On my Opinel review, I called this knife the Dowk dowk, and several other things but viewer
alx srps said it’s Dook Dook, Trust Me I’m French… so that’s what it shall be known
as even though I have a very hard time trusting the French. But in this day and age
when we’re more likely to trust some bullshit anonoymous people make up on the internet
rather than scientists, industry professionals, and investigative reporters I feel real good
about it.
But enough about our collectively broken bullshit detectors. Let’s talk about the dimensions
of this compact French Slip Joint folder, which has been made the very same way for
thousands of years… trust me… like the overall length and weight. The
blade size and cutting edge. The handle size and grip area. The spine thickness
and handle thickness. And tallness.
Marshalllaw123 has been a long time subscriber here and on my sporadically updated Instagram,
a place where also only a fraction of my followers look at my photos and he mentioned he loves
the the douk douk because of it’s slimness and very strong backspring, and Frenchness. So
basically let’s wrap it up folks, close out your window on your work computer, wipe,
go home, game over. That’s all the review you need. …. … still here. Yeah
me too, I have nothing better to do. Best as I can tell the Douk Douk comes in a few
handle combos and different sizes. Amazon has terrible product descriptions, and Blade
HQ and Knife Center carry different variations. I bought the 3 1/8 in version but theres a bigger
3.5 inch version that still weighs less than 3 ounces. So
this version has a 3 1/8 version has a clip point blade style… and what looks like my
eyes a flat grind… I read a website that calls it a hollow grind, and blade HQ calls
it a flat, so believe whatever the fuck you want- but I don’t see a concave curve to
the blade- so I declare my a flat. Mine came pretty dull out of the large amazon box it
tumbled around loosely inside. It took about 30 minutes on my Spyderco Sharpmaker
getting the blade sharp using the pretty abrasive diamond stones to start with, then the gray
ones before I said good enough. The blade is said to be made out of a carbon steel,
and if you look at the blade spine some parts are not polished satin like the rest of the
blade- I dunno carbony? Different models have different engravings on the blade. This
one has lavish vines, and the word france, like it’s trying to trick you into thinking
it’s not a piece of shit. I’m not saying it is, but it looks like it’s overcompensating.
The blade stays in place via a strong slip
joint mechanism. Slip joints don’t technically lock and have a back spring resisting the
blade folding- I mean you knew that- but that’s in case idiots are watching. This has one
of the strongest backsprings out of any knife I own, on par with my Boker Slack. You’re
like no thanks didn’t watch it. There is no thumb nick, which is fine because it
would probably tear your fingernail… so just pull for a two stage opening. To close
it both fingers firmly on the blade, while your two fingers from the other hand hold
the handle firmly… it’s a two stage closing.
The handle is a single piece of folded steel with a Douk Douk character engraved on the
blade. A mythical Melanisian creatures that influences helpless humans to believe
anything they read on the internet, take herbal supplements, and think repealing net neutrality
will suddenly make telecom monopolies give us faster internet and lower prices. In
the two areas near the blade and near the back of the knife where the metal is folded,
I had to sand down little metal shards to make the handle a bit more comfortable, and
less pokey. The handle is an ok comfortable, the metal is rounded, but if you squeeze it
hard it might dig into your fingers unless you man up for a change. My hand is a bit
too big for it, so I wouldn’t call it a great knife for larged handed dudes or ladies. And
how about a quick semi recycled comparison. First is the slightly larger and more refined boker
slack. An excellent slip joint knife with a similarly strong backspring… not an easy
close for people not used to them. A great knife to loan someone, and then wait for them
to try and close it, but ultimately ask you because they can’t. So at least you can
feel like you’re worth a shit for about 30 seconds. Now the opinel no. 8, that
I did a week or two ago, that’s cool because I smoke in the review. For most people
the opinel is the better choice, because it’s a knife that’s non knife person friendly. The
Douk Douk feels like a more robust knife like, which is probably why it was popular with
Algerian murder squads… also probably price. Look it up if you don’t believe me- there’s
internet stories about it which have to be true. Then the Higo No Kami. It’s
also a traditional folder made the same way it was thousands of years ago in the 1800s. Easy
to sharpen and great to make up fanciful stories about, because it looks like it’s seen some
shit. Especially if you forget to dry the blade after cutting some apples. Ok that
about does it… look for some upcoming reviews of more traditional folders because that’s
literally all my channel can afford right now, till it blows up to hair gel levels of
whatever this sort of video is. You’re like I don’t get it man… yeah I don’t
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Hanauuka too, for that one guy that was triggered a few weeks ago- even though I said Merry
Christmas in that video.