Vosteed's Corgi has been through so many iterations that the name no longer tells you what you are looking at. The Corgi V V is the widest of them: a 2.91-inch blade, a longer and broader aluminum handle, and the Vanchor Lock squeezed into a dual-flipper frame.
The spec: 2.91-inch Nitro-V blade, aluminum handle, Vanchor Lock, front and back flippers shaped like Corgi ears, reversible deep-carry clip, thumb button enlarged relative to earlier versions, stepped perimeter milling on the scales, denser jimping on the flippers and wider spine spacing. Vosteed does not publish weight on the page, which is annoying, but an aluminum handle at this size normally lands between 2.6 and 3.1 ounces.
The Vanchor Lock is the whole point of the Corgi line and it is worth explaining properly. Instead of a separate crossbar and pivot, Vosteed integrates the lock release into the pivot itself, so the button you press to unlock sits where the pivot would normally be. That eliminates the usual crossbar's travel across the handle and makes the lock ambidextrous without a cutout on both sides. The engineering cost is that the lock and the pivot have to be designed together, which is why so few companies do it.
Nitro-V at 2.91 inches is a reasonable choice for a knife this size. It is a nitrogen-modified stainless in the AEB-L family, tough, very corrosion resistant and easy to get sharp, with edge retention a step behind 154CM. On a knife whose primary job is opening mail and cutting tape, that is the correct compromise: you will touch it up twice a year and never think about rust.
Where the Corgi V V sits: the smaller Corgi V at $73 uses a 2.36-inch 14C28N blade, and the original Corgi is smaller again. The A5102 and A5101 at $105 run 154CM in the same 2.91-inch frame, so the A5110 at $89.99 is the value version of this size. Against the Marten 330 at $69.99 you pay twenty dollars for the Vanchor Lock and a shorter, wider blade; the Marten is the better slicer. Against a Civivi Zygon at $79.70 you are paying ten dollars more for the integrated lock and giving up a longer edge.
Verdict: buy the Corgi V V if the lock is what interests you and you want the largest frame it comes in. Skip it if you want maximum edge length per dollar, because Vosteed's own Marten 330 does that job better and cheaper.
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