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Originally Posted by fear
how do you feel about the ss bracelet on the jsar? I was thinking of picking up a sar because it's such a tank but I didn't know whether to splurge on the bracelet or not.
The bracelet is really nice. The links are a little different than the standard oyster type bracelet, the midlinks are slightly angled up on one end, which gives it a just-slightly-more-aggressive appearance IMO.
The links themselves are solid as hell. I really like the fact that the endlinks are permanently attached to the bracelet, and are not just decorative caps that are only held in place by the lug springbar.
The clasp and hinge are pretty disappointing compared to the rest of the bracelet, though. Just your standard stamped-steel friction clasp with fliplock. A push-button lock instead of friction would have been nice. A machined clasp would have been more fitting for a bracelet in this price range. It does have a flip-out diver extension which is nice, but it looks pretty flimsy.
It's a pretty expensive bracelet. I don't know if I'd really splurge for it or not if I were doing it again. I bought the JSAR used and got a deal I couldn't pass up on the combo, but if I were buying new I would think pretty hard about it.
I'm wearing the JSAR on a maratac elite right now, which is a helluva strap IMO for $20. I'm probably going to give it a week on each of the elite, a regular zulu, and the bracelet before making any final judgements.