KING of the OTFs! Gravity or Auto?!

[@dylbarton]

Liking the videos with Sara. Its great to have someone else to bounce conversation off of. George is really knowledgeable and a great host, but its more interesting to have two people! And Sara seems like she really knows a lot too (its just hard to compete with Georgea encyclpedic knife knowledge haha).

[@Sanguivore]

I second that! :D

[@realbroggo]

100%. Much better with two people! I've been into knives for 35+ years and for their ages these two really know their knife stuff. Great work.

[@Sanguivore]

@@realbroggo Love the Dilbert avatar! :D One of my favorite shows.

[@realbroggo]

Not really interested in autos (or gravity knives) and yet these two held my attention for 30 minutes watching a video about autos. Well done! Sharp blades all.

[@RichardPoogerman]

Awesome ☺️ Don't have an OTF but the Livewire is next on my 'up late after too many beers and buying shit on the Internet' list 😂

[@Sanguivore]

Man, I love that list. Usually make some dumb decisions, but damn if I don't love everything I get.

[@heavychevy4616]

these 2 are good together

[@MorbidMattski]

“Everyone needs one (of these)” Unless you’re Canadian then you have almost no knives whatsoever, and forget about carrying your butter knife unless you have one hell of a good reason that is not self-defence. Sucks so hard we aren’t allowed to have either of these styles up here.

[@jdgarrison9913]

I have multiple OTFs, but I work at a hospital, and so I tend to carry an EXO at work. It's just less 'scary' to people not involved in knife culture.

[@tastycakes1339]

just bought a livewire and an exo from you guys, super awesome!

[@BladeHQ]

Enjoy!

[@jacobgreen1260]

"...If I need to open the knife in space..." George, I think you're great and enjoyed meeting you at Blade Show West 2023 but that is a bit of a stretch.

[@theDEERGOOSE]

The BHQ exo-m is so awesome! It has less play with the blade and it just feels great in the hand

[@A-cat-suki]

Man i miss my ultratech. Hands down best knife ive ever had. Havent ever tried a gravity knife though

[@corychapman5699]

Not to split hairs but vero beach is actually in Florida not California. Lived there for 20 some odd years and the house where it all started was still standing until a couple of years ago

[@ryanmicklich3912]

I have both and like both. The only thing I don't like about gravity knives is how much they rattle in your pocket. You get attention without even pulling it out.

[@PancakesPK19]

So I have done a similar test with my wife because where I live gravity knives are legal but auto otf's aren't. However the best thing about gravity knives and especially the exo's is the momentum opening. Obviously having to turn the blade upside down every time is going to be slower. But if you hold the main handle scale in your right hand where the blade is facing left and flick your wrist to the right the handle will open, blade will shoot out, and handle will snap closed, all almost instantly. In our tests out of 10 times- I was slower by .6-9 sec twice, matched speed 6 times, and was faster by .4-7 twice. But that was only in opening. Closing the exo is still super fast since all you have to do is hold the main handle side and tip it to the left and it will open and blade will drop at which point you tilt to the right/or use your hand to close it. We repeated the test with different auto otf's against the og exo (no lock), new locked og exo, exo-m, exo-u, exo-mini, exo-k, and a couple other gravity knives like the Ti-Slide and such. In almost every test (except for the exo-karambit) our average times were almost exact with the largest difference being .4 or 4/10s of a second for opening and cutting. 1.1 seconds for starting open, cutting, and closing. Lastly .8 or 8/10s of a second for opening, cutting, and closing. Considering the main argument that was used to make automatic knives illegal where I live was the ability to take a concealed closed knife, get the blade out, stab/cut someone, put the blade away, and conceal it again in a very fast time, it makes no sense that gravity knives are legal but autos aren't. There is less than a second difference between the two. (Also it makes no sense when talking about side opening automatics when a lot of spring assisted or just regular manual knives open just as fast or faster and side opening autos almost always need 2 hands to close where a lot of manuals (especially button, axis, or crossbar lock) only need 1 hand and can be closed faster than any side auto, but that's a different story) I was hoping this would be a real test in speed using the exo the way I think the majority of people do instead of literally using gravity and turning it upside down. But since it wasn't I figured I'd share my findings since we literary just conducted these tests 6 days ago.

