Review Ganzo G740 (Now F740) A workhorse, the largest of all Ganzo folding knives. Git-er-done!
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The Ganzo G740 - NOW F740 - is one of their worldwide top selling knives. It is a large folder with performance written all over it. She is a very good cutter. If you need a workhorse folding knife then this is a knife you should check out.
Manufacturer's website: ganzoknife.com/
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I have at least a dozen different Ganzo knives now, and the G740 is definitely one of my favourites - it's a highly functional design. I have three of them, and I keep one one in my little pot of utensils for barbecues and eating outside in the summer. It's great for slicing burger buns, salami, cheese, pickles etc. Ganzo gets a lot of criticism for copying other companies' knives, but as far as I can see, the G740 is an original design - anyone else know any different? Wish they did this one in camo, so I could buy another!
I just got one in green. I really love this knife. The grip is a great size for my hand. 440c is really easy for me to sharpen. It works great for food prep. This knife impresses me.
I agree on all points.
I'm a north American who loves the 740 it's my favorite Ganzo but my favorite knife was a Spyderco military but I lost it . I bought several Gonzo's before the 740 when it came in it became my EDC
That's quite cool.
Nice review... My favorite Ganzo...
Thank you Michael. It's not my favourite, but I sure do find myself choosing it whenever I am going out into the country, the foothills of the Rockies or into the mountains. A big knife is a good knife sometimes.
I'm a fab-boy of Ganzo by now too! Cool review, this knife was on my to-buy list for some time, I will probably order one tomorow, I like a big folding knife, Cheers!
Thanks for dropping a comment. I am glad to have been a help in making your decision about this knife. It means a lot to me and I take the responsibility to share accurate information very seriously.
I like a flashy knife but a subdued one like this one has it's charms, classy straight forward design !
Thanks for watching and commenting Luc. I like so many different knives, as long as the whole thing is consistent in one style.
Love them also. I am a fan now as you know... That lock is super strong I did baton with some of them and they don't even budge. Great knife
Yes, it is a great knife and Ganzo does know how to make a good lock even in the axis style.
Thanks for the review, i can get it for around 26€, seems like a great deal!
These Ganzo are certainly built to be used, I agree. Of my modest collection of 10 pocket knives, both my Ganzos (G727, G729), followed by my Opinel, are the knives that I use for 90 percent of my chores. I often wonder which of my knives I would pick if I was allowed but one folder to own - probably my G729, though that G740 you just reviewed would also be one to consider.
Thanks for sharing that. I agree that either the G729 or the G740 would be good choices if a guy could only have one. BUT, now with their new harvest of knives coming out, I might have to pick one of those. I think there are like 5 new styles being released in the last few weeks and the next few weeks. Everything from the # G749 an up are NEW.
IMO, "the ak47 of the folder world": simple & clean design, cheap, very cost-effective, it gets the job done, it is a good present. we just "use them and go". easy to sharpen. blade geometry is simple and great. a bought several at 12 dollars/each, gave them away to friends & colleagues. everyone is happy. better than that is to ask too much! best from Greenland!
clusterguard, you have just shared with us a cultural perspective that is good for us North Americans to hear. Greenland is a culture where knives are commonplace, anyone and everyone has a knife on their person at just about any time, is that accurate?
It seems to me that in such a culture there is less fixation on fantasy knives (not that I have any, but there are knife collectors who focus on those, and a fair number of them too) and more of a focus on using a knife as a tool.
I would suggest that Canada is sort of a buffer between the American attitude toward knives and the attitude in Greenland. We have a LOT of open wilderness, as you do, and many many Canadians are hunter type people, proprotionatly more than there is in USA. In USA there is a significant focus on knives for self-defense, we see less of that in Canada and you see even less in Greenland. Our politicians could learn from Greenland and stop seeing knives as dangerous weapons and moreso as tools.
