Hey everyone, David C. Andersen here coming at you from the
KnifeCenter and it's national knife day happy knifing everyone
and to celebrate I've collected some of what I think are the
best deals we've got on our website right now. So let's get
right into it
we're gonna start with a kitchen knife and this right here the
nine and a half inch Ontario Agilite. I think just might be
the best bargain we've got on the site right now. Barna
originally selling for a bit over $52 This is an American
made kitchen knife using a Swedish steel Sandvik 14 C 28.
And a great steel for a kitchen knife. It's always been a good
deal even at that regular price. But right now $16.95 It's a $17
Made in the USA kitchen knife with a very reputable steel. I
mean come on. And it's not just the the nine and a half inch
chef we've got we've got several knives in the Agilite range on
sale right now. This is a great thing too. If you just have real
basic kitchen knives, it's a great upgrade from those sorts
of things. Even though it doesn't come with any kind of
like sheath or mask or anything this would be a great camp
kitchen knife if you are looking for some kitchen cutlery to
throw in your camping gear. Great choice for that sort of
thing. The steel itself is stain resistant and it is very tough
as well so it can withstand a lot of just indiscriminate
kitchen usage which is great. The handles are to tone you've
got a rubberized center section where you're doing most of the
holding so you've got a lot of grip and that allows you to keep
a solid hold on the knife when you go and pinch up on it and do
all your maneuvers. The pinch grip is nice thanks to this
acrylic section here looks a little bit like ultim which is
real popular nowadays. And we know this is not specifically
ultim has that cool kind of Amber. quality to it $17 I mean
Winner winner chicken dinner and you can make your chicken dinner
with this knife in the process. But if you'd rather your your
knife or de purchase fit in your pocket, I'm gonna start off with
some some more affordable deals here. The Civivi Riffel great
knife here on sale at the moment for about $33 down from its $55
or there abouts price normally great, great discount right
here. Three and a half inch blade, same steel as the edge
light 14 C 28. n for n from Sandvik very tough stainless
holds an edge a decent long time not as much as you know your
high end powder Steel's of course, but I think it goes
beyond the you know the straight up budget category and it's
solid and solidly in that mid range steel category for 33
bucks right now anyway micarta handles full liners reversible
deep carry pocket clip, we've got ball bearings in the pivot
and great action as you'd expect from Civivi as we've come to
expect from Civivi you can use that blade cut out to do your
reverse flicking or just a more deliberate thumb opening as
well. Great geometry for everyday use. It's going to be
an excellent little slicer with a very versatile shape to boot.
Great price, great price for what you're getting right there.
Next up if you want something a little more kind of heavy duty
feeling a little more. Kind of expressly tactical check out the
steel will bar guest series as normal price on these is around
the $73 mark right now we've gotten for just under $60 here
and it is a great I think tactical folder three and a half
inch blade D2 steel, nice amount of edge retention right there.
Versatile blade shape, it's not just a tactical thing, but
you've got a geometry and a blade stock thickness there to
backup some refer use and a handle that is just as solid as
they can come full length liners, g 10 g 10. backspacer is
well reversible deep carry clip here. liner lock and
interestingly are not interestingly but fit for
purpose here rather than ball bearings in the pivot like
Civivi has we've got washers which are a little more stable
and a little more or a little less susceptible to dirt and
grime and stuff just kind of gumming up the action.
Consequently you don't have quite the free floating feel but
steel will is still able to achieve a great smooth flipping
action and you can use the thumb studs instead if you wish as
well. super solid in the hand. I said tactical but again, any
kind of hard use on a budget. This is definitely worth a look
next night that we have on sale today during National knife day.
