The best detent and lock bar access from any new knife I have handled right out of the box. The action is outstanding and the attention to details and use of mixed materials is superb. Really a fantastic piece all around. One of if not the best of my recent purchases.

I liked the look of this the first time I saw it on a review. It was sold out at WMK, but as soon as it returned to stock, I was notified. I bought the Kansept Baku as a consolation while waiting for notification for the Lito. They are comparable in a few ways. They both have a small handle that the palm will swallow whole. You can find both designs with micarta inlays. Both of their blades come to a pokey tip. I thought the Baku was the better knife in hand, but the more I have handled Lito, I am becoming a bigger fan of the design and fabrication team at Bestech.

I particularly like the fit and finish. Everything feels substantial and put-together. The finish on the blade is nice. The movement needs no adjustment at all. I am not a big fan of the micarta on the Lito. For a small knife, the micarta does not play much of a role in the grip. Plus, it is an odd cocoa powder brown. The wire clip tapers. I do not know the tapering has a function, but it adds busy-ness to a compact design, over simple, parallel wires. There is almost a Reate-like heft to the Lito. Bestech needs to collaborate more with this designer and send more of these collaborations to the same plant/shop that produced this knife.

I should explain the title. I got myself a Spyderco Subway Bowie from WMK nearly 2 years ago. I understood the purpose of it, but it gave off a cutesy vibe at times because of its size, and at other times, it seemed a little sneaky, again, because of its size. Safety on public transit is horrible these days, but I would much rather have the Lito within reach than a Subway Bowie. There is a richness in the gleam of the Lito. There is modesty, too, with the angles avoiding anything to suggest you are wielding a tool of a perpetrator or someone looking for trouble.

In hand, it serves the same purpose as the Subway Bowie, but better. The handle fills the grip better. The blade is longer, allowing for different angles of approach and for many tasks other than self-defense. I removed the plastic ties from new reading glasses for my mother over the weekend. Nice little tool to have.