Hey everyone, David C. Andersen here coming at you from the KnifeCenter, and it's that time of
the week we're taking a look at the coolest new knives that have just hit our shelves.
Let's check them out. (New Knives of the Week)
Ours we're starting off this week with a few a couple of affordable knives couple more
affordable knives and we usually start the videos off with first is a new version of the
Cold Steel Crawford model one comes in about $40. For that you've got a blade, which is a
good thing cool. I like a knife with a blade, three and a half inches in this case 4116
stainless. With this fairly aggressive profile, you got a straight clip point, which in and of
itself isn't super aggressive. But you've got a really prominent flipper slash finger guard, as
well as a top guard, shall we say it's got a bit of a thumb ramp at the back. And it gives you
especially in conjunction with that really big flipper tab at the bottom, a lot of kind of
forward pressure you could place into a cut with those fingers and a lot of protection from
slipping forward as well. On top of that, you may even be able to get some practice and kind
of wave this open use this as a pocket Deployer it is kind of gentle so it's not going to be the
most fluid thing. But if you are the the modifying sort of it'd be real easy to kind of
put your own unofficial Emerson wave into this knife and use it thusly quite easily. We've got
washers in the pivot no ball bearings in this case but still flipped open pretty
authoritatively has a good smack as it opens as well feels or sounds very good in the oral
department handles we've got glass reinforced nylon all black in this case, as opposed to the
the two tone that that preceded this model, we've got a liner lock for security and for
extra security. We've got a secondary safety there. On the back it's going to work when the
blade is open to give you that extra level of rigidity extra level of lockup extra level of
peace of mind as well. It does not work when a knife is closed. However, this doesn't work as a
keep it closed type of lock only on the open. And as far as pocket clip, single position right
side tip up just the way that most people like to carry their knives these days. But if you're
looking for an affordable menacing knife and affordable tactical knife, it's certainly going
to do the job there. But with this blade shape, met straight clip point the flat grind. It's
going to be great for all kinds of EDC things as well. Our next step is even more affordable. The
new Gerber Zilch which comes in about 19 bucks. And I was actually pretty impressed with this
for the price that it was a little better than I was expecting I gotta say. Now the blade in this
case, just over three inches simple stainless in this case, I believe it's their seven car and
really nice little shape, very slender is going to work well as a little letter opener box
opener, that sort of thing. Full flat grind, you've got thumb studs here, and it looks like
it would have like a little track on it. This is more just a decorative little fuller. Actually I
haven't tried to see you know, you could use that. If you were better at the middle finger,
flick them, you might be able to use it for that. But one of the things I like about this
knife is very simple pivot construction, no ball bearings here either but they've actually done a
really good job at getting a very flickable blade and it just goes to show that you don't
necessarily always need ball bearings to get good action. They've done it here very, very
nicely. handles, glass reinforced nylon a couple different colors at the moment but the earth
Brown with the black definitely gets my vote inset liner lock which is pretty cool. Nice big
broad lock bar release here that's sticking out as well are easy to use. Interesting Backspacer
design, it's actually part of the each side of the handles kind of a sawtooth or a shark tooth
design kind of like biting something there. Thomas is gonna leave that in whether I asked
him to or not. But yes, pretty decent little knife especially at that $19 price point.
There's definitely other knives out there that don't feel this well put together even at the
you know the $30 level and the fact that this is less than 20
I'd say it's pretty
good. Next up we've got a new handle option on several case models red and black linen micarta.
