(Blade Show presented by KnifeCenter) Hey everyone, David C. Andersen here from the
KnifeCenter but coming at you from the blade show saw some of my voice left. But we're here
to check out some new WE and Civivi products with my friend Seth. How are you, sir? Awesome,
David. I was a pleasure. Good to be here. Hope. I hope you guys have had a good show so far.
Fantastic. People are excited to be back. And there's some exciting knives too. Yeah, let's
get into it. Good
stuff. Let's talk we first of all, a couple of new things we got from Ostap, Ostap Hel and
we've got the new arsenal. It's going to be coming out here very, very soon. We're going to
see that hitting dealers in the next couple of months. This is a tanto framelock titanium
folder. It contains a bunch of design features from oh snap that I really like immediately
see the signature signature notch there. Yep.
I love the cutouts in the blade. The G 10 overlays. This is a 20 cv still full size. Now
can you get your mitts on that one? Yeah,
and nice and straight to so very neutral. All kinds of different hand sizes will be feel
essentially just the same for everyone. Absolutely. It's very very comfortable life. I'm
digging this one a lot. The really do the the middle finger flick. It's not. No, you can kind
of pinch out and do the thumb open if you like though. It's a I do. I do
really like the the clip design that comes out of the back there with your little glass breaker
on the end.
really super clean, reversible. And very deep carry is very deep carry Yeah. Yeah, it's gonna
be solid. Did you mention the steel on this? Let me see me very cool. About 3.6. What do we say?
Something like that? Yeah, three, three and a half. Very nice. Very nice. I like it. And one
of those types of shapes. That's not two times a week. Yep. So some of the the non tanto people
out there, it's got some good crossover appeal. Exactly.
I really like one of the kind of finer details I love that pivot color that matches the inlay on
there. So yeah, no matter which color you're gonna get, you've got that a little bit of pop
of color right there on the on the around the pivot. Very nice, really, really nice, really
clean design here, but also
Yeah, open and closed. Very cool.
And then next, next demos that we've got the little the Quark, which I think is a, I think is
a fun name for it and take a look at that little guy. We've got carbon fiber, titanium, m 390.
All in a bite size package.
Bite Size. Don't put it in your mouth. People. Disclaimer, it's not actually bite. Bite Size,
but don't bite it. Very interesting.
So magnetic sheath there. So it kind of pops back up into place. Great little knife to just
hang on to all the time. Right. Do your little box cutter. Whatever. fun little design.
Yeah. Nick carry obviously is what you're setting it up for but like little fifth jeans
pocket or any other small space like that. Very interesting and compound grinds on such a little
thing. Yeah.
It's so funny. We've You know, we've had that out over the show. And every time somebody picks
it up, they pull it open and just immediately smile. Yeah, it's like a smile maker. Yeah, very
cool. Very cool. Yeah. All right. Next up from weeknights, we've got a really exciting new
collaboration. We teased this a little bit right before the show. But this is a brand new design
collaboration with we and Alan Elishewitz fantastic. Take a look at that guy
now. And it's such a good guy. And he has such distinctive designs too.
So we got a couple of different blade styles that this is going to come in. He got that drop
point there. And then you've got this with the compound grind. That's a recurve tanto ish. The
size on this thing is perfect for your everyday carry. It's got a it's doing we're doing a
reversible pocket clip. This is still a prototype phase. Sure. We're looking at throwing
in an extra clip with it and then reassessing that so that it's truly reversible with a diff
with an additional clip.
So rather than rather than like a straight clip like this something that follows the lines a
little bit differently or
no one that is we're gonna have a cut out on both sides and then an extra clip that would be
the left handed because you can see that this
right right it follows the arc. The Arc on both sides. Cool. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, it's Sunday is
day three. It's been a long weekend. Yeah, but it's great. We got like this to this red micarta
looking thing here. Yeah, so right micarta stay three. My English is not so good.
So it's so it's actually a G 10. It is a I don't know exactly what's called They're going to come
in yet. Okay. So again, we're still kind of working through that. I do believe he's going to
have a fully blacked out version, and then a couple of different color combinations. And
we're yet to see what those are. One of the things that I really love about this knife
though, is how the Backspacer turns into your little your impact point there at the back. Yep,
exactly. I think that design is really, really smooth. And I just really liked that. Along with
the blade shape you can get, you can get a middle finger flick on that Fuller, they're
challenging, you know, I suck at this. Hey. But yeah, with the fuller there, you're right, you
do get a little purchase. You could do the thumb open with that, as well. You don't even need to
pinch it to do it. You can get started just the thumb. Oh, I did it a second ago. There we go.
