(SHOT Show 2022 Presented by KnifeCenter) Hey everyone, David C. Andersen from
the KnifeCenter coming at you from SHOT Show 2022 We're here
to visit Mr. Liong Mah himself. Thank you. How are you, sir?
Very well, thank you so much.
Good to see you. We've got some new Liong Mah designs here and something else exciting as well.
No. Well, I keep them excited for you guys.
Yeah, and you guys right out there. Exactly. Well we'll start with the
Liong Mahs I think since they're, since they're you and they're right here.
So this is the model 18
It was supposed to come out in 2020 and this coming out now and 2022 I think that we had
something going on then yeah, it was just a little little busy.
So this is an integral folder saw at over 600,000 Stick titanium. And then
we milled up mill out complete to fit a s 90 v blade. This is a loveless style fighter blade.
And on this one, we did a mill pattern that is like a wave pattern.
And this pattern just took like an hour and the machine just no out. And then somebody had to go
in there and polish each one of these bevels on so it doesn't look like you know patterns they
have to was it like an hour on each side because it's on the back too. Or
I heard like they were crying while they're doing it. But it was okay.
You don't you didn't have to know it wasn't I wasn't the one crying.
Now these feel really good.
And a flipper action is always second to none with you know, just really good. Fits in the hand feel.
Yeah, I mean the whole thing just feel super tight.
You've got the rigidity from that integral construction. I like the
the channel here for a fob lanyard at the back if you want. Yeah, that's really nice.
Yeah, and we did the ball bearing clip. Everybody loves.
And it's just and I also have a couple of lefty versions of these two lefties.
You know how they always feel like they did not love. I love them.
Yeah, no, that's, that's awesome. I imagine those will be on your site. Probably. Yeah,
to feel those. Yeah. Man. Like if you've never felt one of Liong Mah's designs here. I mean,
they're put together by Reate. Fantastic work. Yeah, I mean, just world class.
It's cool. I see. Like you're talking about the levels fighter blade. I see a little bit of that,
like right here with the the it's not across guard. But yeah,
kind of not, you know, winking at that a little bit. Yep. Yeah. Really cool.
And just so like, it's like, my modern take on a very traditional pattern.
Yeah. Yeah. That looks fantastic. And feels fantastic. Two plus s 90. What's it's like a
three and three quarter inch blade? Uh huh. More or less? Yeah. Very, very nice. Now
with me, I love big knives. But you know, when I go into the four inch range,
yeah, guys, I can't carry that. I still I still carry a four inch knife.
Yeah. Hence your big Kuf. Yeah, I love that knife too. Awesome. Oh, next up.
So this isn't barley song is a four inch by song. So it's more of an EDC range. This is
made and put together here. And I put it all together in my house right now. So I got I have
a bunch of shops who made me the play made me the hardware and this integral handle. Oh, wow.
I didn't even notice that when I picked it up. And
in here that's like no space because we had to put like steel washers and end the bearing. Yeah.
And so you're just having to slide it together. Yeah,
totally. Cool.
I don't envy you that. That's the part where you are doing the crying.
That's fine. I'm doing fine. I'm like yeah, like if I had any thought I should have done this
like a piece to get a handle. Yeah, that would have been so much easier.
But not quite as cool. No, yeah, that's a cool blade shape too.
It's yeah, I love the I love the lines. They're around the pivots.
Yeah, just a little upswept strike point
Elmax steel. Elmax steel. Very cool. It feels really good. And of course, I am not an expert,
as you can tell, but that feeling might really
have a pocket clip. We're gonna have a leather slip sheet.
Oh, nice. Nice. That'll make it real easy. You know, you mentioned that EDC. So cool.
Very, very nice. I think the bigger news like this stuff is awesome. Yeah,
but I wasn't ready for this. When I came up to the table. You got a new sub brand?
Yes. And his name Eutektik which is the old Greek word that means to materials melting
at the same temperature. He and I wanted to do this for a while just Because for the Liong Mah
line, there they around like anywhere from 300 to 1250. And a lot of people just weren't able
to get them. And if they did, they would just be like a collector item. No one really uses it,
even though it's the best deals. Yeah, handwork hand ground blades, but no one will actually put
it to the tire afraid to scuff it up, right? Yeah.
So I want to come over and have a brand where people can use us that daily beater.
And that's what we have in Eutektik.
These are cool. Well tell me about this model first. So that's
the binary and binary as the D 2 blade. And it's a liner lock with a variety of G 10,
and micarta handles. And we have our traditional flipper. And also, the thumb, the front flipper.
