Not an organized review. Just putting down some points as I think of them. It's a little pricy for a CIVIVI. It might be the Nitro-V blade that makes it higher priced or CIVIVI has gotten popular enough now they can charge more. Anyway, it came sharp but not as sharp as I like. I have a high standard for sharpness. I have gotten $300 knives that I felt I needed to sharpen right out of the box. This is the first Nitro-V I have ever had. I like it so far it takes a little work to sharpen and can be gotten super sharp. Kinda makes me think 20CV. I can't speak much about edge retention because I have had it for less than a week. It's still razor-sharp. The handle fits fine in my med/lg hand. You can feel the pocket clip but it's not that pokey. I have the black micarta version and the pocket clip has good retention and slides easily in and out of the pocket. The flipper tab works but has very little traction and is a little weak. You can easily fail to flip it. That was disappointing but might be the nature of the button lock. I don't have any other button lock flippers to compare it to. It has a fuller or grove that gives enough traction you can spydi flick it. Mine will not drop shut, even with the button fully pressed. I have been playing with it a lot so I know it's broken in enough but I have not tried to adjust the pivot yet so it could get better. The centering is spot on and the lockup is solid.Very smooth however it is a little larger than I expected. I have a civivi elementum and was expecting this to be a similar size. This is about twice as large. Not a problem, I have other big knives and it doesn't bother me. The knife is very smooth but the blade itself is a little heavy so it doesn't fly open super fast. It's very high quality out of the box and the color matches the pictures. I'm happy with it especially for what I paid for it.I love the knife however, when I recieved it the button lock was stuck in the unlock position. The wood grip was to tight and holding up the button. I took it apart, opened up the I.D. of the hole, and oiled up everything lightly. It's working perfectly now. Would recommend but beware.i dont understand the few negative reviews saying it feels cheap. it actually feels better than my benchmades. i would much rather have this in my pocket than 80 bucks.Lock up is positive. Single handed opening and closing. Superior Steel that really holds an edge. Grips panels have just the right amount of tackiness to ensure full control even when wet.I’m disappointed with the quality of this knife. There’s a considerable amount of blade wobble. I can tighten the pivot screw to eliminate the wobble but then the blade doesn’t move freely. I own a few Civivi knives, love them all but not this one.great product well made....