This one right here is the saddle horn model, which has a nice half stop on its pair of
blades. This guy comes in about 73 bucks right now made in the USA Of course. Now these are
using cases true sharp stainless which is their trade name for the for 20 that they use. You got
your main clip point blade here edge could use a little bit of refinement, but it's a nice little
shape for EDC. But if you need something that has a little bit more kind of slicing prowess Do
you have the the curved blade here kind of uh not quite a trailing point because of the trip
but kind of a Skinner blade or what
would you say that is or is tanto This is why I can't have nice things here you guys
actually know I'll give you props that was really funny. So you got your clip point blade
and your reverse tanto just looks like more of an upswept skinning blade. Nice little shape but
we've got, you know, Stockman butterbeans it's always a funny name. It's kind of like a canoe
in a way a bunch of cool shapes right now from case with this pretty cool handle material. I
dig it very much. Our next step we've got a limited edition Boker kind of similar old school
vibes to those cases. This is called the range Buster which is coming in about 250 bucks right
now for this limited version. and shape wise it has some things in common with the sod Buster
now that old school working person's knife, but the blades a little bit different little more
acute. Hence the name range Buster not quite a sod buster, but along those same lines. Blade
here we've got a basket weave Damascus I believe this is a Rob Thomas Damascus. Yes, it is very
nicely finished full flat grind, actually. Yeah, that doesn't feel hollow that feels full flat to
me. And of course, serial numbered here on the back. This one is 255 of 275 handles are black
micarta you've got a lock back here in the traditional rearward position folds up quite
nice. If you're looking for you know, classic pocket knife vibes, but want something a little
more modern want a lock is definitely going to be a good option. And there are carry-able
versions of this, I'd say two that aren't the limited editions, like you know, an N 690
version of this knife comes in about 172. So significantly cheaper than then this guy right
here, which like it says about 250, 255 just just under that our next step will keep kind of
the classier train going. Couple of small sebenza 30 ones are in stock right now at least
while we're filming this, we don't have a ton of them in stock at the moment. So if they are sold
out by the time this video posts, I'll apologize in advance for that. The sebenza is essentially
these days move in and out of the building so quickly, we rarely get an opportunity to show
you to show them to you on video. So I'm just going to take that opportunity now because this
particular one right now is just gorgeous. 525 bucks, you've got the Box Elder burl inlays here
on the front, the new kind of swooping crescent shaped inlay rather than the the dual stripes of
the sebenza 21 and a single stripe there on the back. Fantastic little gentleman's knife option
I carry a a coat a inlaid sebenza 21 myself when I need a fancier knife, very acute blade profile
with the hollow Brian there s 45 VN now they've switched over from the s 35, which is very cool.
And of course, you've just got that rock solid Chris Reeve sebenza feel, you've got that, you
know, that stereotypical quote unquote bank vault lock up, just everything feels super
premium, not as fidget friendly as a lot of modern things out there. But you know, I still
maintain there's a there's not a lot of better buyers out there on the premium end than us
events are Next, I'm gonna backtrack to the bokor. And the case that we looked at just a
second ago. One of the things that turned a lot of people off these days from carrying this type
of knife is no kind of pocket clip so it's a little more free floating in your pocket. Got
another good option here from the Italians to help you out with that. You may remember the
magnetic pocket sheets from MKM that will allow you to carry a slip joint knife or something
without a clip in your pocket. Lion steel was part of MKM has a new option here coming in
about 20 bucks. With a wire pocket clip on the outside, you got brown, black are very good
actually to dark blue, as well as more of a light colored leather option right now all about
20 bucks, super classy clip there. And it's just a standard pouch here on the front, double
stitched here on the backside. So it gives a place for that clip to live. Or sorry, double
layered I should say and single layered on the front. slip your knife in there, it's gonna be
very easy to get to especially once it breaks in, you've got enough of a flat there you can
reach the end of whatever you're going for. And bonus, you can use the front end as a strap when
you don't have the knife in it. Want to give it a little, little home little couple of swipes
after you finish cutting whatever you're cutting. Always cool to have that on you as
well. I've got a couple of new fixed blade options from LionSteel this week as well, a sort
of hybrid karambit style with a karambit style handle with a more traditional style blade on
the front.
This is the H series we've got the H1 with a modified sheepsfoot blade and the H two with the
drop point blade and these guys come in about 150 for right now. And as much as I'm almost
always a drop point guy, I gotta say I'm really drawn to This particular modified sheep's foot
here. And in a strange twist of fate, something you don't usually see with these two style of or
when you put these two shapes of blades together. Normally the the tip on the drop point
blade is going to be higher up than any kind of sheepsfoot out there. But because of the angles
at play here, the drop points tip is actually a little lower than the sheep's foot, rather
interesting there. But either one's really good, obviously, but I'm really digging this sheep's
wood, green or natural Canvas micarta, you can also get it with black g 10. And you get kind of
a signature lion steel thing. It is a single piece of micarta. These aren't scales just
bolted on to the sides of the metal. No seam here on the front, it's cool to see them pull,
something they're really known for on their folders are integral titanium folders, and see
it reinterpreted on a fixed blade format here like this looks cool. And again, very, very
comfortable. On the on the fingers, for sure. Blade steel is m 390. blade length is about
three inches, you've got a virtually full flat grind on both of these little bit on the thicker
side. sounds super thick, but it's not super thin, either. good all around shape, I think the
geometry is gonna work out really well. For good enough slicing and good enough power if you need
to push through some heavier chores, very comfortable on the back all of the edges on the
spine inside of the ring and out completely crowned. So there's no hot spots. Even if you've
got a slightly larger than average hand like myself, I can still get a reverse grip on there
no problem. And if I'm just using a standard forward grip, no problem there as well. Now the
sheath on these guys has a lot going on. three straps, as you can see, must be into like
bondage or something. You've got your standard retention strap with the snap here to keep the
blade in place. You've got two straps that don't snapshot but they do have torques or sorry.
