After last weeks great machete whack off, let’s slow it down a bit and discuss our
feelings of inadequecy.
Yeah that’s right.
For instance when you scroll through your social media Every day carry porn… where
everyone: is a sharp shooter, trains like a warrior bro, and arranges and stages their
pristine bushcraft lifestyle better than a disorganized mess like you ever could.
A world in which you’re not taken seriously unless strapped with your Glock and it’s
etsy-crafted carbon fiber kydex sheath brought along for a battle against resolving DNS errors.
So if Headesigns calls their elegant yet compact new pocket and fidget friendly knife the Hunter,
you shouldn’t have a damn problem with that.
And if you do, I’ll rat you out and tell everyone the Raptor’s never even seen a
dirt road.
Oh yeah that’s microwaved leftovers of pork tenderloin and blooming onion.
Instagram this assholes.
However that’s not ketchup, it’s the blood of my fallen foes.
So the Hunter is a new for 2019 design by Headesigns, as I’m sure you’ve become
aware of from your social media feeds.
The Hunter comes in few warrior colors, with a 154cm blade steel, and retails for about
$200-$220- which is lower price point than their other knives and combs.
I wish I had the motivation to comb my hair.
But before we go any further.
Let’s look at the dimensions of this smooth front flipper.
Like the overall length and weight.
You follow any good hashtags on Instagram?
I don’t they’re all terrible.
Blade size and cutting edge.
I mean I follow them, but not any good ones.
There’s one the algorithm suggested I’d be into called #chestrig.
Handle size and grip area.
I’m sure you’re picturing human versions of a supplements with kevlar vests, holding
something with a suppressor.
Spine thickness and handle thickness.
Or maybe a #chestrig is a hot new sex toy?
(Tactical voice).
Honestly I’m really impressed by the incredible vein details.
Tallnesses.
Naw, it’s just a bunch of bored people standing around with molle compatible fanny packs on
their chest.
First the blade, so you don’t have to chose it sports a half and half bead blasted, satin
finished blade made from 154CM steel.
And I swear to Lynn if you don’t have anything nice to say about 154CM keep it to yourself.
I’m watching you, I know it’s tempting.
154CM is of course that steel found in a lot of base Benchmades that everyone was happy
with for a long time, until the influencers and marketing teams had their way.
The blade is a clip point style, and if it doesn’t seem like it in the video, it comes
to a almost needle point.
The pointiest of the clips.
Yeah you can knit with it.
Perfect for piercing the tips of fingers as you fidget with it throughout the day, you
know and also packages.
Now as you know I’m a dude that normally carries a blade longer than 3 inch normally,
but this ain’t bad.
It’s quite in line with something like the Spyderco Para 3.
However if you find yourself liking bigger knives, and the Para 3, Rat II, Mini Griptilain,
or delica are too small- then this will not be the knife that converts you.
However feel free to buy it and resell it a week later.
The handle and lockup.
The handle is made from two main parts, the lock side is made from titanium and the not
lock side as knife people say, comes in different delicious flavors of G10 or carbon fiber.
I like this handle scheme in knives, because it keeps the weight down, and apparently confuses
some people as to why a knife maker would do this.
Maybe because they haven’t stopped to think for just half a second, or maybe that’s
virtue signaling to all the people who like heavy knives.
I know I talk shit about my Sebenza 21 a lot, but I purposely bought the knifeart edition
because it was the only large sebenza under 4 ounces, and I knew it would look amazing
on Instagram.
The lockup side has a steel insert, where the frame lock kisses the tang, and in theory
the insert is replaceable.
Although I’ve yet to see any that need replacing on my knifes (emphasis on improper spelling).
The deployment is smooth, and crisp with the front flipper.
Front flippers require a little practice to get right.
For friends and loved ones, that means flick clicks all fucking day long.
The good news is, when someone decides they can’t take any more of the damn clicks,
all they have to do is ask to borrow your knife for just a second.
Front flippers are not usually a quick deploy right out of the pocket.
