The CIVIVI Sokoke: A Great and Affordable Ray Laconico Design!—Gaining an Edge, Ep. 326

Going for between $63 and $65 depending on whether you want G-10 or Micarta, the CIVIVI Sokoke is the first really affordable Ray Laconico design to come along in quite a while. Unlike a lot of Ray’s flipper-only or front-flipper-only designs, you get a choice of thumbstuds or a front flipper on this 14C28N-bladed nested linerlock. The lock strength is pretty impressive for what it is and the grind is absolutely what you’d expect from a CIVIVI. I actually deliberately pushed this one beyond its limits with a faulty packing peanut…which it sliced perfectly anyway! I highly recommend this one and think it ticks a lot of the boxes for what a normal-use EDC knife should be.