[@richerich853]

BTW AKC OTF's are available on your website and are made in Italy..

[@keithbrown9198]

Love my EXO, never knew anything about them until Blade Show Texas and then I had to have one. It's one of my EDCs, especially if I'm going to a steakhouse, because it's a freakin' scalpel. Even got a compliment from a waiter. And you don't have to point the EXO down to deploy, you can flick it, no problem. It's still not going to beat an OTF auto, I even have a side opening auto from Pro-Tech, I'm not going to beat that either, but it'll be a close finish. It's just the genius and simplicity at the same time of the EXO that makes me love it so much.

[@SupperUpper]

Sara is so cool. I’m afraid I’m fallen in love with her!

[@dcalero56]

Just placed my pre order for the EXO-M elmax!!

[@majorpayne1207]

The German paratroopers had the first gravity knives in WWII well before the exo was released.

[@davidgarrett5671]

She didn’t say it was the first gravity knife, she said that was when Reate released the EXO.

[@majorpayne1207]

Yes but they made it seem like it was a brand new technology that Reate came out with

[@davidgarrett5671]

@@majorpayne1207 That was your interpretation, all I heard was in 2023 Reate released the EXO

[@EnriqueScott-se3vp]

I purchased my first OTF in 2015 Lightning $30 then AKC F 16 $40 and I still one when I go backpacking a few months later I upgraded $60 + those three came off track and could never get him back on contacted the company from Florida they want nothing to do with my concerns repairs . The gravity ones they seem to rattle a lot and not really EDC 😮

[@The_AntiVillain]

i like the flick open on the exo u

[@miketesznar7711]

I have them all,carried a ultratech for about 17yrs at work. It’s a great knife. ✌️👍peace out

[@dougmanter8002]

Pay close attention to local laws. Autos and gravity are legal in CO. But, not in Denver.

[@joshmoore9403]

Denver, Aurora, Boulder and Lakewood are the colorado cities that have laws against carrying a switchblade. Ballistic knives are illegal in the entire state and I've heard stories of officers interpretation of Ballistic knife laws to include otf knives. They get dismissed in court but none the less they have to go through being arrested etc.

[@parrishinvestigations952]

The absolute fastest way to deploy a knife is any blade with the wave feature. I have autos, 2 gravity and my Emerson Wave is still quicker.

[@PirminZemp2731]

Gravity Knifes are More Legal in Switzerland 🇨🇭 Than Automatic Otf Knifes Greetings Pirmin From Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@kaleoariola]

Sorry, I love my livewires, my green one especially. Been carrying it everyday since Oct 2023, at work, beach, and around town. Just received the houge counterstrike in MagnaCut and carbon fiber, and although it is nice, it isn't as smooth as my livewires.

[@richerich853]

I have a Microtech Ultratech, and it's crazy hard to open and close..

[@nicksknives7777]

Try the mini hera great ots dual fuel drive train easy to operate cool little blade.

[@Woodzy-5326]

I've got well over 500 knives in my collection and I have yet to own an OTF.

[@jeremys64]

Do you plan on stocking more exclusive Exo-Ms? They sold out so fast!

[@BladeHQ]

Check our website! You can pre-order the EXO-M Exclusives with ELMAX

[@jeremys64]

@@BladeHQ woo! I just preordered.

[@Mikey_Trailz]

When will we get more aluminum EXO in stock?

[@lancedooley7558]

Their is another style missing in this that you pull and it goes back in.

[@bobmahnamahknob]

Single action otf? Like the Microtech Halo? Or some of the og Italian switchblades that had a pull ring to arm.

[@blairdillon7357]

Any new news or expected timeframe on the Protech tr-3 manual? Super excited for it.

[@Jacob-wk1ib]

Please review the Krate tactical knife’s!!!

[@danielbeams3520]

When is the new cold steel arc angel going to be available to buy

[@reaperjoe6701]

Would a gravity knife work in space, since there is no gravity out there?