WOW, that was a long response, sorry for writing a book when a sentence would have been enough.
es, I agree. In Greenland, there is a "tool framework" more oriented to functionality rather than aesthetics. IMO (it probably holds true in Canada and Alaska, as well), there is a very important criticality in the flawless operation of a tool in life-threatening situations (which may come up any time in such adverse environments). Everyone uses (and carry) knives over here and there is neither (government) control nor registrations of any kind of hunting weapons and accesories. It is a true hunter society. Funny is that people over here do not talk about football or cars but on boats/marine engines, weapons, ammo, game and not the least knives. They value such tools very much and they are never thought to be used for "self-defense" but for hunting and survival-in-the-field. All the best to all from Nuuk. Cheers!
Very good review, Mr CCE. How would you compare the G740 with the G727, which I happen to own, and which they seem to share some qualities in common? Thank you.
Oh, for use, I would go with the G740, for looks and just good feel in the hand the G727
nice thick spine and solid
Agreed
wish they would make it with a stonewash blade and a few diff colors like brown handle , red , a blue.just something different.i have the orange one to
I prefer stonewash too
Ganzo doesn't do any marketing here that is why it is not a best seller here in the USA.
Exactly. I do think that they have plans to start advertising in USA. I think that is the main reason why they are adding the "Firebird" line of knives, to make the brand more attractive to the West. Ganzo sounds so odd to most people, but every red blooded American boy knows the word "Firebird" and it has the connotation of strength and hot-rod and coolness. That is just my sense, I have not heard any news from them in this regard. I won't be surprised to see some kind of advertising in North America soon. I don't know where knife makers advertise to start with, but wherever other brands advertise is where I think Ganzo will start having some by the end of 2017, if not much sooner.
my g740 has milled out liners but ive noticed all the videos ive watched they are not. anyone else have milled out liners on there g740's
interesting. When did you get your G740 and where did you buy it from. Perhaps they are going back to their existing models and are lightening them. They got a LOT of feedback from reviewers like me and others that their knives were too heavy for the average knife guy, in North America anyway. I personally don't mind the weight but many do. Do you have a kitchen scale you could use to weigh your knife, I am curious how much it weighs.
Canadian Cutting Edge. I bought the knife about 4 weeks ago on the gearbest site. i also bought the g741 but that wasnt milled out. and also it has another logo on the blade its called FIREBIRD. sorry i dont have a scale.
It's all cool. So your's is clearly newer than mine. IF you want to and you have a camera that can take a decent picture of the milled out liners I would be interested in seeing that, you could post it to my Facebook page facebook.com/TheCanadianCuttingEdge
or email it to me at canadiancuttingedge AT gmail.com.
Canadian Cutting Edge. yeah sure man ill post it to your facebook
Got my g740 12-18-17 liners are also milled beautiful blade but worthless bond up axis lock.have the g7501 cf lock broke in nice.but the g740 big disappointment. Buy the real deal beanchmade adamas 275 and be happy I know it's a lot more money,but I think that's my next choice
I love this model. Do you know any other Ganzo or Sanrenmu knives which have a finger choil on the blade? That's what makes this knife all the more fun to use!
Hi, FifoTom, is this your first time commenting on this channel?
Ganzo has a few half-n-half blade choils. Where a sneak up choil is half on the handle and half on the blade:
G729, G730, G732, G734, G737 to name the ones I own; you hve frame lock, liner lock, and axis lock in that list.
As far as Sanrenmu goe - the tiny 6044 has a half-n-half and that is all I know of, there are two that I sometimes hold like that but they are not designed for it: 7033 and 7056 - I use their flipper tab and grab in front of it sometimes.
You May want to watch one of my newer videos because something special is inside it: th-cam.com/video/QtDbt8YVnis/w-d-xo.html
its very similar to HARNDS CK6015 but ganzo have axis lock that i like, can You put this two knife togheter ? sorry for my english..
Doing a Harnds CK6015 and a Ganzo G740 comparison video might be a lot of fun. I might do that.
thanks i want to buy full flat blade (i was not happy from spyderco tenacious - too high price in Polnad for that low quality - liner lock fall too deep ect.) but i got chose problem; viper have better steel (9Cr18MoV i think is better that 440) but G740 have axis lock..