Sunday, you guys know that is really cool. It's a nice shape. Very delicious. I mean,
absolutely.
Awesome knife. It's going to be 20 cV, titanium and G 10. And all that. And this one's gonna
come in at a matte price right around 250 bucks. Okay, so unless you want to design with those
materials, 250 bucks. I think we got a winner here. Yeah, I like it. It's very nice. All
right, let's move on to some Civivi stuff. We have some new versions of the elementum that
were never even announced or shown until the show here. We came out with some tanto versions.
And we've got a copper brass and dark brown micarta available there.
It's almost a burlap texture there. But not not quite, I guess. Yeah, I really dig that it's got
a good feel especially and you folks have seen their their finishes on these copper and brass
pieces. Always turns out really nice looking got almost that pre distress what going on? Yeah,
these
are these are this color this style. The brass and the copper are always head Turners, you
know, we get people going along the table, and they always stop and go. Ooh, what's that? So
the these are
continuing to expand the elements in their materials that we still need to on these LD two
on these. Yep, it's roughly the same price point. Yep. Yes, this is gonna be right around
materials, you know, Zack cross, five bucks and $68 on the brass and copper. Very awesome. Very
awesome. cool to see that, that line continuing to expand. Very nice.
All right, now some new exciting stuff from should we be expanding on the new buttons that
we started out with a button lock elementum. Well, we've got a couple of new button locks.
We've got the cogent here. That is a button lock flipper.
The action on this we were I was flipping this beforehand is really nice. And unlike the button
lock elementum You don't have to press the button to release the blade. It's not trapped in
right until you press that. Right. Which is good because it's a flipper. Exactly.
Yep. So we've got the button lock, button, release and flipper tab.
Really good action as you guys can see, it's got you know exactly what you'd want from from
something like this prototype stage right now this stage the materials maybe still a little
bit.
Yeah, these are the prototypes, or indeed, I can't tell you if that's for certain what will
come in sure. But these these will be available later on in the year and we'll get some more
information when we get
it. Awesome. Great blade shape, almost a full flat grind. They're thin enough blade seals,
this is definitely gonna be a good slicing knife. And big enough handle. I mean, I've got
all four of my fingers on there just so it's just about right for a general purpose. EDC.
Nice recess or not quite not a recess but a deep carry pocket clip. Yeah, people are going to
love was actually yeah, that's excellent. That's good. That is excellent anger on top of that
useful. I love that blade shape. That's excellent.
All right, so next to that a little bit smaller. But following that same, same vein, we've got a
button lock thumb stud in the altice. Now this one likes it, it's a little bit smaller. If you
compare that to the elementum. Your Blade Size is about the same handle size is about the same.
So we're kind of in that in that size.
Coming in that nice three inch EDC size, the AEB-L like
yeah, nice, lightweight. Again, we've got that deep carry pocket clip. Again, the prototype has
D2 steel, we'll let you know if that's the final steel that shows in it or not. But the thumps
that action on it is really good. As you would expect Yeah. Everything here runs on caged
around ceramic
bearings. Sure, sure. Ya know the action like I said, the action is what people are gonna want.
And another excellent blade shape to I'm that guy. Very, very useful little design. That's
exciting. Yeah, button locks are going to be a hit for sure.
They're absolutely going to be hit and we're hoping that we can make enough of them.
Should we be expecting these before the end of the year you think or is solo
possible that they could push until January but that should be the very latest. Okay, so I'm
expecting this fall. Excellent. was fantastic. All right. We got a new Justin Lundqvist design.
This little guy has been a big hit at the at the show again follows you look at it and you know,
it's a Lundqvist right away. Absolutely. Top flipper from flipper.
See? Ah, there we go. It's so funny. The front flippers they're all they're all a little bit
different some like some like the the index flake but yeah, that's Yep, that actually is
quite easy once I once I'm using my thumb there Yeah,
it's just really good. It's a nice lightweight design, just a little blade on there. Again,
great for your everyday carry super deep pocket clip there as
well. The micarta is nice prototype again, so d two and the proto but could change exactly yeah,
I'm not exactly sure what we're gonna have there. I think that'd be good in the in the 14 c
28. And we're just gonna put it on. I'll just put it out there. I think that will be that
might be a good choice for that one. I like that nice slender shape to there. Yeah, great small
utility compact. can even do some really good gentleman's knife versions of this, I think good
platform for something. Well, yeah,
I'm excited to see all of the different scale options, you know, that we actually end up with?
