This deadbolt lock is special. Cold Steel tested it recently on the clever girl and it held several hundred pounds against the spine. Even AD gave it high praise. Also adding to the strength of this knife is the "thumb stud" blade stops that give the knife incredible lateral strength. This is a very cool, tough knife that is actually bringing me around to CRKT again.
There is some great videos of the designer, Flavio Ikoma, just hammering the ever loving begeezus out of this knife trying to make it fail. Really impressed with this new locking mech.
Seriously the most frustrating thing about CRKT is their willingness to try new ideas and go new ways, but their execution is almost always leaving a lot to be desired. So I gave up on CRKT a long time ago and it will take something really special to win me over again.
I absolutely love this knife. However it took a bargain price, sanding down all the rough edges and breaking in the locking mechanism. If they'd fix these three things it would be a clear winner and serious competition for Cold Steel knives. Also the 4116 blade steel is well heat treated, performs much better than I expected.
I put a mirror edge on mine and it's indescribably sharp. It baffles me that a knife with such big blade stock got as sharp as it did. So the steel actually impressed me. As the lock breaks in it becomes super addicting and fidgety. I have many higher end folders in my collection but I grab this knife all the time. I shouldn't like it as much as I do lol
The Deadbolt seems pretty cool. It's just all the knives CRKT has been putting it on don't appeal to me the Seismic, and the Clever Girl folder are almost there just seem like to thrown together I guess. The Clever Girl could be amazing if they upped the steel and used peal ply, or contoured smooth G10 but D2 and the rippled G10 kill it for me. And the Seismic with a more traditional drop point, or Spear point would do it, but that swoopy blade kills it. The XOC seems to be the best but its HUGE and has a huge price tag.
For real. It’s like they came out with this new lock but didn’t have the slightest idea what to do with it. So the solution was to slap it on their biggest, most gas-stationy generic-looking folder designs and hope the “shiny & new!” would win us over. But it didn’t.
The lock system is meant for heavy use the blade steel completely compromises that. S30V or S35VN and some better egos and this could compete with Cold Steel and the Triad Lock.
I think the same thing with CRKT. I like a lot of their knives but their abusive dedication to 8Cr13Mov really annoys me. I mean it's fine I don't mind it for beaters, knives under 30 I can forgive it, I'm not a steel snob. But when they start charging 50-60-70+ for 8Cr13Mov I'm like yeah... I'm not paying 70 for that. I noticed they used D2 in the Parascale deadbolt, but those handle scales looks terrible, then they go and charge 130.00 for it. Yeah im not too impressed with their steel choice and price points. Get rid of the horrible parascale handles and knock it down to 80 and I might buy it.
@@BruceWillisiscool I was about to buy the Fullcrum 2, to test out their funky opening mechanism, but it;s goign for £70 over here in London, forget that, not paying 70 for 8Cr13, even if it has a fancy new mechanism.
I have both blade and finish styles of this knife. It hurt my feeling that Nick didn’t like it. 😂 The size was a part of the attraction for me. After the video I’ll need therapy to get the Moby Dick spear comparison out of my head. Enjoyed the review, thanks!
I have the clever girl folder. In my hands it also had some sharp corners so but i sanded the edges wich solved the problem. I agre partially that the disassembly is not the smothest but that is only if you take everything apart. I use it alot but if i clean i only take the lock apart an the button i can unscrew with my fingers and the pivot with my victorinox. Then i can take the blade and bearings out and clean most of the knife. So for me its a simple knife to clean 90% and also greas the bearings if you like. These parts are not small so your not likely to loose them if you take it apart in "the field". I dont know if the seismic worls the same way or if you have to take apart one of the handlescales. Just my experiense love your rewies. And sorry for the english it was not my favorite in school hope you understand what ikm trying to say.
Love the knife worth every penny I spent🖒 Please do a review on the case peanut, russlock, or copperlock knives love them in the bermuda green peach scales
Thank you for reviewing a larger knife. I’ve enjoyed your past reviews but had unsubscribed because you seemed to constantly favor tiny knives. I and hopefully many others will reconsider subscribing if you will mix it up for those of us who have large hands and prefer a larger knife. Your reviews from a technical / mechanical perspective have always been among the best and that’s appreciated. If you continue to review larger knives, I’d also be more willing to contribute to your site.
Hi Nick, I don’t hate it, but I don’t love it either. I do like the fact that it has a flipper and thumbstuds. That’s a big plus for me. Another big thing I think you should consider in your reviews is flipping action with no wrist. That’s another big thing for my EDC knives. I don’t like ‘em as much if they won’t lock up without some wrist action.
I love the idea behind this mechanism, it's just too big. They did a, correct me if I'm wrong, M16 line that has this lock and I want one really bad. It's cool and really pretty unique.
