Very interesting and unique knife and another excellent review!
@tincansailor9437
6 ай бұрын
Yet another insightful and informative review. Well done! I hope the makers take notes for their future designs.
@KnifeNerdery
6 ай бұрын
Haha, thanks for the kind words -- glad you liked it!
@wes.killed.it.5511
6 ай бұрын
Always thought the logo on the show-side looked like Saturn (circle with ring around the circumference), but after you mentioned it looking like an eye I can actually see that a lot too. Yeah if I remember correctly this knife drop was kind of a weird one; not much was known about it among other reviewers, and the designer wasn't very known among much of the community. I do appreciate his innovation overall as well as the aggressive nature of the tanto; I'm not much of a tanto fan myself but if it's going to be a tanto then make it mean and pokey like this guy. Thanks as always for your insight!💪
@KnifeNerdery
6 ай бұрын
Hahaha yes, if you're gonna go tanto, go hard. And all the different angled surfaces each with their own belt satin going a different angle... I mean, it's a cool looking knife for sure! I have no idea what that logo was meant to be, or if they even kept it for the full production drop, but given that both the tentative and final names have some kind of space theme, you're probably right about the Saturn connection.
@soullessone_edc6226
6 ай бұрын
Looks like a Sean O'Connell knife love that blade grind
@KnifeNerdery
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, I can definitely see that in the blade!
@shaunharrison9618
6 ай бұрын
That is one clean looking design!
@KnifeNerdery
6 ай бұрын
Agreed! While it's not a style I go for in my personal collection, it's a very cool looking and cohesive design. Especially for a first knife!!
@Diazjake
5 ай бұрын
Trick engineering! Very smart.
@KnifeNerdery
5 ай бұрын
Very clever indeed!
@jakefromohiostate
6 ай бұрын
As soon as I saw the thumbnail I said “well that’s not his knife” hahaha it definitely doesn’t fit your style! Buuuut the attraction to the engineering that went into it…yeah total something to geek out about! Good work bud!
@KnifeNerdery
6 ай бұрын
Hahaha yeah, definitely not a Me aesthetic, but I couldn't resist figuring out how the heck they pulled off totally hidden hardware!
@Layzboyedc
2 ай бұрын
It's a crime that this knife was discontinued!
@CNYKnifeNut
6 ай бұрын
Was the OEM of this ever disclosed? Im seeing a whole lot of Maxace. The main hardware is the same type they use, and the pivot bolt and collars are really similar to the ones used on the Frida and Dragon.
@KnifeNerdery
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, I discuss this at the very end during the final thoughts -- it's made by LiBing, a Chinese OEM that just doesn't really ever make it to the western markets but is readily available on AliExpress and other Chinese markets.
@CNYKnifeNut
6 ай бұрын
@@KnifeNerdery My bad! LiBing has made a lot of nice stuff. I follow a few people in the Chinese knife community, and when they show something that gets my attention it's usually from LiBing.
@jakefromohiostate
4 ай бұрын
Hey man, sorry this comment doesn’t pertain to this video at all, but I didn’t see an email listed. Anyways, if you are still randomly doing videos the Vosteed Ankylo is EXTREMELY interesting!! I’d love to see your take on it
@KnifeNerdery
4 ай бұрын
I actually have one in hand right now (literally) and will have a video up on it very soon! Spoiler: it's awesome!
@jakefromohiostate
4 ай бұрын
@@KnifeNerdery WHOA!! That’s awesome!
@brandensutton2324
5 ай бұрын
🤘🤘
@user-zq4mr3tt2s
6 ай бұрын
The Piratech Kraken does not have screws and uses magnets. It requires a little more precision machining.
@KnifeNerdery
6 ай бұрын
I should be getting one of those in on a passaround any day now, but I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. You still need a screw driver to take off the clip, which means you can only take one of the two sides off via the magnets. It feels like an incomplete design to me -- there's plenty of ways they could have attached the clip other than a screw that would have allowed both sides to be magnetically swappable. But who knows, maybe I'll feel differently once I have it in hand.
@GasStationKnives4Ever
6 ай бұрын
Ketuo/Rike have been doing the screwless technique for awhile now.
@KnifeNerdery
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, I filmed a real-time "figure out how to take it apart" disassembly on their Rebelship a bit ago that will hopefully make it up on the channel pretty soon. That one is a full on tool-free puzzle box knife, though -- not just hidden hardware, but no hardware whatsoever.
@GasStationKnives4Ever
6 ай бұрын
@@KnifeNerdery How was your Rebelship? I wanted to keep mine so badly but the action was very bad. I couldn't justify a $550 knife that had such a limp detent.
@GasStationKnives4Ever
6 ай бұрын
I have a Rike Gent #9 on the way which has no visible screws as well. If an AirStream trailer was reincarnated as a knife, it would be that knife.
@KnifeNerdery
6 ай бұрын
@@GasStationKnives4Ever hahaha excellent visual analogy. I have one of those sitting in pieces on my workbench right now because a friend loctited the back screw, then bent the proprietary tool trying to take it apart, and asked if I'd try. I managed to get it apart eventually, but the back screw collar is definitely worse for the wear. I could put it back together now, but I'm still angry at it, so it's in time out.
@Nkdc333
5 ай бұрын
Very similar to the BBK Corvus
@KnifeNerdery
5 ай бұрын
Yeah, I can see that comparison
@Layzboyedc
2 ай бұрын
Hasn't another company stepped forward and buy them out?
@KnifeNerdery
2 ай бұрын
@@Layzboyedc Sort of? I don't think this specific model is in production anywhere else anymore, but Kass has partnered with Aurora Blades to release other designs. He has a new one out right now!
@derekwedge09
6 ай бұрын
Do you have this to sell?
@KnifeNerdery
6 ай бұрын
Unfortunately no, this was a loaner prototype.
@nuhadyusuf
5 ай бұрын
Big blade supported by a liner lock? A waste of a blade.
@KnifeNerdery
5 ай бұрын
So what do you do with your knives that requires more strength than a steel liner lock? Genuine question.
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