hey everyone David C Andersen here coming at you from the KnifeCenter and
it's time to take a look at some of the best new knives that have hit our
shelves in December 2019 let's check them out
so the first is the Slim Pickins from Alliance Designs which has been on fire
since they first arrived this is a button lock flipper and when it's closed
you can see that the flipper tab is nice and unobtrusive it stays very much out
of the way but it's still very easy to use the handle and blade both appear
massive they have this definite presence when open we get m390 steel with a
hollow grind and a nice continuous curve to the edge but I especially like these
titanium handles they've got a heavy stonewashed finish and a few different
anodized colors but they fill the hand extremely well thanks to a pretty broad
contour for a folding knife at the same time it's milled out on the inside to
remove some weight so that it's not super heavy despite its size it lets me
get a nice meaty grip on the knife and then you can even choke up on this broad
area here for finer control of the blade and you can use that button lock to
wrist flick the blade in and out as you please it's got a nice satisfying sound
when you do it overall it's a very impressive knife it certainly makes a
statement when you pull it out next is another premium folder the WE Knife Co
Scoppio and the more I mess with this knife the more I really love
it it has a simple clean profile refined down to just the essentials but thanks
to the compound grinds on the blade there's still enough extra going on so
that it's not a completely plain looking night
we've got CPM-20CV blade steel with a nice continuous curve to the edge you
guys know I like that and the flippin action is typical WE Knife excellence
very nice indeed the handles are titanium and they have a nice heavy
stonewashed texture just like that alliance we just looked at and the
construction is sort of what we're referring to as a split integral design
it has two pieces of metal but each is milled to fit perfectly together with no
back spacer or standoffs it also has a hidden lanyard attachment point here at
the back and a really interesting looking pocket clip but despite the look
of that there it's still very comfortable in fact the best part of
this knife overall is when you hold it in the hand it slips right into a
perfect grip and you're ready to go so one more premium knife really
stood above the rest this month and that's the mkm tomorrow unmistakeably
designed by Jesper Voxnaes this is a smaller drop-point design that's easy to
carry we've got about 2.7 inches of M390 steel
with the distinct Italian touches like that crown spine the handles contain a
liner lock on this one and they're made with either milled titanium with a
really cool swooping design but also available with micarta G10 or carbon
fiber all with that same cool three-dimensional shape there's even a
more premium option with a Damasteel blade and a milled pattern on the handle
that mimics the Damascus twist now the knife comes with different pocket clip
designs depending on which handles you choose you get either a wire clip or the
milled titanium clip that you see here overall it's a really nice tidy design
and it's further proof that Voxnaes is is one of the top designers out there
today next is a new slip joint design from Real Steel and Ostap Hel based
on their popular Metamorph flipper this is the GSlip wearing KnifeCenter
exclusive natural micarta handles you get that great classic slip joint
mechanism with modern yet still kind of rustic handle material and you get
modern steel as well vg-10 stainless good stuff and we get
nearly three and a half inches of blade it's got a flat grind and a fuller on
each side that acts as the nail nick and it even has about a two third stop in
the action of the blade so it's safer when you go to close it and as if all
that wasn't enough it even has a pocket clip it is reversible and it's deep
carry keeping it nice and unobtrusive and thanks to the wire construction it's
got a really classy look when you have it in your pocket so next up and
probably the thing I'm most excited about this month is a new variant of the
SOG Terminus XR now sporting S35VN steel a really nice upgrade especially
considering that right now at its introduction this is only an $80 knife
it uses their XR lock which is their competition to the AXIS lock and they've
even managed to dial in some excellent flipping action typically a problem area
for this style of lock but it's no problem here the handles themselves are
g10 with a carbon fiber overlay and they've been milled with these diagonal
lines for a nice bit of texture and it's got just enough length for
forefinger grip on my slightly larger hands combined with the 3 inch blade
length this is a great option for EDC and it's great to see all the features
you get that s35vn steel cross bar style lock reversible deep carry pocket clip
all for a nice low price next up is the Spyderco Sage 5 Lightweight
now the Sage series exists of course to showcase different locking mechanisms
and the 5 features Spyderco's very own Compression lock this lightweight
version trades it's g10 duds for FRN bi-directionally textured for
all-weather traction now this knife is similar in size to the Para 3
Lightweight but you get better steel S30V in this case so if you'd
wished that the Para 3 came in a higher-end steel you might want to check
this knife out Spyderco really nails their EDC designs and this one really
hits a lot of those greatest hits that make them so good I've got a wire deep
carry pocket clip full size finger choil easy one-handed opening and efficient
cutting with a full flat grind so we're gonna go smaller now with the Bestech
Tulip a mini kiridashi available as a frame lock or a dual detent friction
folder and these are some awesome pieces of pocket jewelry now the frames are
titanium and you can get them in a spectrum of colors including a plain
grey but they're anodization job is really good there's a lot of deep color
going on that really even reflects and changes a little bit as you move it in
the light the blades are front flippers made from M390 steel and you get that
nice acute tip great for scoring and piercing which makes it a great option
for doing what a lot of us do all the time it seems opening up boxes from
online shopping another quick fun fact about this knife this is a Ostap Hel
design which is the same guy who designed our GSlip you saw earlier he's
definitely making a big splash this month so we're gonna finish up with a
couple of budget knives that I'm really liking this month each from a budget
subsidiary of one of the big Chinese name brands the first is from ArtisanCutlery
sub brand CJRB and this is the Gobi they're maintaining their price
point of under $40 for these knives right now and we get a d2 steel
ball-bearing flipper with a liner lock and contoured G10 handles really an
awful lot for the money it's great to see them doing more
adventurous blade shapes in this lineup as well we get this really cool trailing
point design with the curve flowing into and inverting in the handle great for
long slicing cuts with that profile and we get a flat grind and a stonewashed
finish for durability it feels great in the hand it looks
great to the eyes and it should perform very well next up is a knife from
CIVIVI, We Knife Company's budget brand and this is called the Hooligan this is
also a liner locking D2 folder although there's no bearings in this
case instead we get smooth bronze washers with thumb studs for actuation
we get a great blade size for EDC it's just under 3 inches bunch of stuff this
month it actually has been under three inches I'm a big fan of that length and
this knife has a hollow grind and they keep it nice and thin behind the edge as
well should slice very well the thing that really sets it over the top though
are these micarta handle scales I'm really liking micarta at this price
point because it's got a nice comfortable and warm feel in the hand
that G10 and plastics just can't match there are a few different traditional
colors that you can get but the coolest option by far is this particular
material which they're calling snakeskin micarta
so that's it for this month and this is actually our last best of list for 2019
be sure to let us know what you think of our picks down in the comments and let
us know if you pick something else as well in the meantime to get your hands
on any of them you can click the links in the description to head over to
KnifeCenter.com and be sure to sign up for our KnifeRewards program while
you're there cuz as I've said many times the only thing better than a new knife
is free money to spend on your next one I'm David C Anderson from the knife
Center signing off see you next time