This is my favorite CRKT knife with the deadbolt locking
mechanism. This is the attaboy designed by Flavio Ikoma
regularly about 135. Right now, just under $80. So a great good
healthy margin off of that as well. Got a two or three quarter
inch blade D2 steel, a really cool profile in my opinion, good
geometry too, for a somewhat rougher use small everyday carry
blade. It's not a super thin slicer, but it still has good
efficiency, good enough efficiency, little bit extra
thickness there to make sure you've got something very
durable. Likewise with the the D2 steel if I didn't mention
that already, great edge retention for the price. The
handles are injection molded, you've got a cool two tone thing
going on here though. Deep carry clip on the right side. And the
deadbolt lock, which you unlock just by depressing the button
which is integrated into the pivot. But when you push that it
pushes this kind of deadbolt shaped bar on the back out
through the blade. There's two strong posts through the tang of
the blade that moves them out of the way so you can unlock it
assisted opening on this knife. You've got a small subtle
flipper tab here but that's all you need. Because that spring is
going to take over after you start it into motion. Really
solid little knife, very attractive design. And right now
at least like $55 off its regular price. Got a couple more
knives here right around that $80 price point. This next one,
the Kizer Yorkie a couple versions of this coming in right
now at $83 down from its regular price of just under 120. So
about 35 to $40 off the standard price of these for that you're
getting something similar in size to the attaboy right there,
not as complex not as robust of a locking system but you are
going to get more premium blade steel here and 390 several rungs
above what you can usually get for about $80 Lots of edge
retention right there. Two and a half inch blade great simple
drop point shape full flat grind, read paper micarta on
this version, which is just extra cool. Inset liner lock
ball bearings in the pivot for nice snappy action the detent is
tuned perfectly to allow it to open in such fashion titanium
pocket clip milled single sided only in this case, but if you
need a just plain old pocket knife, the Yorkie is a great
option. Especially considering the blade steel you can get
right now for that price can be very easy to carry. Very non
threatening when you need to use it but still very, very capable
when you need to use. Next up a classic coming in now, just
under 80 bucks down from its $100 price point currently the
Kershaw blur I mean classic SpeedSafe knife at this point,
three and three eighths inch drop point blade with a recurve
Ken Onion design, aggressive texturing on the handle. In a
way this is kind of your mission similar to the steel will we
looked at earlier, maybe not quite as you know tanky in its
construction, but still a tactical style folding knife
size for everyday carry but with enough length to get real work
done and enough solidity and build quality to get some bigger
jobs done when you need it to steel here is 14 C 28 in a bit
of a theme running here actually good tough stuff. We do have a
hollow grind on this knife so the edge itself is a bit
thinner. But thanks to that Sandvik steel we have the
toughness to be able to support that thinner edge compared to
some other materials on the market. aluminum handles we've
got grippy inserts for extra traction. We've got a two
position pocket clip. This is a right side pocket clip only but
you can go tip up or tip down liner lock assisted opening
mechanism and those angled thumb studs that it is so famous for
makes it very easy to actuate that spring assist of action
when you are ready to rock ready to cut. Great fuel in the hand.
I didn't talk about the recurve too much. Now what that's going
to give you in a trade off for you know taking a little bit
extra time and care to sharpen it. You've got more cutting
power inside that three and three eighths inch blade than if
it were a straight edge. First of all, you've got more
sharpened edge, the actual linear amount of sharpened steel
is longer as a result. And we are pulling through a cut. It's
going to help kind of saw through things shear through
things a little more effectively because you're kind of bringing
it into that back edge and a little bit of a different way
than if it were straight, kind of gathers things into its self
a little bit as it cuts really powerful stuff. Speaking of
really powerful I'm a big fan of the Spyderco Resilience I'm a
big fan of its blue light blue handled lightweight versions
with S35VN blade steel. The partial serrated version is on
sale right now down from about $122. To just under $90. Right
now,
that gives you a lot of cutting potential here 4.2 inch blade
with that S35VN Great edge retention there, the power of
the serrations. They're at the heel of the blade, a full flat
grind to keep the efficiency where you want it, but not so
thin that it's going to be dainty. Likewise, don't let the
name lightweight in the name of this knife fool you. This still
is a knife that can go toe to toe with other harder use knives
in a pinch or when you need it to the handles themselves rest
atop full length steel liners skeletonize a little bit for
weight reduction, but plenty of strength there and plenty of
traction from the bidirectional peaks on that blue material
right there. For position pocket clip lets you carry it whichever
way you want. And the handle design allows you to get right
back or right behind the edge of that blade. The other way to
look at look at that is there's no wasted space on that blade,
all of the possible blade that's exposed is sharpened so where
you are getting the most sharpened edge possible on a
blade size like this, a very capable knife at a very good
price. Right now, we've got a couple more premium options to
take a look at if you're looking for something a bit more high
