Hey everyone, David C. Andersen here coming at you from the KnifeCenter even though the
blade show has been cancelled, that doesn't mean we still can't celebrate blade show week
with some of our favorite friends in the knife industry.
And today I've got my friend Ryan from CRKT with us here to show off some new knives.
How are you doing, sir?
I'm doing great.
How are you David doing great.
Happy to have you here.
How you guys been doing out there throughout this whole pandemic situation?
Well, it's a definitely different, that's for sure.
But as we were talking about earlier, it's 83 degrees, the sun is shining.
And no complaints on on this side of the coast.
So
doing good.
I can't I can't wait to talk about some knives.
That's for sure.
Well, let's let's let's not wait any further.
Let's see.
What do you got to show us today?
What's the first thing on the table?
All right.
So I am introducing the Razelcliffe compact.
So this is designed by
John Graham, he has done our Razel
ring Razel stubby Razel in a large fixed way the SS seven.
So this is the compact version.
The origin of the name is razor chisel.
So that is Razel.
And then wharncliffe plus Razel equals Razelcliffe.
So that's kind of how you can kind of break down the name and see exactly how this knife
was designed and functions.
So this is obviously very unique.
It's really cool.
So you have two cutting edges, you have your chisel edge, and then it kind of comes down
to a nice piercing point and then you have your your razor edge on the bottom.
So just great utility compact folder.
What do you think of it?
I've always been there not necessarily something I would carry every day, but I've always been
very intrigued by them.
I've never had a chance to really use one a lot personally.
So I'd have I still have to reserve judgment on them.
Honestly.
love the little utility size of this particular knife.
As the comments section in this video is going to be pleased to hear me say I have slightly
larger than average hands.
And for me I can still get three fingers on this particular knife, but it doesn't feel
stubby because you've got that wide stainless steel handle there.
So I still have a lot of purchase on this knife.
And even if I were to never bought not saying I wouldn't, but even without that leading
sharpened edge, it's just a great utility knife.
You've got kind of a sheepsfoot type of profile apart from that.
So definitely a great box cutter and great utility knife for sure.
Yep, absolutely.
And then, you know, it has this finger tab here and this flies right open because of
the IK bs ball bearings there.
So yeah, like you mentioned, just a great compact utility folder.
It's going to carry nice and easily too.
I know a lot of folks love the deep carry pocket clip what you have here, and you guys
have inset the screws so you don't have those sticking up, makes it a little bit a little
bit smoother extractions.
In just a real cool little piece overall.
Yep, I completely agree.
All right.
Anything else you want to share about that one in particular before we move on?
I don't think so.
I think you hit all the high points and yeah, it's it's obviously really unique and it's
once we get in in your hand, and you know, fill the register of it, it really does fit
well in the hand.
I have larger or larger, larger hands as well.
And it fits really well.
So yeah, nice.
Despite the small size, yeah.
All right.
What's next, sir?
All right, super exciting.
We have the CEO bamboo.
So I will show you the original CEO I have here in my pocket, says you know been a huge
success.
Just last year at the blade show.
It won best buy of the year.
So everybody has seen this guy, right here.
That is the original and I am going
To pull out the CEO bamboo, so you can definitely see the contrast in colorways here as well
as the handle.
If you can look at it closely, it does look like bamboo.
That's why it's called the CEO bamboo.
Yeah, that kind of scalloped edge or not edges but that scalloped sectioning of bamboo kind
of on the handle there.
Yep, exactly.
And then I really like the contrasting of colors here.
You have the Blackstone wash blade, with this really unique colorway on the handle.
Obviously has all the great features of the original CEO, just a different handle and
blade color.
And just, it's just awesome.
I mean, this has been extremely successful for us.
Richard Rogers design.
He is a master of angles.
I mean, it's
Not spring assisted.
But the way this opens in the way you kind of can hit it at a 45 degree angle.
This really flies out with this IKBS ball bearing cage system in here.
So, really excited about this model.
I know we were talking right before we jumped on and i, you were really excited about this
one out of what we have.
I think it's very cool.
I mean, people have loved this design.
