it is a complete beast that's for sure. With a thick 3.25" 154cm blade at .250 thickness. It is surprisingly smooth for such a huge stock of a blade. It's not hard to flip at all and it's not slow doing it. The ergo are pretty good on it when your holding it in your hand. It isn't all that grippy of a handle but it's not slippery. I can easily close the knife with my index finger but struggle when trying to use my thumb, the Lockbar isn't sticky it is just strong to overcome so what. The Lockbar is pretty thick though I am guessing is the problem that I can't do it with my thumb all that well. The pocket clip is very nice on it and it does actually carry good even though it is pretty big. The detent on this knife is really strong no way your going to shake it loose at all. The carbon fiber backspacer is pretty cool also. Just my first impressions of it.