New Knives for the Week of February 9th, 2023 Just In at KnifeCenter.com

The crossbar lock CRKTs have arrived, plus we got some new Squid trainer balisongs on the shelves, as well as a drop from Bestech and WE/CIVIVI. Check out the latest knives and EDC gear from KnifeCenter here: kcoti.com/3DU7ZIT
Featured Knives
0:00 Intro
0:17 QSP Penguin S35VN Exclusive: kcoti.com/3jLdFxS
2:10 CRKT Difinitive and LCBK: kcoti.com/3Ymu5Mc
6:07 Tactile Knife Rockwall Black DLC: kcoti.com/40Kvs9a
8:55 Tactile Turn Side Click Deep Space Limited Edition: kcoti.com/3KcNafN
11:11 Squid Industries Nautilus V2: kcoti.com/3IbUmXV
13:04 Squid Industries Mako V4.5: kcoti.com/3lp36B9
14:10 WE Trogon: kcoti.com/3xavJ7C
17:08 WE Limited Edition Makani: kcoti.com/3lpRCxi
19:55 Bestech Supernova: kcoti.com/3x6S2ey
21:34 Bestech Strelit: kcoti.com/3XhGq34
23:47 Bestechman Ronan: kcoti.com/3jPE5yn
26:25 CIVIVI Sokoke: kcoti.com/3HNvnsv
28:20 CIVIVI Circulus: kcoti.com/3xaSlot
29:56 CIVIVI Maxwell: kcoti.com/3YmHgwO
33:27 Bradford Guardian 3: kcoti.com/3xtryEl
35:02 SOG Trident FX Tanto: kcoti.com/3XcX2sE
Slightly Larger that Average Patches: kcoti.com/3IXcovQ
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[@tomt5745]

Here in Europe your videos comes up at about 9:30 in the evening. Perfect after the news and dinner and winding down after job. :) Loves you begin with a Wharncliff. Sadly underrated.

[@Leftyotism]

I completely aggree!

[@LostBeagle]

Does the European tyranny allow the purchase and possession of knives??

[@L.T.112]

@@LostBeagle not all of Europe is the same. In my country there are no knife laws. (Austria). You can carry everything anyhow. Better than in most places of the US.

[@modofatak]

Sheeeeit. Was hoping to want to buy a CRKT again: axis lock, good steel, nice design, American made, aaaaaand $100 more expensive than it should be. Guess I’ll take the (also hogue) deka in magnacut. That’s a dang shame. To get CRKT to use a decent steel you have to Way overpay.

[@Ianthe1]

Yea not sure how the Deka with Magnacut is less expensive than a CRKT... Makes no sense. These weird prices are starting to get me out of the knife hobby.

[@campuscolt65]

Yep agreed there’s a difference between profit and gouging

[@rickyhurtt5568]

I think most of em over say 125 are gouging. Of course that's just MO. Just can't see those prices for a little better piece of steel when I have no problem hitting a knife on ceramic every once in a while. Especially when most of us who will admit that the toughest thing they're used for is to cut cardboard. Too many good utility knives to use a pocket knife to do

[@acid6urns]

@@rickyhurtt5568imo the best example of crkt overcharging for their shit is the fact they sell a model of the m16 with AUS8 for literally 78 dollars. the “best” steel the m16 comes with is d2 and that costs like $120, the next best would be 12c27 which is an okay steel at best. crkt is on crack, they charge like 200+ for 154cm

[@Saorsa1126]

Okay, I’m finally sold on the QSP Penguin.

[@chequejaime]

Man, that CIVIVI Maxwell would find a great home on my desk at work! Yeah, I need a bigger knife budget! So many cool and impressive choices, you only live once!

[@markfcoble]

Thanks for showing the new! Some nice designs.

[@presidentmerkinmuffley6769]

@29:00 I normally carry a smaller fixed setup for left hand draw (belt buckle), with a larger fixed in my right pocket or on my belt. Having a little guy for the left hand has proven to be unbelievably handy.