What's the word? Yeah, torques those. But they do have torques fasteners here. So I think you
could take these off, if you didn't want them. What they allow you to do, you can carry this
vertically on your sorry, horizontally on your belt, leave them on, you can still carry it
horizontally thanks to a pass through here or you can take them off to kind of clean things up
if you prefer that. Just kind of a little bit less to get in the way but a lot of options here
really solidly constructed out of the leather as well. Yeah, moral of the story for me is I'm
really diggin these knives. They're not at all like anything like my normal style, or what
would normally attract me to a blade. But I don't know maybe that says something really dig
in those for sure. All right, next up, we've got some new versions of the doublestar Fang
previously, you could get this with a tanto profile. Now you've got it in this straight back
standard bellied model. You wouldn't really call that a drop point and it just said you know,
standard straight back to profile without the the dual grinds of the typical tanto this one
right here is the KnifeCenter exclusive with the black and orange g 10. Kind of blocky on the
handles, it gives you a lot to hold on to very solid or very grippy contact patch because of
the milling, but not exactly ergonomic. But for a more kind of combat intended or tactical
intended knife. The attraction is going to be one of the more important things there for sure.
About 122 bucks right now, steel to carbon steel at CRB two really popular with the Smith's out
there these days, because it hammers really nicely but this is not a blacksmith knife, of
course, little section here on the back, which should work as a bottle opener, and you've got a
loop here as well. Not so much a finger loop or a like for a karambit especially Yeah, I do have
large fingers but still not quite what it's intended for. But some carabiner things could
work there if you wanted to carry that that way. But it does come with a nice kydex sheath snaps
in very nicely. nice and solid thick pieces of kydex. No belt attachment hardware. It's
designed to work as a neck carry, but a large Tek-Lok will fit there's no problem if you want
to carry it on your belt, horizontal or vertically works either way with that type of
attachment. Next up we've got an auto the microtech Hara, we actually had this for a
couple of weeks I keep forgetting to put it in a video so apologies to everyone out
there. But we still have some of the proof run of this knife via the proof pre production proof
run that microtech will do kind of the first run of any good knife and these are coming in about
785 right now. Blade steel in this case is m 390 double edge and you've got double Fuller's on
each side too. With some some milled holes in it has a very striking look. Black aluminum on the
handles and were they calling this double vapor blast hardware. has kind of a satiny sheen to it
something a little bit different. But check out the pocket clip Zoo very, very atypical for a
microtech. milled, it's not a folded clip and you've got that nice aggressive ball bearing
there. At the end looks fantastic is going to work pretty well too. I do think and little bit
swoopy are on the vibes on the handle, not too blocky, maybe pulls in a little bit of that
combat, throw it on heritage from microtech into this particular knife or a particular handle
style, whatever you want to call it, it does work really nicely and being approved one the
proof run these are serialized this one right here 183. And last but not least, I think last
week, Seth showed you guys some Jesper Voxnaes EDC titanium items and did pretty good job on
that video too. I do think now we've got some Anso good friend of Vox, but some anso pieces.
This is one of his custom karabiners made out of titanium priced at 135 stonewashed finish blue
anode, in this case, few different options. If you're not not a fan of the color, you've got
some some like bronzey ones some silver and black stonewashed as well. But you get a nice
carabiner not a load bearing carabiner, of course, but it's got a nice strong spring to it,
throw your keys on there any other sort of thing. Lots of grip here on the back for when
you want to use the multi tool portions of this. And yes, it is officially a multi tool because
you do have a bottle opener right there in addition to that pry bar. Alright, that's all
I've got to show you this week, but have a short week. But we'll be back in full force next week.
As always, let me know your favorites down in the comments. And if you want to get your hands
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