end, check out the Bestech tonic this is a really cool knife,
normally about 306. Right now, on knife day, this is running
about $240. Now this is a Lockback knife, but it is unlike
many, I would say in fact, the vast majority of lockbox out
there in that you can actually flick the blade open quite
nicely. There's ball bearings in the pivot here. And the geometry
of I guess the lock bar here on the back and the tang of the
knife combined in such a way that it pops into action quite
nicely when you're ready to go. The handles themselves are
titanium with carbon fiber inlays on both sides. Really
cool intricate pivot there, we've seen that on a lot of best
text more premium stuff looks just as nice here. Milled
titanium pocket clip as well reversible. In this case, which
is nice because of course that lock back is symmetrical side to
side and the dual thumb studs are equally usable in the left
or the right hand side. So I'm glad they gave us a pocket clip
that can be moved to blade itself, about 2.9 inches kind of
a modified wharncliffe shape. M390 steel, two tone or a
bidirectional grain essentially two directions whether you're
talking about the flats or the actual actual ground bevels nice
premium fuel, they're good feel in the hand too. It's small
enough to be a formal knife, it's not going to be too big too
scary. I know some folks are going to get annoyed that we
even talked about that. But hey, sometimes discretion is the
better part of valor. But despite the size, you can still
get a full feeling forefinger grip on the knife, there's space
here around the top of the handle and the ricasso of the
blade that gives you an almost essentially an extra finger
position so you can choke up and really go to town when you need
it. Or just be more precise and refined when you don't. Next up
we've got a ZT, zero tolerance 762 normally about 360 Right now
60 bucks off just under $300 3.4 inch 20 CV blade. The cool thing
about this though, in my opinion, the handles, were
dealing with their sub frame lock locking system, which takes
the full sized lock bar that you might find on a frame lock, but
anchors that to another handle material that does two things.
One, you get to see the nice carbon fiber on both sides of
this particular knife. And because it's carbon fiber, in
this case, it helps keep the weight of the handle down
significantly over a titanium handled knife. As such, this
thing right here, the 3.4 inch blade is only 2.9 ounces,
obviously not a featherweight, but less than you would expect
from a knife this size, it feels a bit more alive in the hand as
a result. And it's just going to be that much more satisfying in
your pocket because it's that much less noticeable until you
need it. And when you do need to use it. This is using ZT's tuned
detent system. Now what that does in layman's terms is it
makes it good. But what is actually going on here is
they've got a detent bar on the front side, not the side that
that uses are not the side that holds the lock bar in place. But
the actual closed detent position is coming from the
front side and it allows them to fine tune that action. So Know
that it's good. And it also kind of eliminates the, you know, the
foibles that you sometimes encounter in a frame lock. That
being if you put a little too much pressure, even sometimes
not too much pressure at all, on the lock bar, it can affect the
opening action. But in this case, I'll even try to put just
a little pressure on there, see what happens. No problem still
flips open. Great. Last but not least, we'll end with a fixed
blade. And this is the Ek 51 made by Ka-Bar. normal price on
this is about 120. This is 20 bucks off right now, American
made fixed blade suitable for a wide range of applications. Just
under that $100 mark, we've got a 4.3 inch blade, simple drop
point shape with a full flat grind, simple 1095 CV steel,
simple but reliable all around everything about this is made to
work. The handles are made of ultra mid. And despite the look
that may seem like it might not be comfortable, it actually
feels very good in my hands and it's very neutral as well. So
with just that straight profile, if you have larger or smaller
hands, the grip itself, the usability of that handle is not
going to change too much. So that is a really nice thing too.
There's just enough of a finger guard to keep you from slipping
forward, but not so much that it gets in the way of smaller
outdoorsy types of tasks. And that's really where I think this
knife kind of shines even though it's under the the Ek commando
brand, which is a combat knife company through and through.
This one's a bit more kind of outdoorsy friendly. The sheath
that comes with is nicely executed it is not kydex but it
is injection molded and clicks in just as authoritatively as
any good kydex will do. You can also strap the snap around the
handle if you want a little bit of extra retention. And you
could remove the drop loop from around the sheet if you wish
with you wished and a lot of aftermarket attachments will
work if you'd rather like carried horizontal on the belt,
you could do something like that to overall super solid package
at a price that is worth a look. Alright, that's all we have to
look at today. This most precious of holidays national
knife day. It should be mentioned just in case anyone
discovers this video later on in the future. These prices are of
course current in 2023 As we're posting this video, but as with
everything that is on sale, things change prices fluctuate
over time, so make sure you keep that in mind. But if you're
interested in any of these knives, whether it is knife day,
or later on, check out the links in the description. They'll take
you to KnifeCenter.com where we're very proud of our long
running knife rewards program where even with this stuff
that's on sale, you can earn up to 5% back on your purchases
towards a future knife. I'm David C. Andersen from the
KnifeCenter signing off. Happy nice day everyone.