Gold/Red Livewire
I own several livewires now- including the initial release.
The action on this one- the button- is the easiest and smoothest I've encountered among the variations- although they ALL had great action. I prefer livewire action over Microtech Ultratech Gen2 action. I haven't experienced Gen3 Ultratech yet.
As to this particular knife, the coloring of the metal is done well. I use this occasionally as a box opener- mostly as a letter opener. It's too pretty to me to give it hard use.
The lockup is comparable to Ultratech Gen 2- no complaints there!
Bottom line- the Livewire is in my experience the best value OTF knife. I like Livewire better than Ultratech Gen2. . . . I'm also considering buying this red/gold Livewire for my step son and son in law for Christmas- they're just that nice looking!
Mark C.