I think also on Enlan L05 but now they sell full flat only in wood handle (few ears ago they sell Bee L05 full flat in g10...) but i dont like opinel, not water resist :(
Ganzo in China realy used 440 steel or 12c27 sandvik (they need to buy that steel from europe)or that is 8cr13mov ?? In other spyderco i have aus8 and that is better than 440 or 8cr13mov but is similar (not talk about hardenes proces in other facilities).
In my opinion sanrenmu line LAND 909 and 962 MC(i lose that knife in my work ;(( ) blue is best china made edc knives;)
I keep getting knives with stripped screw heads .do the make easy outs that small?
I don't know of an easy out tool that is that small.
Some of the newer Ganzo hardware is too soft. It happened when they started with the blue hardware. I so wish knife manufacturers would learn that top quality screws are very important to keep customers happy.
Also, it is super important to have good quality screw drivers. I highly recommend getting some "Made in Germany" Torx screw drivers - I have less stripped screws since I started using better drivers. The cheaper ones are often just slightly out of spec and when coupled with cheap screws it is a recipe for problems. So if you don't have high-quality drivers then you might want to put that on your list of things to buy for your knife hobby.
www.kctoolco.com/ - check out German tools here - but probably buy elsewhere...
Don't have this one yet (stress *yet* . . .)
Those knives with bearings that are coming out is where my next dollars will go, but that is because I already have most of the other ones. check out ganzoknife.com anything numbered G749 and higher looks like it has bearings but they don't even mention it on their site, I told them they should shout it out in BOLD letters, but I don't think their website people know how big a deal it is.
Wish they made A SMALL version of this!!
look for g727
This knife is librarian sexy .Than she takes her glasses off let's the hair down and watch out !! Got to have this one.great review
That is one dangerous librarian
nice
Thanks.
It's probably because it is not a copy of anything. Poor sales.
Do you really think that the North American knife lovers are that finicky that they only want low cost versions of big name brands? I guess that that is possible, but I still think that it is because it is rather plain looking, but you may be right. I will have to think more about that possibility.
To start with, low cost for sure. In big name brands, a certain model that sells a lot could be in the design that is very functional or practical disregarding ' who ' makes it. That's where Ganzo comes in.Tell me if I'm not right, Jake, that the shape and grind of the e.g. Griptilian or Para 2 are exceptionally good for just about any task beside heavy duties. Anyway, just my guess, what do I know ? I don't even have a channel ! hehe
Yes, I think the shape of the handle on the Grip and Para2 are VERY good, and if a knife is comfortable in the hand it will get a lot of recommendations. I still think that a very many knives are sold as a result of recommendations from face to face friends, though this TH-cam thing certainly generates sales as well. A knife that is comfortable in hand will indeed get recommended at lot.
What is unique about this knife is that it is a BEST SELLER outside of USA and Canada, but in USA and Canada sales are only so-so. Therefore there must be something other than how good the knife feels and cuts going on there, and the only other thing is the looks of the thing. Somehow us Canadians and Americans (In MY mind) also put how a knife looks VERY high on our list when we go to choose whether or not we will buy it. For us, it is not only how comfortable the knife is in hand, nor how well the knife performs, but it must also have a strong visual appeal if it is to get a strong following here. It seems that people in places like Denmark don't put the looks of the knife very high on the list, as evidenced by the fact that the G740 is a best seller there even though it looks relatively plain and simple.
I am one of the crazy guys in regards to the grind of a knife. I don't talk about it much but I really don't think that a hollow grind and a flat grind knife really cut that much differently from one another in the average EDC type tasks (cutting tree products - paper, cardboard, etc). The grind on the very edge is the critical point (no pun intended) that determines how well a knife will EDC, and that also has a lot to do with steel type in terms of how long a blade will hold that edge.
The Ganzo G740 is excellent. I carry it often and it holds up well to
hard use. Very affordable. You get a lot for your money. I choose orange so I do not lose another knife in the field during a night boar hunt. I highly recommend this knife.