James Brand recently turned back to their popular workhorse, the Folsom family, to expand the line with a new Folsom Pro variant. The Folsom Pro upgrades the materials and tweaks the construction to give this line expansion a premium feel.
The Folsom is one of the oldest designs in the James catalog – the second oldest in fact, only behind the Chapter (which James also eventually revamped) in the age department. It served as a sort of counterpoint to the Chapter: compared to that knife, it was less expensive, and thus more accessible, but with the goods where it counts. The rugged user found great favor with consumers and is one of the best-selling models in the James Brand lineup.
Even by internet cheese standards, that headline is pretty bad. The knife is what you would expect from James Brand – a not overly flashy import knife with an above import price tag. They made a limited run of a USA made knife a while back, but in general, the brand relies on marketing to the knife-inexperienced, with examples of better flashfor the money on the high end, or value on the low end.
Also -LC200N is an odd choice for steel. It is good steel, but typically more geared towards saltwater specific niches.
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