What I like, especially about this, this sort of bamboo version is it leans a little bit
more into the influences.
For me, I've always seen a kwaiken style influence on this particular knife, which isn't something
you really shout about, not that you needed to, but it was always something I looked at.
It was like yeah, I kind of see that baked into its DNA a little bit.
So to have that bamboo, it's a really, in my mind, it's a really appropriate tie in.
Yeah, I couldn't agree more with what you just said.
And so I think it's really appropriate for a line extension for the CEO and yeah, I think
people are gonna
Love it, they're gonna love it, you're going to get a little more grip, which is nice.
And I love the way you guys handle the the pocket clip on this one too.
We've got a little bit of a ramp molded into the FRN there that helps the pant hand just
kind of glide up and, and not snag on anything on that pocket clip on that pocket clip right
there.
But you've got plenty of handle length there and like you said, Oh, there you go.
I just mess it up.
But the blade does pop open quite nicely.
Now I'm embarrassed.
We'll edit that out.
We'll probably leave that in to embarrass me.
It's a cool little knife and I think this is a really nice little nice little extra
variant.
It's it's not just a color change.
It is something a little bit different from the original.
So I like to see the variety.
Yep, absolutely.
Very cool.
All right, next we have the Crossbones bronze.
So going back to 2017 when this was introduced, this won import Knife of the year at the blade
show.
This is a
Jeff Park design if people are unfamiliar with Jeff Park, he has worked with Ken Onion
for over a decade or so.
And this is his actual first ever knife that he came to the market with.
And we picked it up and we have been extremely excited about the original.
And so we decided to come out with a bronze version.
So I also I mean, I'm gonna say this again, but I know you're really excited about this
during our email correspondence, and I think we we did this right.
And that's what's really fun about this.
Just a great gentleman's folder has incredible slicing capability with this blade shape.
IKBS and the ball bearings I mean, the list goes on about amazing features.
And so you know this was introduced in 2017.
We thought it was time to come out with a different variation.
It always has been one of my favorites still in the in the lineup today.
I think it's a great classy night.
Great utility knife, even if you're just wearing it day to day in a pair of jeans, but it's
gonna look good in a suit pant pocket as well.
But this bronze that you guys put on this particular knife, I think is really done right.
Bronze like and this is one of the going to this is going to be one of the hardest things
to get across in video or in pictures on a website.
It's very easy for it to just look like a flat dark earth type of color.
But there's there's a nice, really good metallic sheen to this bronze that it picks up the
light and you see some some dimensionality to that color, which I really appreciate.
Yeah, no, that is a great call out.
You know, obviously we're living in a completely different time where we're not being able
to touch and feel these products like we we normally have.
But with that said, I mean really when you see this in person, it really pops like you
mentioned.
Yeah, it pops.
It looks great.
Have you even the original versions always looked great.
There's a good amount of grip to this handle.
So you're not getting like a slick handle.
Just you know in order to get a gentleman's knife nice inset pocket clip a lot of really
classy touches and just a really useful blade shape there.
Yep, and I love the the flipper tab here just how it's it's kind of low profile, you know,
it doesn't stick out too far but you get enough grip there to really get a nice action on
it.
I love that feature for sure.
Very nice, very nice.
But we've also got something almost like this to show show the good folks at home bottle.
What do we got next?
Next we have here
the blacked out Jumbones.
So we had a Jumbones that we came out with a couple years ago.
It was a play on the Crossbones from Jeff Park.
So this is the jumbo version of the Crossbones and
We have an entirely blacked out version.
I just love the way this looks.
It is an extremely large folder.
Yes, but it fits really well in the pocket just because of the profile here and the way
the pocket clip is on it can really kind of store in the backside of your pocket.
It doesn't feel like you have this large monster folder in your pocket, which some people do
like don't get me wrong, but you know, I like being able to put some other things in my
pocket as well.
So yeah, so like you mentioned, this is I guess kind of the the big brother or the jumbo
version of the Crossbones.
Just really freakin cool and the action.
I mean again, video in doing this virtually for you at home.
I mean it is crazy how we got this
Action for not being a assisted opening knife yet.
