Today were going to do a slightly new format, maybe a cool new way to lose subscribers!
A quicklook of the Null Knives Raiden. Last year we had live stream where I had trouble forming
words by hour 2. Then an exodus of 160 or so who were pissed about 10 minutes worth of interviews
from Blade show , then there were the sharpening films. She we call them dulling films.. ha ha
ha. People fucking hated them. I’m going to sprinkle in, yes less like piss, some shorter
videos. Ideally I spend less time wiring them, and some will have limited b roll usage segments.
We’ll see. So I thought the Raiden was named after fake video game shit- was the shooter series, the
Mortal Combat character, Metal Gear Solid. (It’s a badass name ok) But nope it’s the older kinda fake
shit- you know mythology, specifically the God of Thunder in Japanese Mythology, back when people
didn’t understand weather. In the modern age it’s medicine and science. And still the weather. Ok
I see now, we haven’t gotten smarter. Just our phones. This one is technically a pretty close to
production prototype, and I’m on strict orders not to put through a log- because it ain’t mine. While
we look at some dimensions this one came to me via Levon through knife nuts. As you hopefully know he
and the knife nuts for years have and will take existing production knives- and Knife Bae em up.
You got motuki, fat carbon, timascus. No longer Carbon Plate, amirite? The Knifenuts will have a
fancy boy Raiden limited to only 25 pieces. And in the words of Every Day Carry City,
it’s dope. But let’s take a look at my right now Raiden. Up front you have the M390 coated in Acid
Washed black PVD, pretty sharp and the whalers will be happy about the harpoon style. Of course
if you’d like Damasteel with that, it will be an option when these go live on the January
26th preorder. Will this video be done in time? I wouldn’t call this a large or small knife. It has
a grip area in my preferred larger than 3.5 inch, or 4 fingers around the grip unobstructed- which
seems to be how I hold it when I break down the cardboard for the recycle bin. The main hard use
my knife gets. Hard use because sometimes I ding the asphalt. Here the clip is the same anodized
color of the handle, but it will apparently… according to the product page, match the PVD
acid washed of the blade when it hit’s production. The blade pops out very snappily. I know it’s not
assisted, but it gives that feel. It’s on bearings and once it pops it deploys. The detent feels
precisely dialed in, that once you apply enough force to disengage, it’s enough force to lock up.
It’s pretty comfortable in the hand, everything is chamfered and tumbled. These are Reate made,
like my Sharp By Design Productions so expect a similar quality, attention to detail and price,
at $299. As far as production OEMs go, Reate is often thought of the king of quality. I mean along
with Buck. Since it has a strong detent, the thumb studs to my tender fingers are a bit touchy on the
prototype. The internal milling keeps it below the arbitrary 4 ounce limit set in stone, by old
what’s his name. Sheepdog guy. Someone help me out here. If you like Reates and this knife speaks to
you on the weird emotional knife guy level, that is kind of embarrassing to feel for an object
of possession you can’t take when you die, and at least they won’t get your money, that’s for sure,
the decision is very easy. I did not cut cardboard with this prototype knife (what about testing it
cuck), but it’s sharp, well suited for EDC so I hope you understand it will knife well- and also
understand I have respect for others property. Most of the time. Here we have it next to the We
made, for Massdrop Laconico Keen. I forget what I paid for this $150? Which was a good price
for a We. Before We went all Civivi, of course now We has brought their better Selling Civivivs into
the We brand. Not the royal we. Although what if they called their high end knives the royal we.
I would pay more. What’s going on with we right now, I don’t mean Us,
is all very confusing even if it’d take 2 minutes of research. They mostly make elementums now I
think. This is Titanium anodized. S35VN I think? The Sharp By Design Evo regular size. Reate made,
cost me about $330? Can’t get these any more unless the grumpy perfectionist decides to
do another run. Love it. These are on par in quality, since they’re both Reate made. I mean
the Keen isn’t bad either. And one more of the titanium boutique crowd. The Antidote. Love it.
It’s an improvement over the Poison. I don’t know exactly who makes these, but the quality is on par
with a Reate for sure. These are pretty much sold out because they were limited. I think African
custom knives still has some. Anyway to some it up, raiden is very good. I’ve seen the knife nuts
mockup and it really pops, that’s the one I’d go for if I hadn’t bought the sword. And armor.
To find out more about that unfortunately you’ll have to participate on a limited
level in the Zuckerverse, or the sucker verse- is that anything? so follow them
on Instagram to learn about when that’s happening. I don’t know,
I can’t predict those fellows. Oh I’m getting a DM right now, Februrary 11, unless it changes.
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