Yeah, for the production. Yeah, that's gonna be really nice. Okay, next we have some new stuff
from Jim. O'Young Jim O'Young's collaborations. You're familiar with the synergy two absolutely
started with then the mini synergy, which we're both weeknights, right. Okay, now we have the
synergy three, which is a Civivi version follows all of the same styling, right with the upswept
blade and the tanto options. Obviously, you're
not going to get the integral construction
not enter your price point. Yeah. And a girl we got g 10 handles, and a layered carbon fiber g
10. Really cool call.
Do you still get the swells this way, though? Maybe not quite as as dramatic. But you still
get that nice ergonomic feel in the hand. It feels excellent, actually. Yeah, quite good.
I like the I like how he's got the liner nested. Yeah. And just fantastic action, just like the
other
synergies, just like we expect from the Civivi. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Very cool.
So there'll be about four different colored up options available. And like I said, the two
different blade shapes, of course. Yeah. And
I think we were going nitrile v on this one, that'll be good. So for those of you familiar
with like the original synergy, even before the synergy two was back in 98, 99, I want to say
first integral aluminum knife on the market. With this original blade shape, the upswept
blade you guys added the tanto to the mix. Yeah. Very comfortable. Yeah. Very comfortable. Yeah.
Very nice. All right. Should we talk fixed blades? I think that's a wonderful idea.
That's what we got left on the table. We have we have a new design from Bob Terzuola Terzuola.
Trying to, trying to make sure I pronounced that right.
We all just go on bob T. Bob T. He was by the booth today or yesterday and I went over his
name with him. Nice, nice.
So this one's called the What do we call the tamashi tamashi based off of traditional
Japanese design
almost traditional kwaiken-ish in a way like it is Yeah, a little bit a little bit but no, we
got a really nice blade shape here. Excellent slicer with that with that trailing headwind
going on. And the handles are really nicely done. Man I know it's two pieces, but it almost
looks like a single piece. I can barely find that seam there at all. Yeah, you wouldn't. You
wouldn't know it if you didn't know it. Yeah. Man. It's so smooth. So finally finished. Of
course a little more comfort to because you don't have the steel touching your skin and cold
weather. That could be a an advantage there. Nice thumb ramp. Yeah.
Yeah, a little bit of jumping up top. You get your thumb up that far. comes with a really nice
Kinect sheath and then also features Bob's t clip. So a fully adjustable you can flip that
around for scout carry. Yep, put it on your backpack without you know. Or your belt without
taking it off. Just opens right up.
I think now guys, these are available separately as well at the KnifeCenter for only a couple
bucks. Yeah, like the price on them. If you don't like spending money on some of the higher
price versions of this. It's same whole pattern as like the blade tech Tek-Lok for three, four
or five bucks, something like that. It's a really good deal on those. But no, it's the
design here too is pretty versatile. I mean, it has a little bit of that Terzuola like tactical
look to it. But it's going to be a nice Skinner nice everyday slicer. You can do a lot with that
knife for sure this is this is a
really nice addition to our lineup that that kind of expands on our fixed blade lines with a
little bit new style. We're really excited to have this
design in the lineup. Excellent Excellent. And next we have my favorite genre, the pocket fixed
blade. We have another prototype here. Tell me a little bit about that guy.
All right, this little guy, just just a little tiny nine, cr 18 mov. chunk of sharp chunk of
sharpness comes with your little kydex sheath. And belt clip. All right,
I hope you keep that pocket coat there. Because that is a that is pretty nice that that makes it
through the the prototyping stage. And
I want to say that this is actually a production. Oh, is it? This is a production
version. So we are going to see this as it is. And it's going to be available over here. Within
the next month. I can remember if it's June 23, July 20. Anyway, this is going to be here
available very very soon. This little guy. It's an Ostap design as well. So we got we have three
things on the table from
Yeah, from him that we feature, anyway, he's been doing a lot of good stuff with us this
year. It's been really, really fun.
What's really nice, just enough edge. Yeah. Very, very cool. Just enough retention pocket
clip. And it'll be available in black as well. So a couple of different options there. Very
nice. Very nice. Excellent. Well, I think that's all we have on the table here.
That's that's our that's our new lineup that was basically debuted and released here at the show.
Fantastic, folks, if a lot of this stuff, like I said is still in prototype stage or coming soon.
We'll make sure to leave links below to take you over to the we knife, and Civivi pages at the
KnifeCenter. And as always keep sticking around for even more great blade show coverage. Thanks,
David. Thank you very much.