Guest Blade: Holt Bladeworks Specter. Are they worth the hype?

[@aflacrob]

I'm fortunate to own several. They are very well done, and the kicker is they are made by a company who actually gives a damn. Joe and Angey are innovative, responsive, and make a superior product. I currently own 15 Shiro's, and while they are extremely well made, the size, fit, finish, and action (especially the new V3) puts the Holt ahead of Shiro production models. Hype? Real.

[@renechavez870]

I looove your videos! Nobody does this better than Jim Skelton! Everybody in the knife review game owes you money. You created it!

[@krudeddie]

I wish massdrop/drop would do a Holt Specter. Great job as always Jim. I would love to see you do a review of one of your knife's someday.

[@1130jawz]

I opted for a Shirogorov Neon Zero a few months back, still have my eye on a Specter!

[@everydaybladesinc]

How do some makers make their anodizing more durable than others. I noticed that spider Kos anodizing is not very durable at all

[@jasonn2284]

33:17 PRICE POINTS your welcome.

[@Mridgwell]

Man been waiting for new knife review and you never disappoint , happy 4th Jim

[@alexkahn9472]

Yeah, you got my description down pretty well ngl lmaooooooooooooo

[@aflacrob]

😂😂

[@KnifeCursed]

That purple one is gorgeous!

[@CASTRO45ACP]

That action looks ridiculously smooth, love this knife.

[@CASTRO45ACP]

I would love a green stonewashed finish on the handle with bronze hardware 🤯

[@OnlyInaWorldsoCold]

How do you reiterate the washers and the bearings and dont mention the actual detent, ya know the part the sets this knife and the skaha apart? Im not sure why no other makers have picked it up.

[@d4mdcykey]

Is it just me, or does the movements in this video seem sped up, or is Jim on his 3rd pot of coffee? Love the knife, but this was weird to watch.

[@nightstalker824]

That's his EDC knife? Does he stick them em in bubble wrap before he puts them in his pocket? Ain't a mark on them. Anyways, I want one!

[@charlesmanning6218]

Thanks for the vid! They remind me of a shiro with that blade shape. Similar price range too. How would you say that they compare? Also, why shouldn’t we gravity drop our knives shut?

[@magicmike7066]

Definitely worth the hype!

[@StarDarkAshes]

Sick. But don’t miss Week One Wednesday on Blade HQ’s channel on in 5 minutes.

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

But this is a 35 min video...

[@SgtKong]

You've got a fuckin stellar disposition dude. Great content🤙

[@obxnice]

Man I love the knives that are coming out today. As u say the tolerances on almost everything nowadays even a lot of production knives are awesome. Amazing what they can do with these cnc machines. My only fear is so many new makers are all using machines like this. Really worry as years and years go by we will lose the 100% man hand made knives and after a few more decades it becomes a lost art like so many other things in this world today. Don’t get me wrong I respect anyone who makes a business and can put out a great product but to do it all by hand with perfect precision is a total other level in my eyes. The art of just using your hands and hand tools to make the knives some can do just amaze me and it to me is fascinating. And to make ur own steel as well and do it is even another level. But do love the things people are doing with knives today with cnc machines

[@erich964]

Can you please do a holt Morpheus review? Your reviews are spectacular, stupendous and the best on the Internet. Please try and do it there are a lot of fans and not many reviews.

[@JimSkeltonKnives]

Thanks Eric! I’ll try to get my hands on one.

[@christopherskipp1525]

What qualifies as a "front-flipper" as opposed to a non-front flipper?

[@Keith_the_knife_freak]

Great blade. Thanks for sharing..

[@christopherskipp1525]

Cost?

[@tctz28]

Left hand version?

[@jonputnam4320]

Well done Jim! I finally snagged one at Blade, and it's definitely impressing me.

[@markprice6911]

I've always though this a very plain knife that is very well executed. At $700, I really cant see it. That being said, this would be a great design for Holt to farm out to Reate at say $375. Great video.

[@farouq1983]

The anno work is fucking killing me man!

