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4.5
OK! Let's get right to the knitty-gritty of this knife storage case. Will it reasonably hold 40 "REAL" knives? Not on your life! However, it performs very well holding selective knives of various sizes, both folding and fixed blade, if placed in the proper organization to be able to comfortably close the case and zip it up without the knives hitting or rubbing against each other. How do I know this? I'm so glad you asked, because that was my original intent from reading some of the reviews and after receiving the case. I received it within 48 hours of order, well packaged, with the good looking appearance as presented accurately on Amazon.com. Based on reading the reviews, the first order of business was to tighten the couple of screws insuring a secure handle. Allow me to point out two unexpected, 'slightly' disappointing aspects to this storage case. The first being the inside covers are basically red heavy-duty type yet cheap velvet cloth. There is one on the left and one on the right of the case to keep the knives on each side from coming into direct contact. Really, a very minor point in light of the big picture. The second is the design and construction of the elastic slips to place the knives securely. These elastic security slips are NOT individual, but rather one long strip of black elastic woven in and out across each left and right side of the case. The total count of these black elastic security slips is 42, BUT, only utilizing six (6) strips of elastic on each side. The bottom line reason why this is not the most effective design, should you have three knives secured horizontally across one line, you have now used up all possible slack with none left to be able to insert any additional knives. It's simply way too tight.Now, don't freak, because the very simple work around for this is to strategically stagger the knives taking all of the above into consideration and it all works out very well. I knew I needed the larger case, knew what to expect from many of the reviews and was prepared. I have organized my case to contain the following: Left side contains 3 - 8" folding knives, one Gerber 7 3/4" fixed blade knife with solid sheath, a Smith & Wesson sharpener and two heavy-duty 2 1/2" X 5 1/4" nylon folding knife belt cases. The right side contains 1 - 3 ft. piece of para-cord, 1 - 8 1/2" folding knife, 1 - 5 1/2" folding mini-knife, Gerber fixed blade belt clip, 1 - 10" fixed blade knife with sheath, which will also hold the matching folding knife and 1 - 7 1/2" fixed blade boot knife with solid sheath. All of this strategically placed allowing easy opening and closing of the fully zippered case. Completely zipped closed the case is not stretched and a comfortable 1 1/4" think all the way around. Now c'mon, that ain't bad still having some room to spare for about 3 more folding knives.As a result of pre-emptive knowledge from the reviews and description of the product, this Knife Storage Case by United has worked out very well for my circumstances, thus I give it 5 solid Stars. Those reviews are there for a reason and with Amazon.com have been worth their weight in gold, saving me time, surprises and major aggravation. Having shared the above, I highly recommend this product for use as a knife case. Should you have a larger collection, look into a couple of these cases or some larger alternative. This particular product has worked very well for me and I hope this review has give you some good insight, value and benefit.