[@mwm302]

I love Ostap Hel design knives. I recently bought a Bestech Strelit and absolutely love it 😀

[@roberthaines1227]

Just ordered that Penguin. I have the Pelican and love it. Hopefully the Penguin is just as nice.

[@Leftyotism]

4:55 Love it!

[@michaelpitts3285]

I love my S35VN penguin. I have one and carry it regularly.

[@anthonyfashona7990]

Nice price point for good quality

[@traviscoombes3578]

All I know is I get my ZT 0006 tomorrow. Thanks Knife Center.

[@landscapingspecialist]

$65 for s35 penguin, hell yeah I’m buying one

[@tunahxushi4669]

Crafted in YangJiang, China with no heat treat, not real S35V. You will get what you pay for... These guys should've advertised on that communist military spy balloon, would've gotten more customers...

[@stephenlukovich9648]

That’s crazy 215$ for a g10 crossbar lock with 154cm why? G10 houge magnacut for less than 150$.

[@ttattx]

I've got the Mako - that exact vairant and it's soo good for practicing flipping - good investement before going to live blade...

[@Kentucky338]

The Pangolin is my absolute favorite EDC. The handle fits my hand perfectly and the blade is a vert manly size that performs fantastic.

[@billdryzco5398]

3:37 It blows my mind how a simple thing like a lefty clip is the thing they leave out. CRKT is notorious with their righty only locks and clips. I agree with some of the other comments that at that price I can find something better that does offer lefty carry and an ambi lock.

[@volcomdork665]

The CRKT and WE knives are my favorites out of the group. Wish you all took paypal. There are several exclusive knives I want from you.

[@ssunfish]

Plus one

[@Jeremy-Two]

Hi David, What feature would you most like to see come out next, on folding knives and fixed blades?

[@PLBW81]

3/16th of an inch - wow love the metric system...

[@MountainFisher]

Spec is 5mm so .197 inch. Just say 200 thousandths.🤣

[@bobjohnson1633]

Do you know what an inch is? Do you know what a quarter is? It's not hard.

[@MountainFisher]

@@bobjohnson1633 I'm a freaking retired aerospace engineer and worked on the Space Shuttles. Nothing was metric, same for the B1-B bomber no metric. My last job was 90% metric, but that wasn't the issue. Metric blueprints are 3rd angle projection, opposite of 1st angle projection American prints.

[@bobjohnson1633]

@@MountainFisher I'm sure you used inches and feet like a pro and engineered the shit out of everything. All without metric.

[@MountainFisher]

I've been kind of disappointed by commercial 14C28N knives as the suggested hardness for best edge retention by the maker Sandvik is HRC 62 and only custom makers make it that hard. It is still tough and is still easy to sharpen. Reason for not being as hard as it should be is it is cheaper to heat treat it at a shorter period of time and at a lower temp is my guess. There is no reason to think it's going to break, that is if the person who specs the heat treat out actually looked at it. I'm done with soft AEB-L/13C26 based knives that are heat treated too soft. I bought a Civivi they claimed was 60-62 HRC and I didn't get through one cardboard box before I had shiny spots on my edge, I don't think it was 62 hardness and now Civivi is back at 58-60 Rockwell.

[@bobjohnson1633]

Yeah poorly HT steel absolutely ruins the blade.

[@tunahxushi4669]

You're joking right? Most of these knives are Chinese, if not all. They don't heat treat at all. Heat treat takes effort, expertise and greatly adds additional costs. The reason it's rusting is Chinese don't even use the steel that's labeled on the knife, it's generic communist stainless special. That's why it rusts.

[@Sanctified_EDC_Gear]

That Penguin Blade would have been perfect too pop a hole in That Chinese Weather Baloon, I MeanChinese Spy Baloon.

[@pcnorton]

The Strelit opens on your pocket during the draw from a right front pocket. As a tactical claw I like it blade up between ring and little finger.

[@mcsquirgle]

I'm happy about the Lerch designs from CRKT, I hope they keep working with Hogue to bring more American made knives to market

[@landscapingspecialist]

Yes! I love it when knife designers and companies bring their manufacturing home to the USA 🇺🇸🦅

[@landscapingspecialist]

I may actually buy one now. 👍🏻

[@DaddyBrodes]

I just bought that penguin, shipping says it's getting here tomorrow. Looking forward to trying it out.

