I would just like to let everyone know that my cold didn’t kill me.
This video did not just make and upload itself- although I wish it would have.
Last weekend or two weeks ago I spent a 7 hours out the California DMV, with a migrane
and a cold- it almost did me in but thank Lynn here I am alive and ready to crank out
a video no one asked for.
The Ruike P108-SF.
This will mark my 2nd Ruike knife review on the channel… and considering I’m actually
pronouncing it Rake instead of Rhy-you-kay, signals I’ve grown a lot as a Youtube video
artist.
Some channels travel to Japan to meet their reckoning- I just say stuff the wrong way,
and a viewer usually kindly points it out.
That’s as big as the scandals get here.
The P108 is an important knife because it helps me procrastinate the Acebeam TK16 review
another week or two while I get my flashlight testing stuff worked out.
Thanks to going gear for hooking me up with these two pieces of EDC swag… so a minute
of mostly non-sequiters later let’s take a look at the dimensions like the overall
length and weight.
The Ruike P108 has been out 2-3, five, 10 years now.
Don’t think this review means there’s been a revision.
Blade size and cutting edge.
Covering the same ground everyone else has since 2013!
Handle size and grip area.
One of the dozen or so unofficial channel mottos.
Spine Thickness and Handle Thickness.
The channel with those blue lines!
Another motto- can’t say it with much enthusiasm though.
Tallnesseseses.
Alright so… what were we doing?
Knife review- Right.
The Ruike P108…
second knife the other being the P801 I reviewed.
Preparedmind 101 also reviewed it.
I haven’t seen his yet- but the still makes it seem special.
Got two exclamations Marks.
The blade is flat ground, looks to be a strait back profile, made from Sandvik 14C28N.
Like I do in basically all these, I look at Pete’s rope cuts from Cedric and Ada- instead
of doing the testing myself…
Sandvik 14C28N is a budget steel better than AUS-8, about like VG-10.
His video is linked at the end.
The blade was pretty sharp out of the box, in case you care.
The lockup.
The blade pivots on a manual bearing washer system, and has a fairly strong detent.
Meaning there’s an initial kinda hard pop to overcome and the blade deploys pretty consistently
and quickly.
On the arbitrary scale of detent rankings…logic states Stronger detents like this one are
a little more fatiguing than weaker ones.
So expect some minor pointer finger tenderness if you fidget deploy it for several hours
like you’ve got nothing better to do.
I mean you don’t you’re watching this.
Lockup is handled by a frame lock, and reinforced by a lock for the nearly-an-alpha-lock called
a Beta Plus.
The little switch keeps the lock locked during especially vigorous hard use sessions, when
you’re really beating on it.
The forward position locks the lock, the reverse forward position unlocks the lock.
It cannot be locked when the blade is closed.
The handle is made from stainless steel, with a matches your jeans stone washed finish,
all edges have been tumbled or chamfered, so there’s a pleasant fondling experience.
The interior of the handle has milled out parts keeping the weight at 4.23 ounces.
The handle grip is plenty large enough for my average size hands, and fairly comfortable.
The knife has a strong enough detent that even extremely hard as hell tactical bros,
that tuck their gun dead center in the front of their jeans pointed downward can’t fling
it open by flicking it downwards.
The clip.
It’s a unique snowflake I’ll give it that… and it’s also deep carry.
I mean it was a good effort, but the lanyard hole backspace thing extends the handle and
still 4/10ths of an inch still sticks out.
The clip is fixed to tip up blade backyard in the right pocket only… ideal for righties
for that tactical deployment, while the freaks who have a dominant left hand are pounding
sand.
It’s functional and goes into the pocket nicely, even if it is kinda fugly.
Comparisons, we’re almost there.
First up is the Ruike P108.
You know it’s pretty admirable that it’s less than 4 and a half ounces with a stainless
steel handle, as big as the knife is.
Ruike must be using the secret, if you use the secret get out.
Fit and finish are good, yeah that’s two things, centering is good- pretty good for
a $40 knife when $200 knives can’t manage it.
Now the Sanrenmu 9052 slip joint.
July 19, 2016- 3 years ago I reviewed this.
Jesus Christ I’m still here.
I show this one, because of similar blade markings.
I know Ruike is a Fenix brand- as in the flashlights, not the mythical bird or the city where your
inlaws live, but does Fenix’s knife brand Ruike also make Sanrenmu or vice versa.
Or do we even care?
Discuss.
The 9052 is a pretty good knife for only $15.
Now the $120-$200, what do these cost now?
Para Military 2 for size comparison.
I like compression locks better, the handle here is more neutral, and overall it’s lighter.
The Ruike uses stainless steel for it’s handles, and none of my favorite knives have
stainless steel handles- which excludes like 40 new Kershaw models on any given year too.
Now another Going Gear exclusive I’ve had for a long time- the Boker Mini Kwaiken copper…
also a flipper on bearings kinda heavy but nice looking.
Detent is a little kinder to flipping.
This is about $150 knife.
Next the Buck 110 Millenial or Select as it’s formally known.
Ruinin’ Buck’s shtick on tradition, by making it light and giving it a pocket clip.
Seen it make dudes mad, like real dumb dudes but dudes nonetheless.
The kind of dudes who spend all day on the internet telling other people how to use their
knives, and whine about the new Star Wars movies.
This is about a $30 knife, and it’s hard to close one handed without using your leg.
We’re about done.
Like most of Ruike knives, this one is well made and a solid offering, solid deployment,
great QC on mine- so I guess it comes down to looks, does it do it for you?
To me it’s not the world’s prettiest knife, and to the world I may not be the prettiest
man- but that’s my opinion… and there’s a lot of cheaper and very expensive knives
that I think are ugly.
Anyway a big thanks to Going Gear for hooking me up with this knife.
Look for a giveaway on the Instagram in a few weeks or days of this knife, or don’t
it’s not my problem if you don’t want to look for the giveaway.
You know whenever I get around to it.
It’s also not my problem if you don’t follow me there and miss out.
Your mother should have taught you about the importance of playing on social media all
day.
I got T-shirts you can buy.
I have Patrons you can join… all these chill ass dudes here.
Maybe there’s a girl there- probably not.
Give the video a thumbs up, look for my review of the TK16 soon, check out the Ruike P108
on Going Gear, like subscribe, comment, thanks for watching.