Description
This is the Lion Steel TRE Three Rapid Exchange, has Titanium frame Carbon Fiber slabs and the steel is Bohler M390. The blade finish is Satin.
*Our opinion: The Lion Steel effort on this knife as compared to their entire catalog is 9.
Maker: Lion Steel
Model: TRE Three Rapid Exchange
Frame: Titanium
Handles: Carbon Fiber
Maker ID: TRE-FC
Condition: Mint
Lock Type: Framelock
Blade Style: Drop Point
Blade Steel: Bohler M390
Hardness: 60-62HRC
Closed Length: 4 inches
Blade Thickness: 165/1000
Blade Length: 2 7/8 inches
Edge Length: 2 13/16 inches
Overall Length: 6 7/8 inches
Clip: Tip Up, Reversible
Weight: 2.4 oz
Factory Box: Yes
Blade Finish: Satin
Maker Effort: 9
Country: Italy
Notes: Folding knife with Titanium Fame Locksystem. This knife is equipped with a patented system that allows the user to carry the knife with or without the Flipper feature choosing thus to screw or remove it from the blade. The knife has a fully machined Titanium frame, pocket clip and spacer. The handle has two different versions: titanium or Carbon Fiber. It is provided with the IKBS ball-bearing pivot system to improve the knife opening and closing and give the T.R.E. knife an ultra-fast opening action. The user may choose three ways to equip his knife: a simple basic version without Flipper and pin on the blade, a Thumb Stud version with the pin on the blade or adding the flipper for a quick opening action. The knife comes with an elegant and attractive wood box equipped with a key chain with both Torx T6 and Torx T8 bits for the positioning or the removal of the Flipper, the Thumb Stud and the clip Designed by MOLLETTA.
5 out of 5 Lion Steel TRE: The knife a gentleman would carry.
spin11 (verified owner) –
The knife is a work of art. I would gladly buy it even with the minor quirks.
The finish is nearly perfect, except for a few hot spots. A few strokes of a very fine file and they were gone.
I wear extra-large gloves, and a three finger grip is the best I can get, comfortably. I don’t know why I would need more grip.
I cannot deploy the blade with the thumb stud/disc. Without the stud in place, the knife looks like it is missing something. I left it in for aesthetics. The flipper requires a little effort. The action is smooth a silk. I did apply a little bit of Finish Line Extreme Fluoro grease which helped.
From what I understand, Lion Steel was trying to appease all legal requirements for carry, and in that regard, they nailed it.
I wish they had made it a flipper only removable and no thumb stud/disc option.
It was very sharp out of the box.
The pocket clip works very well, and being so light, one could wear it in the top pocket. It would look like ballpoint pen.
I don’t think of it as a gentleman’s knife, compared to the Lion Steel CK Spear Point Barlow, but I do think it’s a knife a gentleman would carry.
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