Always knew it was out there -folding Izula copy

Umm...the Izula is a frame lock, aliexpress is liner lock. Similar blade shape but location of the spacers are different.

The Avispa:

Never said there was anything wrong with it, boss. I just like the Izula folder better.

Go ahead and vent, fellas: it's good for the soul.

There's nothing with a similar design.

I've tried to find it. I've gotten tired of "tactical" knives, because I find the very features that are intended to enhance their usefulness, actually limit it.

I'm tired of thumb ramps, which add nothing, and squared off, angular-looking handles with jimping in odd places.

The Izula folder's attraction is that it is "Shibusa".

No, I'm not going to translate.

One of the constants of my life is that, the more I want something, the harder I chase after what I want, the faster it recedes from me.

I will never own a real folding Izula. Something I cannot plan for, or avoid, will prevent it.

So while your advice is sound, MW, and you may sneer at my superstition all you want (I would sneer, too, if I weren't a student of history), it is what it is......