No, it feels really good.
You've got the IKBS in there.
Great slicing profile again, and even if someone out there isn't sure that this might serve
a practical application for them, this is one that you pick it up and you definitely
smile.
You just, it's great.
You love it.
100% I mean you can it.
If you're not smiling, picking it up, you're gonna smile when you open it.
And if not, maybe you should get a different hobby.
Very, very cool.
And then just one more on the table in front of me right now.
Yes, so this is our provoke desert sand colorway.
So we came up with the provoke.
This is designed by Joe Caswell this game changing innovation with the kinematic mechanism
for deployment you just put down with your thumb and also has a lock here.
On this side, you guys can see to close it so you just kind of push down here in the
blade will collapse.
Also what's great about the the provoke has zero profile pocket clip on the back.
So you just push down here in the pocket clip actually raises so it can slide in them out
of your pocket really nicely.
So we have done a few iterations of the product we have the original black version.
We have our Veff serrated version.
We have an earth colorway of first responders that comes with a sheath and a glass breaker
and now we have the desert sand which I think that color is incredible.
It is ceracoated.
It just looks great.
Also with you know kind of the black here on the arms with it that desert sand colorway.
Yeah.
So what are your thoughts?
Well, I i've I like this knife a lot.
And I actually catch some flack for it because there's a lot of folks out there that think
this this
kinematic action is some kind of gimmick.
But every time I try to tell them no, this is not a gimmick.
It serves a practical purpose.
And it's fast.
It's so quick.
And if it were to fail, somehow, you're not going to have a blade folding closed on your
fingers.
100% that is Yep, that is what I tell people all the time is with basic karambits or karambits
historically if the blade does collapse, it will collapse on your fingers.
This because of the design of this kinematic mechanism actually folds back up in on itself,
sir, you know, so you're, you're not going to have the nitrate collapse on your fingers
for safety purposes, obviously, and for folks who like to have some sort of pocket Deployer
on their kurama where as soon as you draw it from the pocket, you can use the hem of
your pocket to open it.
You can still do that with this little the knob back here.
If you angle it just right, just like some of the you know the other competitors in the
karambit market.
have their ways of doing that.
You can still do it here as well.
Yep.
And the other thing I really appreciate about this version and the newer versions, all the
latest wants to have come out is you guys have been listening to folks and improving
a little bit.
I remember rare right at the beginning, these, this hardware on the back was a flathead screw.
And we were having some problems with them kind of walking out a little bit.
You guys didn't wait, you switched up the hardware upgraded those so that you didn't
have to worry about that anymore.
Yep, we made a running change.
You know, we listen to our audience and, you know, to our, our consumer base, and we decided
to make a running change.
And that's, I mean, that's a testament to our team.
For for listening and making the product better.
And that's that's what we're all about.
Excellent.
All right.
I've got one more question for you today, sir.
Yes, sir David, for the folks out there who may have not tried a CRKT knife before.
Why should they
Look at a CRKT today.
Well, that is a great question put them out on the spot.
I am that's that's what I'm doing.
I love it.
No.
That is a great question.
I think what is so unique about CRKT in which what I love about working for CRKT kind of
goes hand in hand is we work with the best designers in the world.
We bring their innovative, awesome models to the consumer at an affordable price.
So you can see here, the CEO let's take for example, this is a richer rodders design his
customers are going to be thousands of dollars.
You can get this product for you know around $40 this amazing knife in this The list goes
on and on and on with our designers.
We have Ken Onion, we have Flavio ikoma we have Jesper Voxnaes, Lucas Burnley, I mean
the list goes on 45 plus.
Just awesome.
designers and what's also amazing about CRKT for you out there is because we work with
so many designers, there is going to be something for everybody.
You know, it's like we have, we have so many unique models that go into that cross, EDC,
outdoor tactical, in.
So if you go through our catalog, I guarantee you're gonna find something that catches your
eye that that's I think what's really cool about working with these world class designers.
Sounds good to me.
Excellent answer, sir.
All right.
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Ryan, thank you so much for being a part of this.
Oh, thank you, David.
Alright guys, we'll see you later.
All right.