I have the knife and I like it. My only complaint and why not some S35VN? It would have been a top tear heavy user with that steel. This was meant to compete with the Triad Lock form Cold Steel. The blade steel completely compromised that idea.
I will never understand a large “overbuilt” folder with a super thin pivot, running on tiny sets of bearings. What’s the point of being overbuilt if the pivot will likely fail under hard use?
If you’re ever in a situation where the pivot seems even capable of failure, let alone “likely” to, then you’re either demoing a house all by yourself with nothing but that knife or, more likely, you’re sitting behind a keyboard and speaking in illogical hypotheticals.
VOID VISIONARY I mean, I guess CRK design their knives with massively thick pivots, stop pins and large washers simply because of illogical hypotheticals? 🤷♂️
Why? I’m genuinely curious. Index finger is good enough for me. Your hand may work differently than mine but I’d have to hold it weirdly and loose to do your style.
I have a philosophical problem or better said a philological difficulty with classifying a four inch blade as EDC. Folding is obviously a thing it does but doesn't EDC not have other defining characteristics? Maybe like "everyday carry". By the way, for the "tactical crew", I'd recommend a baseball bat. You will get less hard time in the clinker.
Paul Joseph Buggle In my country it's allowed to carry a 4" knife (up to 28cm unfolded is legal) but carrying a baseball bat is very illegal If you play baseball you have to park your car on your own property, put your bat in the trunk drive up to the training field and unload your bat on the parking spot but only if the parking spot is owned by the training facility otherwise you have to unload your bat on the field You can also mail the bat to the training facility or like most people leave your bat there
This knife would be greatly improved by shortening the "thumb studs" and eliminating those big weird divots on the scales. The studs are really just stop pins, so why make them a major design element? Simpler would be better.
I really liked the look of this knife in the thumbnail. When I saw how thick it was, how large, my enthusiasm vanished. If it was sleek and a bit smaller and thinner I think it would be nice. As it is I don’t need a extra large Voyager size knife pulling down my pants because its so bulky and heavy if I carry it.
I have had this knife for over a year now and I am not crazy about it. I like the blade finish, locking mechanism is rock solid, and I partially like the blade profile but I wish it didn't have a curve on the top of the blade (spine) and that it was straight all the way through to the tip of the blade. IMO it's just ok. The blade is an ingot steel and you can see it was stamped out of a sheet of steel then profiled because the unexposed part of the blade where the dead bolt pins go in is all crummy looking. Poor attention to detail. The ergos are wonky also as he said. Overall I do like the knife but I certainly don't love it. 6/10 on this knife. Maybe If I am feeling brave I will reprofile the blade one day.
Three things: 1. Moby Dickey. Giggity giggity. 2. Lock stick. Didn't you at one time solve the whole lock stick issue by using some sort of electrical contract liquid? I seem to remember that you loved the stuff and that it solved all your lockstick problems. Maybe this is a phantom memory. ("Fake news from the failing youtube commenter!") 3. Come to the dahk side and use Sith-level (red) Loctite, and together we will rule the galaxy! (And eliminate the problem of the pivot getting loose, too.)
I don't get crkt they use cheap steel an charge top dollar for made in China. I like the lock idea but a lock an kitchen steel is not worth $120 when i can get unbelievable knives for less. You figure $78 i can get a kershaw cv20, for $80 i could grab a coldsteel air lite best lock an better steel an have money to spend on food an beer. Think my next personal choice is no China made stuff so that the most important to me now. Look at all the designs stolen by China an ckrt uses those same manufacturers
CRKT ...... sad sad sad. They have some great designs but they use low end materials making them sadly junk. IMO Why they don’t step their game up I have no idea. Until then I’ll pass thank you.
This deadbolt lock is special. Cold Steel tested it recently on the clever girl and it held several hundred pounds against the spine. Even AD gave it high praise. Also adding to the strength of this knife is the "thumb stud" blade stops that give the knife incredible lateral strength. This is a very cool, tough knife that is actually bringing me around to CRKT again.
There is some great videos of the designer, Flavio Ikoma, just hammering the ever loving begeezus out of this knife trying to make it fail. Really impressed with this new locking mech.
My new favourite word *begeezus*
Seriously the most frustrating thing about CRKT is their willingness to try new ideas and go new ways, but their execution is almost always leaving a lot to be desired. So I gave up on CRKT a long time ago and it will take something really special to win me over again.
Most frustrating thing for me is their nylon washers on most of their knives. So irritating
ceo is my only CRKT
As a lefty I agree with you. Even easier than a compression lock.