[@mikeelek9713]

Interesting that Hogue is making the CRKT knives. My Hogue knives have always arrived with very sharp edges. I'm sure they have done a great job with this pair.

[@JCpNK]

That black Rockwall 😮

[@flamabr]

Thanks a lot for good vídeos. Hugs from Brazil

[@theangrypainter826]

Just got the ronan. Very happy! built well and way worth the price.

[@RovingRoninEDC]

I’ve become a TREMENDOUS Brian Brown Fan! I got a Raptor V2 about 2 weeks ago and it’s got me seriously thinking about getting a trogon

[@mmcgillis]

That molle hook design from the Sog sounds interesting.

[@gregmoore6298]

Really dig that Bradford!

[@landscapingspecialist]

We knocked it out of the park w that new clip design 👌🏻

[@modofatak]

You had NOTHING to do with that

[@PoetFisherman]

What a crazy good deal on that Penguin. If I didn't already have one in S35VN and 'blue jean' micarta, I'd be all over that. It's less than a lot of knives with lower edge retention blade steels.

[@DylanLey]

Really wish those CRKT crossbar lock knives were either $50 less or had a powdered steel instead of 154cm.

[@stan1027]

I think it would be neat if you could someday explain the difference between true Damascus steel, and the weld-patterned Damascus that we actually see today. BIG difference!

[@ogloc6308]

I think he already has. maybe like 6 months ago. hopefully you are able to find it brudda

[@landscapingspecialist]

Yeah, 2 totally different methods

[@CoeurDuPetitPrince]

This horse has been beaten to death..

[@jenningsjennings2051]

That's true I'd like to know the difference between damasteel and true Damascus and pattern weld Damascus

[@Freakmaster480]

@@jenningsjennings2051 Pattern welded steel is just 2 (or more) separate alloys that are bonded together. This is folded and deformed and then made into a knife. The two alloys are ideally quite similar with the only major difference being a slight change in stain resistance. This means that the final blade be exposed to an etchant to cause differing levels of oxidation and make the pattern appear. This serves no practical purpose and just exists to be pretty. If anything it makes a worse blade due to inconsistent properties in the steel potentially impacting heat treats. Real damascus, which is often called wootz nowadays, is a pretty basic low alloy crucible carbon steel that, due to trace impurities, forms a natural flowing pattern. This was in its day a pretty okay steel that became deified as the mythos grew around it. It wasn't the best in it's day and it's pretty shit by modern standards but it's stunningly beautiful. Contrary to popular belief, we do still know how to make it and it is still made in small batches, it is just expensive and worthless outside of pieces that are more for art than any practical purpose.

[@johnmarchetti3815]

SOG must be high as hell charging almost $100 for 4116 steel 🤔

[@landscapingspecialist]

That guardian tactical with the toxic green g10 is a winner

[@landscapingspecialist]

Curious if any of DCA’s Rockwalls have terrible lock rock. Mine does. Tactile has ignored my attempts to contact them. Not great for a $300 knife

[@mikerollins3088]

I have a Rockwall. I have zero lock rock

[@landscapingspecialist]

@@mikerollins3088 wish mine came from the same batch as yours did then. Idk what it’s deal is. It’s not that it has an issue, it’s that they just seemed to ignore me as if they do not care.

[@rlepidi3573]

The Strelit has the profile of a vulture when it’s open.

[@lordirek1]

The strelit is my current favorite knife. It's just so fun and flicky, sharp, maybe less useful than most edc knives, but kind of addicting. I've been thinking about a second one.

[@littlemouse7066]

the Bestechman is beautiful and solid at a good price.

[@Jeremy-Two]

Which mutitool weighs the least with your choice of the best tool set?

[@Setnja92]

The Bradford Guardian 3 is really charming little knife.