[@anthonyrollins9825]

Gravity knives require training and experience with the knife to make it sing.... OTF's require you know how to slide a button forward and backwards. OTF's I believe on top for that reason alone.

[@howardmyboy2]

No training required. You can literally pull it from your pocket, unlock it and deploy it in one movement. It takes about two tries to figure out if you’re coordinated at all.

[@ethanking4954]

That's like saying it requires training to open a folding knife

[@anthonyrollins9825]

@@ethanking4954 and you missed the plot Troll , and yes to really fidget with a gravity knife you have to train yourself to do exactly the opposite of what you with do with any other folding pocket knife. Now your bridge is over there go crawl back under it troll.

[@joshmoore9403]

Just returned my only otf to scheels. I realized they are the least practical knife ever made. The only thing they are good for is intimidating people. They have wobbly blades they have thin blades. I can deploy any flipper just as effectively.

[@thomascoleman7708]

Does Blade HQ ship gravity knives to California?

[@bobmahnamahknob]

Are they legal in Commiefornia? Is anything legal there besides crime? I know they won't ship autos to a jurisdiction that prohibits them. Where I live anything goes. Autos, gravity knives, knuckle dusters. It's like the wild (mid)west.

[@Uriah_Lost]

Do we have any clue on the wait time of the next wave or bhq reate exo ms?

[@BladeHQ]

Soon 👀

[@Bigcountry198]

Gravity knives requires gravity and in space 🚀 theirs no gravity

[@marklawrence855]

A woman who is interested in knives is hard to find !

[@Sanguivore]

I wouldn't say so. All my girl friends like and carry knives more than the guys I know.

[@dougmanter8002]

Not realistic test. I wrist flick my exo m. I can do it pretty quickly.

[@JustJayShooter]

Spoiler: Bram Franck openings are the fastests. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@allanmeyer5559]

Bummer that you no longer sell to the state of New York 😢

[@PancakesPK19]

I'm in NY and they ship to me all the time, autos, gravity, everything.

[@donvolo2548]

@@PancakesPK19Same here. Just a shame NY has such a stupid law. However I also understand why BladeHQ has to cover their butt.

[@TheDallasdeadeye]

I carry something faster, a Benchmade 551 with eBay wave feature faster out the pocket than everything else.

[@Skwabadoodles]

Microtech ultratech

[@lifespanofafry1534]

yeah

[@richgenalski8639]

gravity knife is noway better period

[@ericeverson5956]

Less is more:)

[@lerch400block]

Please don't ever sing or dance again

[@realbroggo]

Just when I thought that Vanilla Ice was relegated to the blunt knife bin of history this happens ......

[@TwoFeatherChannel]

nope, everyone does not want one of the gravity knives.

[@jonnychavez1879]

Right. Nothing about them appeals to me.

[@TwoFeatherChannel]

@@jonnychavez1879 too many things to do when opening it. I prefer the automatic one button push to open and one push to close.

[@bobmahnamahknob]

Same here. Love my ProTech and Microtech autos, but the gravity knives just never spoke to me.

[@IsaiahGonzalezofficial]

I love my exo over my otf

[@blackpowderenergy]

never had a otf that wasnt a pos they always break or fail and get clogged they are useless to me literally carrying it in my pocket for 2 days they get clogged with saw dust and drywall dust or concrete dust and are useless worst design for a knife

[@blackpowderenergy]

and the aluminum handles are worthless had one corrode to hell and literally locked up

[@scrick7112]

Neither. Fixed blade fixie won’t fail and it’s ready to go.

[@derrick.crawford1005]

Exo m was also affordable. That was the draw to it. I just saw your website now shows pre order for 5$ but now the price is 159$ it was 129$ Your company and or reate is soaking what was supposed to affordable to price gouge. No thanks won’t be buying from you. 👎

[@nonchalantking3699]

Maybe because this one has elmax steel? but idk.

[@BladeHQ]

Yup exactly. EXO-M with nitro v is currently out of stock. EXO-M with El Max is available for pre-order.