[@kerimtozo8056]

Wow, seriously beautiful beautiful knives. Great review, also😄✌.. -KT

[@WillEDC]

Nice action on these

[@258awesomeness]

IMO they arent worth the ridiculous asking prices on the secondary. Was a thread on reddit the day after bladeshow where some guy had bought two specters at blade, with the intent of selling the second one at double the table price just to pay for the first one. Are they great at table price? absolutely. But they sure as shit are not great when people are running them for as much as one of marfione's Milan exclusive customs.

[@charliebowen5071]

Didn’t you diss grimsmo for this exact same cnc thing?!??

[@FobbDeep]

Who the F@CK dislikes these videos?!?!

[@АндрейМедведев-н5щ]

This knife is very similar to Cultrotech Chest

[@charliebowen5071]

It should be absolutely perfectly amazing... it’s made by a cnc and costs a shitload

[@coleprivett4651]

Haas is good machines. This story makes me to want to buy an old fadal or something.

[@mforrest1508]

Anybody know how to get that type of blade finish?

[@alexkahn9472]

polished stonewash

[@mforrest1508]

Alex Kahn yeah I know, but how? They don’t polish it and then stonewash and I don’t think they stonewash it and then polish. I think it’s left in a stone washer so long it polishes ir

[@jamesoncross7494]

Like a Grimsmo knife. The handle looks like a Stanley utility knife.

[@faretheewell3711]

Angie is a boss with the ano work

[@craze77]

I wouldn't be putting that thing on the blade, makes it look tacky (to me anyway)

[@FarrYaweh]

In a weird way feel like I was waiting for this video. Want a Specter bad, at the same time I've not seen a config that really hits me enough to pull the trigger. The engineering is there. Sometimes I wonder if the Holts are TOO ahead of things 🤷‍♂️

[@valebliz]

Tbh i find them to be extremely well executed but a bit bland designs.

[@charliebowen5071]

It’s a sad statement of affairs that a knife maker uses ‘we make handles and blades in house’! Like yeah you make the knives you sell as a knife company.. jesus

[@tknx2948]

I find these almost boring to look at. I hate the tiered handle. But also a tapered set of sides that follow the blade like the Xerxes.

[@oinnsheathen5684]

Lucky

[@beck4218]

You’d know about crack. Moved to meth?

[@JimSkeltonKnives]

Wtf are you talking about

[@ditchdairy6888]

Vegan for the animals, Jim

[@BAtadCrazy]

I might pay $200. for one. I definitely wouldn't run over anybody to get it. But! That's me.

[@jw2483]

To me it kind of looks like a Shiro

[@glockmeister26]

If you know Shiro the way I know Shiro then you'd know this aint no Shiro. But yes it does resemble a Shiro. I hope this clears things up.

[@bigeast4195]

Ok. What model Shirogorov? There's MANY models, so which is the closest to comparison. I'll wait. Probably forever too.

[@bigeast4195]

Throw in all the collaborations too.

[@aaronspektor2624]

Big East the new zero

[@bigeast4195]

@@aaronspektor2624 The neon zero? Not even close

[@patrickpatterson2360]

Skelton knows his stds. Classic good looks. They are the best in the business at anodizing. Only thing I can knock them for borrowing some design features from Shirogorov - and others. The detent, and the blade profile is almost a 100% copy of a shiro neon or f95 hati what-have-you

[@xenonram]

Grimsmo style of manufacturing, just to a lesser degree.

[@darthvaper6745]

Knife makers need to move to M4, since M390 had been shown to be wishy washy on HRC testing! Bowler have been less than helpful

[@FarrYaweh]

??? Bohler are not the ones heat treating the steel

[@xenonram]

Blade steel on knives like this doesn't matter one bit. They won't see enough work to full even the softest steel. If they do, even cheap steels work perfectly fine. People place way too much emphasis on blade steels.

[@markperlmuttermd8737]

They are worth the hype, you are not

[@glockmeister26]

61 HRC? Sure.

[@glockmeister26]

Let's let Kurt decide.

[@Vextos]

@@glockmeister26 LMAO