[@dougrussell1926]

Been waiting on that trpr to drop

[@WoodyDeBreeze]

Hey DCA, as always great video. I’m glad you mentioned the stop pin on the Tactile Knife Rockwall. I love a blacked out knife but have yet to find one that has a blacked out stop pin. Why is this?

[@seldomlyrestless8113]

I know that the benchmade mini bugout cf-elite has a black stop pin so id imagine the standard bugout does too.

[@latetodagame1892]

I got a Spyderco Native with S30VN steal in 2010 for $60 and I thought that was too much. Times do suck.

[@bobjohnson1633]

We had Obama and Biden damage the country as much as they could I'm that time period. Be happy you don't have to eat your neighbors so you don't starve.

[@powers1776reset]

@@bobjohnson1633 ahh, you believe that the political parties actually matter, and that the actor called president, actually has any authority. Left right dangling carrot paradigm🤦🏼‍♂️

[@powers1776reset]

@@bobjohnson1633 however, I do agree with not funding communist regimes. So we’re eye to eye on that one

[@tunahxushi4669]

@@powers1776reset .. Yes, please please do not buy Chinese military funded products. Unfortunately with civil military fusion everything belongs to the CCP now. Plus the knives listed are all Chinese... I bought one accidentally many years ago and it turns out they used fake stainless steel and no heat treatment...

[@latetodagame1892]

@@bobjohnson1633 that sucks Bob.

[@stevemastbaum]

I have the tactile bexar in all dlc, very happy with the dlc quality and overall.

[@landscapingspecialist]

I’m glad the Bexar has been solid for you. I bought a Rockwall direct from Tactile Knife. It showed up with terrible lock rock. Not a little bit, like a lot. They have not returned any of my email attempts to make right of it. Not happy. Wouldn’t buy another tactile knife based on this experience.

[@bamabladez]

Just received Knife Centers Winter Clearance Email!!! 3 day EVENT!! All excited I go immediately to find a deal to then find out NOT ONE CENT has dropped!?? 😕 Kershaw launch 4 is one @ $94. It's been that price for a while if not cheaper. And watch in 3 days I bet the price will still be $94 because everyone is selling at that price. Crap erks me!! Makes me not wanna do business with them. Alot of companies do this I know but if feels like used car sales tactics. It is what it is but not getting my money. Now I feel better 😆

[@rickyhurtt5568]

Hell for the price on the Rockwall I think I'll buy one for each pocket and an extra to carry only on Sundays. Watch pocket too

[@indy718gts3]

Hey DCA, you’ve mention some favorite steels lately, I’d love to hear more. What is your favorite particle steel and non-particle steel and why? Edge retention? Ease of sharpening? Toughness?? Just because??? Thanks in advance and keep up the great work!

[@davinreeves]

Mr Anderson, thank you. 😎👌

[@landscapingspecialist]

The Makani is nice

[@jaybolton9117]

I wish you would ship to Canada .I would spend so much.

[@Bgarla1]

The Hogue made CRKT pricing is confusing. The 20CV Hogue Deka is about $160 and the CRKT is $215 with less premium steel.

[@CopyNPasteComments]

David C is without a doubt my favorite Anderson

[@Woodzy-5326]

I've always been curious about the history and purpose of certain blade shapes and designs. Right now I've been researching the harpoon point for my own knowledge. Having said this, I think it would be great if we could get an episode of KnifeAQ that did a brief overview of blade shapes, their history and purpose of their designs. I realize there are several, but perhaps maybe 5 or more commonly seen blade shapes.

[@Woodzy-5326]

@officialknifecenter is this legit?

[@Jeremy-Two]

Hi David, Which knives best execute your favorite features but not your favorite knives?

[@sencerr226]

New knives time *YES*

[@landscapingspecialist]

Dam-asteel is aptly named. Seeing how I say ‘DAM’ when I see how much the steel increases the cost.

[@Knivess0]

It's ugly and gaudy anyway.

[@landscapingspecialist]

@@Knivess0agreed 👌🏻

[@bobjohnson1633]

It IS a high end PM stainless Damascus.