Send it to Advanced Knife Bro for the stress testing. We need to know if it batons 😂
I absolutely love this knife. However it took a bargain price, sanding down all the rough edges and breaking in the locking mechanism. If they'd fix these three things it would be a clear winner and serious competition for Cold Steel knives. Also the 4116 blade steel is well heat treated, performs much better than I expected.
I put a mirror edge on mine and it's indescribably sharp. It baffles me that a knife with such big blade stock got as sharp as it did. So the steel actually impressed me. As the lock breaks in it becomes super addicting and fidgety. I have many higher end folders in my collection but I grab this knife all the time. I shouldn't like it as much as I do lol
Picked up this knife a while ago, too heavy for edc. Fun to play with. Thanks for the video 😎👍
Hm. Now *that* is a proper murdery-looking knife.
The Deadbolt seems pretty cool. It's just all the knives CRKT has been putting it on don't appeal to me the Seismic, and the Clever Girl folder are almost there just seem like to thrown together I guess. The Clever Girl could be amazing if they upped the steel and used peal ply, or contoured smooth G10 but D2 and the rippled G10 kill it for me. And the Seismic with a more traditional drop point, or Spear point would do it, but that swoopy blade kills it. The XOC seems to be the best but its HUGE and has a huge price tag.
For real. It’s like they came out with this new lock but didn’t have the slightest idea what to do with it. So the solution was to slap it on their biggest, most gas-stationy generic-looking folder designs and hope the “shiny & new!” would win us over.
But it didn’t.
The lock system is meant for heavy use the blade steel completely compromises that. S30V or S35VN and some better egos and this could compete with Cold Steel and the Triad Lock.
I like how he slams blade into table at 4:25. Passive-aggressive Freudian slip projection.
I’m not sure you understand what those last 5 words actually mean.
@@Stahlwerk88 I do. Not sure if you get absurdity.
I wish CRKT would stop using lower end steels on their knives. Would like to see it with at least D2 or S30V.
They just need to be convinced the Bass Pro Shop crowd WILL pay 15 bucks more for better steel.
I think the same thing with CRKT. I like a lot of their knives but their abusive dedication to 8Cr13Mov really annoys me. I mean it's fine I don't mind it for beaters, knives under 30 I can forgive it, I'm not a steel snob. But when they start charging 50-60-70+ for 8Cr13Mov I'm like yeah... I'm not paying 70 for that. I noticed they used D2 in the Parascale deadbolt, but those handle scales looks terrible, then they go and charge 130.00 for it. Yeah im not too impressed with their steel choice and price points. Get rid of the horrible parascale handles and knock it down to 80 and I might buy it.
@@londiniumarmoury7037 Exactly
I really like the m16-14sfg but I hate the steel. Same with the seismic.
@@BruceWillisiscool I was about to buy the Fullcrum 2, to test out their funky opening mechanism, but it;s goign for £70 over here in London, forget that, not paying 70 for 8Cr13, even if it has a fancy new mechanism.
I agree. With this lock system and a true high end steel this could have been one off the better heavy use knives on the market.
I have both blade and finish styles of this knife. It hurt my feeling that Nick didn’t like it. 😂
The size was a part of the attraction for me. After the video I’ll need therapy to get the Moby Dick spear comparison out of my head.
Enjoyed the review, thanks!
When flicking this blade closed....does the cutting edge actually make contact with the spacer inside the handle?
I have the clever girl folder. In my hands it also had some sharp corners so but i sanded the edges wich solved the problem. I agre partially that the disassembly is not the smothest but that is only if you take everything apart. I use it alot but if i clean i only take the lock apart an the button i can unscrew with my fingers and the pivot with my victorinox. Then i can take the blade and bearings out and clean most of the knife. So for me its a simple knife to clean 90% and also greas the bearings if you like. These parts are not small so your not likely to loose them if you take it apart in "the field". I dont know if the seismic worls the same way or if you have to take apart one of the handlescales.
Just my experiense love your rewies. And sorry for the english it was not my favorite in school hope you understand what ikm trying to say.
Love the knife worth every penny I spent🖒
Please do a review on the case peanut, russlock, or copperlock knives love them in the bermuda green peach scales
Any plans to check out the Ferrum Forge Mini Archbishop? very interesting budget offering from them would love to get your thoughts
Thank you for reviewing a larger knife. I’ve enjoyed your past reviews but had unsubscribed because you seemed to constantly favor tiny knives. I and hopefully many others will reconsider subscribing if you will mix it up for those of us who have large hands and prefer a larger knife. Your reviews from a technical / mechanical perspective have always been among the best and that’s appreciated. If you continue to review larger knives, I’d also be more willing to contribute to your site.
What would your review for the crkt fulcrum/fulcrum 2 be? I personally enjoy the unique opening mechanic as a fidget device.
Very precise control of the language Nick.👍 Coming to doorstop vendors near you.