That’s what the Emerson Wave is for bro!
(Tactical voice) Although I wouldn’t want to spoil the secret that when most of the
internet knife community removes a knife from their pocket it’s usually to attack a new
box of diapers or a bag of chips.
You could also deploy with the rectangular hole, but that’s less easy to do, due to
the strong detent.
It isn’t impossible, because nothings impossible if you put your mind to it, but I don’t
know why you’d want to deploy it that way.
This isn’t a hard use jungle knife, it’s a nice light duty pocket companion, for the
office.
Detent is strong enough that you can’t fling it open.
The handle is fairly comfortable, and since the grip tapers as it nears the butt, it it
doesn’t make the handle seem as compact as it is.
For example you have a knife like the para 3, which sorta forces your hand into the grip
area, and since this one doesn’t have that groove it doesn’t force you hand to do anything
it doesn’t want to.
Pocket clip.
It ain’t deep carry, and about 8 tenths of an inch let’s everyone know you’re
carrying a knife.
Shoutout to deep carry only fan rn_1371 on the gramz.
And also the therevdr for saying my pants don’t have the appropriate amount of knife
wear.
You’ll notice this clip is smooth and easy, and gentle on the pants.
I’ll bet it wouldn’t even put a run in your silk evening robe.
Retention is good, and a decent amount of springiness.
All in all I like the clip, except it isn’t deep carry which basically ruins the whole
damn knife!
Comparisons.
First the hunter.
Headesigns makes just a few knives and all are pretty bitchin.
That means some people don’t like the looks, and others do.
Which is great because knife people love to argue.
The Hunter is a design that I have seen more people who don’t like the other designs
say they like, and I like that.
I however have been drinking the Poison since I first saw the Koolaid- strike that reverse
it.
I can’t afford to collect them all, like a normal person with bad spending habits would-
but one day I’d like to hit rock bottom so I could be in that position.
Here it is next to the Poison.
This is still my favorite HEADesigns knife.
The frame lock on this one is much stiffer, and front flippers require a little less practice
to get them rocketing out.
And by practice I mean like 2 minutes.
The blade on the Hunter though is a more useful shape, and isn’t a compound grind with a
secondary edge.
I’ve always thought compound grind, with multiple edges are more for looks than use,
but apparently it’s the big thing.
Now the Para 3.
I won’t lie I’m a fan of the compression lock.
That and the axis are my favorite.
However the handle has that curve, and may restrict the larger more tactical hands among
us.
Now this HX Outdoors kinda knockoff of some other knife I reviewed a while back.
It’s titanium and carbon fiber too… very light… probably the nicest HX Outdoors I’ve
owned.
I think I got this from Gearbest.
Light ball bearings pew pew.
If you’ve never heard of HX Outdoors, you may be a newer subscriber, but that’s ok
you aren’t missing anything.
Let’s wrap it up, as we take a look at these detail packed macros.
It’s simple, but complex, which makes sense to me, but maybe not people who can better
articulate their thoughts into words.
The Hunter is an extremely well built knife.
It’s smooth, blade centering was spot on…
I don’t own any other front flippers, but I like this one.
It’s comfortable in the hand, no hot spots.
I had that Brous razor back for a while and it was uncomfortable to fidget with because
of the pointy back.
The way you flip the hunter, and just the amount of tapering that’s there, it doesn’t
suffer from the fidget owies- a real ailment in EveryDayCarry-Americans.
Most of my knife collection is in storage right now, so I’ve been using this one as
my main EDC for about month, so when it started struggling on the cardboard, it was time to
hit the shaspmaker.
Which took about 10 minutes to get whipped back into shape.
So thanks to Sam at HEADesigns for donating this knife to the channel.
Make sure you sign up over at HEADesigns for their mailing list, which let’s you know
when special editions come out, or new designs.
Not spammy- I rarely get emails from them.
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I mean it shouldn’t be because of that easy on the fingers chamfering, subscribe to the
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