[@kennethdeberry6445]

I really want that qsp sv35 but with the copper handle they only offer the copper with the d2? Or can u upgrade?

[@gregoryblake3377]

How can crkt cost 215 when it's the same materials or less than a hogue.

[@bobjohnson1633]

Communism doesn't make money. It steals it. Sometimes they trick people into giving them away too much for their products.

[@Nightwolf866]

5:01 ...some call it the Gangster of Love..

[@kblue4506]

Can the makani be thumb rolled opened using the fuller? Thanks

[@leok7193]

That Tactile knife. I suppose the materials are more premium, but what justifies it costing 8x more than Elementum? That's just silly and I probably couldn't even tell them apart visually

[@ZeedePlus]

Made in the USA, much more intricate machining and tolerances? Edit: If you can't tell this knife apart from an Elementum then you must be trolling.

[@FLHamExtra]

I have a SRM with a crossbar lock.

[@blackhogarth4049]

The Tactile Turn pen looks like a cheap plastic kid's pen with that space graphic.

[@lordirek1]

I kinda like it, but I get that sentiment. Still, can't argue they aren't fantastic pens. I've got a bronze bolt action and a slim titanium bolt action. Solid and smooth action. Love em. I wish they made the gulf-livery color ones from a while back in bolt action.

[@jerrybuckles5481]

hey yall can you review the black mamba knife BMK VG mammoth ?

[@dougdottery1284]

The WE knives are TOO nice. I would be careful those 2 examples. Just really cool knives.

[@JKnox63]

Absolutely. China is flying spy missions over the US and folks still line up to buy their knives made by kids/slaves. I don’t get it.

[@bobjohnson1633]

They're made by highly skilled 5 year old Chinese kid that get paid $1 a day and the rest funds the Chinese communist party in order to put Muslim minorities in concentration camps. Concentration camps don't pay for themselves

[@tunahxushi4669]

Yep, 100% Chinese too! ... the Communist military knows what you want because they've got spies everywhere...

[@Bigdaddyslasher]

What are the Böhler knife steels compared to in mainstream blade steels? I see Work Tuff gear knives are using more Böhler steels.

[@bobjohnson1633]

K390 m390 and n690 are probably the most common. The first two are top tier steels and the last is a very good middle stainless steel like the better sandviks, 440c, aus10, 154cm, or vg10.

[@dick_richards]

Oooohhhh yeaaaa

[@anthonyfashona7990]

That WE Damascus blade is 🔥….but $600+ bucks is a bit steep for something China-made in my book.

[@peterv1318]

Exactly. I only watched this because I wanted to buy. 600 hell no. It’s only 50.00 to make it.

[@bobjohnson1633]

The communist party and Joe Biden appreciate you donations.

[@tunahxushi4669]

@@bobjohnson1633 .. Seriously, all these people are salivating at the cheap CCP knives. No heat treatment and fake steel... There are a lot of actual knife knife reviewers who have stated this. Sucker is born every minute... I don't know what Joe Biden has to do with any of this ...he's just following with the last administration did with China. Countering Communist CCP China is now bipartisan.

[@BD-oo6ru]

The most exciting knife in this batch was the pocket fixed blade by cicivi. I'd love to see more options like it especially if a couple were USA made

[@kaedenlincoln1764]

affordable and USA made are a rare combo, and it would be nice to see. Those pocket scalpels are underrated, they can really accomplish 90% of EDC tasks imo

[@josh33025]

I'm getting to like front flippers more and more because they disappear when it's deployed and don't get in the way if it has a finger choil.

[@Jeremy-Two]

David, What five knives would you recommend for John Wick? Can be all the same knives, if you like.

[@scootosan]

"huh...who woulda thunk" ( exactly )

[@okayolamax2min345]

Knife wellness for aficionados & connoisseurs. Blade ASMR for amateur pros and/or pro amateurs. Hellokayola!

[@GBall_Vision]

Let's clear this up a reverse tanto is a modified wharncliffe

[@scrick7112]

Hi Knife Center. It’s interesting to read the comments. I usually don’t. DCA and Thomas are fun and informative. Comment people. Who wants the fixed blade Pilgrim LT? Keep your eyes open, you never know.

