knife malfunction. Hasn’t happened yet.

My brother in-laws couldn’t get enough either.

Accessibility – 9.9
WOW, I hate to bump this down off of the prefect scale for one-tenth of a demerit, especially when this may very well be the easiest one-hand opening knife ever! All that is required to bring forth the blade is thought….ok, not really, but a medium amount of squeeze from your thumb on the flush-set button and whopa……out comes shoots the blade.

The only drawback as far as scoring the accessibility factor is concerned is it has no clip. That means to access the knife, you have to reach into your front or back pocket to extract it. I understand that’s a personal preference, but you know, when I grade on accessibility I want perfection and ease.

Collectibility – 10.0
As I stated in my last review, anytime you pause and ponder – should I REALLY carry this knife, or should I just put it in the back of the sock drawer, scores the knife an automatic 10 on the Richter scale of collectibles knives. Lest, I forget mentioning that these knives come handled in a variety of exotic materials. No sir, nothing common for Famars knives.

Maybe you’d like your Famars Lama handled in brown fresh water shark, or rust elephant, blue ostrich, or black and white lizard…..or some sort of exotic wood. Those are just small samplings of the offerings from Famars knife creations. And, then, there’s the option of Damascus blades, and engravings. Good lord have mercy!

Combine these options with a top-notch gift case, inside of a specially hand-crafted, made in the USA (putting a half dozen American workers back to work) gift box and a letter of authenticity and…….

Knife collectability has reached a new steel warp speed!

Final Steel Sahlute Score = 9.97 Steel Sahlutes!

Mega Steel Sahlute to Steve “Hog” Hanner at www.iKnifecollector.com for recommending the folks at Famars contact me to review this knife. The marketing dude for www.famars.com , Tim Ross, fired me off an e-mail and here we are.

Scott Rauber

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Permalink Reply by Kit Adams on July 11, 2012 at 9:32

That is awesome as soon as I find out if i get this promotion or not i might have to buy myself a little congratulatory gift.

Tim Ross said:

Hi Kit,

I'm so glad to hear you are a fan. The beauty of the knife is we hand assemble each one so we can make you a spring assist version or a manual version to comply to your state requirements. Just let me know if you want to know more. 855-326-2771.

Kit Adams said:

I love this knife, to bad i cant carry it since it is an auto here in NC.

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Permalink Reply by Clint Thompson on July 11, 2012 at 9:41

Kit...

This is off forum but Kershaw Knives were the spears point in Kansas when it was made legal to carry an assisted opening knife. It is a worthy cause Kit so any worthy cause is worth a good fight.....

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Permalink Reply by Kit Adams on July 11, 2012 at 9:47

Thanks for the info, I will have to get in contact with them after I do some research on that case. I actually have a Kershaw JYD2 ridding in my pocket right.

Clint Thompson said:

Kit...

This is off forum but Kershaw Knives were the spears point in Kansas when it was made legal to carry an assisted opening knife. It is a worthy cause Kit so any worthy cause is worth a good fight.....

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Permalink Reply by peter force on July 13, 2012 at 3:57

hey ron you really follow that law? just curious...i live in NJ and carry autos....i think they are a flony but i just say granpa gave it to me and they give it right back.-pete

Ron"TUNA"Dumeah said:

Great review Scott, I wish I could just touch the knife. I am sad to say as a Canadian we are not allowed by law to have switch blades. BUT I can dream though your wonderful review. Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by peter force on July 13, 2012 at 4:08

hey steve thanx for sedning me the link to this!

also Scott Rauber i have watched some of your vids and i wanna say that i really like when you do a simple piece like a colonial and then you jump to something like this. mos stick with just tactical or what they personally make,or throing knives,etc etc.... thank you for the mix and match of reviews.

sincere THANK YOU.

now about this knife...i live whereautos are a felony but i collect them anyway.im not some tough guy bt im not a criminal.having a tool that opens automatically makes me one -then so be it.i love good ole hammer brand candy stripe autos,boker latch knives...and OTF's!.... OTF i wont carry becuase that i will lose!....grandpa story only works on older looking stag latch knives...LOL...not high end OTF''s!... and yes police officers keep your knives.my brother in law is aPHILADELPHIA police pfficer...i have seen his "stolen"collection...i call him a thief cop or no cop...the knive aret illegal but he tells folks they are....SO HEADS UP...IF YOU THINK YOUR KNIFE IS LEGAL ASK FOR BADGE NUMBER AND WHERE IT IS GOING T FOR LOCK UP. if they are gonna keep it lots of times its now not worth it and they give it back.

finally im gonna check this site out and the blades and if i buy ill let ya know!!

again thanx ....and i hope i have helped at all.... and the grandpa story works...im telling ya...start off with ssaying it..."do you have any weapons on you" "no officaer unless you count this ole beat up knife my grandpa leftme from his days as a kid"...works!

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Permalink Reply by Scott Rauber on July 13, 2012 at 4:38

Peter.....Ron.....thanks for the compliments!! I really, really appreciate it!!

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Permalink Reply by peter force on July 13, 2012 at 4:48

i9just ordered catalog.ere is link fo their catalog http://www.famarslama.com/lama/request-a-catalog.html

if anybody knows where their is more information let me know. thanx!

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Permalink Reply by peter force on July 13, 2012 at 4:56

no problem thanx for shwing the knife...looks like a beauty...im gonna take a look and already ordered catalogas well as posted link for catalog... thank you sir for your time on the reviews.... A GREAT REVIEW IDEA which i did about 3 years ago when i was doig reviews just on my own..no camera or nothing..just notes... go ahead and put up a CASE,STEEL WARRIOR and a ROUGH RIDER. you may or may not be surprised....or grab one of the knives you see floating around on EBAY called US CLASSICS...use that instead of steel warior. i know i can ramble but US CLASSICS are china made.if you have US CLASSSICS in your collection and want the story i have it for you but that another topic.... KNIFE ON BRO!
Scott Rauber said:

Peter.....Ron.....thanks for the compliments!! I really, really appreciate it!!

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on July 13, 2012 at 19:25

I agree Ron

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Permalink Reply by Donald Seawell on July 15, 2012 at 21:06

About the only way I'll get one is some one give me one .Any one got any extra they don't need!!!!!!!!

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Tim Ross on July 25, 2012 at 12:55

Thanks Ron

Ron"TUNA"Dumeah said:

The mail came today and to my surprise so did the catalog I asked for from Famars! ONE WORD.....WOW!!! I FELT UNDER DRESSED JUST TOUCHING IT! Absolutely beautiful, this is on my bucket list for sure.

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Permalink Reply by jeff on August 13, 2012 at 18:56

always nice to see a new,well built knife! wether or not,one will find its way into my collection,..well,... i'll have to get one into my hand before I could say that.I love the look,and like Clint said,.really great that an Italian company would actually build it here, instead of the other way around ! I found the review interesting. Thankyou Scott. I do wonder why tho', at this price range,why would they not put a clip on this type of knife? I dislike a sheath! I just dont like a sheath hanging on a belt and dont feel comfortable with an auto open in the bottom of my pocket, mixed up with keys and or lighter and such!All in all, the knife looks great!I can't honestly talk about the price, till I've held the knife.I've found that pics,sometimes,dont do justice when discussing price. Thanks again,and I will look further into this knife and company....Jeff