The Finch Lucky 13 was one of Finch’s first framelocks, and it kinda shows. Although nowhere near as awkward as the Runtly, you can tell Finch needed a bit of experience when they did the Lucky 13. It actually is an excellent knife for pine and compressed board due to having surprisingly thick blade stock, yet wonderful thinness behind the edge and a flat saber grind. But the grind is just a bit too sudden to really razor down cardboard, and the flipper tab is a bit too big for busting down acrylic material where you’re going to need a good bit of blade to slice it (ironically, the blade geometry otherwise would have seen the knife shine in this category). It’s good if you have harder use (medium duty) tasks and a 2.5” legal line or work-imposed line, but for such a small knife, it merely “gets by” rather than shines in a lot of light duty tasks. I thus would consider it a conditional buy at $130-$145. As usual, it’s made by QSP with their well-heat-treated 154CM blade steel and nice and thin behind the edge.

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