[@carljung1711]

No Bradford Guardian 3 in Magnacut?

[@bobjohnson1633]

It's not new. It used to be new. Now, it simply is in stock.

[@bladesandedc]

I know you're a knife dealer, but you really should make people aware of how stiff the cross bar lock is on the Bestechman Ronan.

[@thiswickeslife]

David, I'm wondering just why you like sandvik 14c28n steel so much? Because there are a lot of videos here on youtube where you say you like that particular steel alot.

[@phillipmoody710]

Do you have underlying music playing? 4:48

[@nicks931]

14:30 : "Espensivist"? Really man? Half in fun but all in earnest. Love your show, as you know. Cheers from Sandy Eggo.

[@unfi6798]

Cowabunga.!

[@macmccartney5760]

Smartest thing crkt has ever done

[@mikerollins3088]

Too bad CRKT is delusional with their price points!!! Those cross bar lock knives are priced as if they were titanium/fat carbon and Magnacut steel!! Sorry but the ones shown are in the $70-$80 range tops! Can get a Hogue Deka with MagnaCut for $127. Why pay $215???

[@macmccartney5760]

@@mikerollins3088 I didn't take notice to the price

[@mikerollins3088]

@@macmccartney5760 Yeah they've gone crazy

[@1980JPA]

Is it just me, or is the price on both the "CRKT Dekas" a bit much.

[@mikeabbott2396]

I'm uncomfortable with the idea of paying more than $70-$80 for a Chinese knife, can't see a WE in my future.

[@guyholloway8677]

Lol

[@bobjohnson1633]

I'm uncomfortable allowing communists to live let alone giving them money. Let's fund a capitalist revolution in china

[@jacobpeterson1165]

The Rockwall should have came with a tritium thumb stud

[@whammofammo7346]

Good on CRKT! Partnering with Hogue is a great idea for the cross lock.

[@zbaird3]

That rockwall looks like a real DLC coating what many companies wish theirs looked like 👍. Not that I haven't seen better but for under $400 very nice...

[@luisrider7475]

Hi Thomas.

[@jeremyshackelford8080]

I really like the idea of the Bestech Strelit, but I KNOW I would stab my fingers with it

[@lordirek1]

Have one. Have done that a lot. Still one of my absolute favorite additions of all time. It's just so fun.

[@LostBeagle]

I'm looking for a sharp piece of metal with a handle and a point

[@cbridgmon]

When are you getting in that Spartan Knives Magnacut Ka-Bar??? im still re watching that video, hope you get a sterile version with no markings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@knifecenter]

They haven't completed production yet

[@armenarakelian9876]

Hi Thomas

[@danmayes9439]

3:55

[@marsarmory6236]

Why does SOG make a knife and put more money in the sheath than the blade all while charging double what they should for a 4116 injection molded glorified mora

[@BrentonCarr]

Probable saying “440c levels of performance “is kinda pointless. No one has used 440c in a decent knife for 15 years.

[@bobjohnson1633]

I have an esee 4 in 440c that was produced only a couple years ago, until they moved to s35vn.

[@Jeremy-Two]

What knife is best to gift to a cat lady?

[@Robs_Nerdy_Knives]

Trogon… modified Japanese Tanto, drop point blade. 😂

[@arrowheadguys7637]

Not a Japanese tanto at all.

[@Robs_Nerdy_Knives]

@@arrowheadguys7637 you did see ‘modified’ and the laughing emoji, right?!? 🧐

[@arrowheadguys7637]

@@Robs_Nerdy_Knives ah my bad! Humor can be hard to pickup online sometimes

[@Robs_Nerdy_Knives]

@@arrowheadguys7637 no worries. I was being ridiculously sarcastic. 😆😂

[@arrowheadguys7637]

@@Robs_Nerdy_Knives Well, you got me ...this time. lol

[@tylerbarnes7628]

Sorry CRKT but you missed the mark on the price point with the Definitive. Way too high a price for what you get.