And we'll also want to add a mail slot here just so we can open it three ways.
Give you give it a little more personality do the thumb as well. Yes,
yeah. You can still pinch it out, though.
Yeah. Like, I think, like with me, I'll sit at my desk all day. And just play my nice. Yeah, yeah,
we a lot of us do that. Whether we like to admit it or not. I think
this will be something that if you go camping, you're not afraid to drop it, you know,
you're not afraid to like, you know, get scuffed up or get it dirty. You know, and, and we have all
hardened stainless hardware and deep carry pocket clip. These are samples and so the clip will be
also reversible to lefty side. Okay, great. And we will also have to lefties. Okay, cool.
So moving the liner to the actual left hand. Yeah, the liner locked position.
Ball bearings. Did you say? Ball bearings. Yep. And I know on this one,
you folks know I'm never the best at some top flippers or front flippers.
They're gonna change the this this is in flex a little bit this ramp up top. Yeah,
so this ramp was cut, not as high as it should,
it will be more reflective of this ramp. So it'd be a little a lot easier to flip
was a really nice blade shape here. I liked that you went with
a relatively thin blade stock with that. full flat grind. That is
an awesome EDC slicer. Yeah, very cool about three and a half 3.75.
But the edges, we put three and a half years the extra thing a nice shirt right here that,
you know, that really takes up the room.
I like that you made it big enough for folks with big fingers like me.
So I'm not gonna kiss the back of that edge a little bit.
You know, it's such a struggle sometimes because as a designer, you want to maximize Yeah,
the blade length. And then you're like, Okay, someone's just gonna cut themselves. Yeah,
I like pinching up on that, too. That feels like it's gonna be real nice.
And I really went with like a stock where they could grind it really thin.
Yeah, because I prefer a really thin. I mean,
especially with your your cooking background. Like
it's got a slice for a slice. Yeah, man. Very cool. Very cool. So that was that model again,
I'm sorry, binary, the binary. And then we've got another kind of drop point. So this
is the EFD. This is everyday fuel duty, which is one of my most popular models.
And I simplified things with just like just making the line straighter. And added, like more fidgety
by adding a front flipper and a much larger hole. So you can index finger flick it from the back.
Oh, easy. Yeah. And, you know, slightly wider, like the original feel duty,
which I think makes it just easier to grab, you know, easier to hold, like, you know, just a good
grip. And if you want more control, you can grip it with the index finger notch up in the front.
flat grind, like with all these, so it'll be a great slicer.
Yeah, really cool. Same same specs, otherwise, you got to
same, essentially the same series of colors available on all these. Yeah.
And we will try to get as many colors as we can some orange some purple,
and you know, as many micarta as we can find for for this line. Yeah.
Really nice. Yeah, they feel really well put together.
And yeah, of course, we have the stonewash and the black wash.
Very nice. And of course, being D2 that stonewash
is gonna help a little bit with the corrosion resistance. Yeah,
I find it not. I live in Florida. Yeah. I don't find the issues with
D2. It works well for me. I know some people get a little worried about it. So
that's a nice little nod to taking care of that
a little bit. Yeah. All right. Wipe down your blades, and we'll be fine.
Take care of your tools. They'll take care of you. Yep.
And next we have the Trinity model. And it's called Trinity because I add I put in three
methods of opening which is the whole the front flipper and the traditional flipper on the back.
A very neutral handle and a bowie style blade.
Yeah. Really cool. yeah they all feel really well put together. Yeah,
I got I got no complaints I like again the thin blade stock with the flat grind. I love the the
features here excited to see where the where the street price winds up landing on these. Yeah,
so I even though I carry you know 400 dollar knife every day, I think this will be like a great
everyday beater knife. Oh, yeah, I mean,
I've definitely absolutely no compunction about just
being on it. Yeah. You're not gonna feel bad. Yeah, cutting something. Yeah. And this was will
be d two. And we'll try out, We'll try to see what other steels we can fit into this lineup. Okay.
And there's so many right now that we want to try, but we have to start somewhere. So we'll start,
of course. Very nicely done. Awesome. Well, Liong, thanks for showing us this stuff today. Thank you,
David. Really appreciate it. Folks. Let us know what you think of those knives down in
the comments. And to check out all of Liong's greatest new stuff, we'll have a link in the
description to take you over to KnifeCenter.com and I'm sure we're gonna be having these knives
up there just as soon as they're available. Because they seem like winners to me. Thank you.
Thanks for sticking around for our shot show coverage everybody. Liong, thanks again.
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