Hi Nick, I don’t hate it, but I don’t love it either. I do like the fact that it has a flipper and thumbstuds. That’s a big plus for me. Another big thing I think you should consider in your reviews is flipping action with no wrist. That’s another big thing for my EDC knives. I don’t like ‘em as much if they won’t lock up without some wrist action.
Nick as a lefty that lock is no problem it is an ambidextrous knife
I love the idea behind this mechanism, it's just too big. They did a, correct me if I'm wrong, M16 line that has this lock and I want one really bad. It's cool and really pretty unique.
What is the blade steel? I know the main focus is the lock but for $120 surely it doesn’t have standard 8cr BS
Blade steel on this is 4116 or 1.4116, not so great either :P
Is CRKTs quality control any better?
It resembles the old Benchmade Stryker a bit. Only a slight bit, but a bit non the less.
Handle wise, never thought about it. But more flowy for sure
Can you do a series of knife bedtime videos. I often watch your videos before I goto sleep to help relax my mind.
I have the knife and I like it. My only complaint and why not some S35VN? It would have been a top tear heavy user with that steel. This was meant to compete with the Triad Lock form Cold Steel. The blade steel completely compromised that idea.
I believe you reviewed the CRKT XOC two months ago. It also has the same locking system. Both are too big and heavy for my liking.
CRKT has since released more options featuring the deadbolt lock that are much more friendly for EDC.
Take a look at the Crkt parascale it has a deadbolt lock aswell
I will never understand a large “overbuilt” folder with a super thin pivot, running on tiny sets of bearings. What’s the point of being overbuilt if the pivot will likely fail under hard use?
I've never seen a pivot fail before
If you’re ever in a situation where the pivot seems even capable of failure, let alone “likely” to, then you’re either demoing a house all by yourself with nothing but that knife or, more likely, you’re sitting behind a keyboard and speaking in illogical hypotheticals.
VOID VISIONARY I mean, I guess CRK design their knives with massively thick pivots, stop pins and large washers simply because of illogical hypotheticals? 🤷♂️
Very interesting piece...
Thanks for the review...
Anyone know if Nick took apart the Leatherman Skeletool? To remove the rust ?
A version of the "Paul" knife lock?
Greetings nick, I have a video suggestion...Which Spyderco knives are easier to spidy flick open with a middle finger. I love your videos!
Why? I’m genuinely curious. Index finger is good enough for me. Your hand may work differently than mine but I’d have to hold it weirdly and loose to do your style.
What’s the blade steel ? I don’t think I heard it on the review 🥺
Would like a smaller version.
assisted or manual?
No complaining about the steel nick
I, for one, appreciate the Melville references. Try to work in some Tolstoy in your next review 😉
I have a philosophical problem or better said a philological difficulty with classifying a four inch blade as EDC.
Folding is obviously a thing it does but doesn't EDC not have other defining characteristics? Maybe like "everyday carry".
By the way, for the "tactical crew", I'd recommend a baseball bat. You will get less hard time in the clinker.
Paul Joseph Buggle
In my country it's allowed to carry a 4" knife (up to 28cm unfolded is legal) but carrying a baseball bat is very illegal
If you play baseball you have to park your car on your own property, put your bat in the trunk drive up to the training field and unload your bat on the parking spot but only if the parking spot is owned by the training facility otherwise you have to unload your bat on the field
You can also mail the bat to the training facility or like most people leave your bat there
I'm Irish so use a shillelagh.
1.4116 (5Cr15MoV) is even worse than CRKT's usual steels. I'd consider it inadequate for any serious EDC use case.
What’s the steel? Did I miss you mention it?
1.4116
Petrified shite.
This knife would be greatly improved by shortening the "thumb studs" and eliminating those big weird divots on the scales. The studs are really just stop pins, so why make them a major design element? Simpler would be better.
I enjoy mine but I wish the steel was as outstanding as the locking mechanism.
i'd love a mini version of this knife by the sound of it.
I really liked the look of this knife in the thumbnail. When I saw how thick it was, how large, my enthusiasm vanished. If it was sleek and a bit smaller and thinner I think it would be nice. As it is I don’t need a extra large Voyager size knife pulling down my pants because its so bulky and heavy if I carry it.
Looks like they are trying to make a play for Cold Steel's Redonkulous Knife of the Year award.
I have a civivi aquila if you can review it
Meat-boot style texting killed me.😂
I have had this knife for over a year now and I am not crazy about it. I like the blade finish, locking mechanism is rock solid, and I partially like the blade profile but I wish it didn't have a curve on the top of the blade (spine) and that it was straight all the way through to the tip of the blade. IMO it's just ok. The blade is an ingot steel and you can see it was stamped out of a sheet of steel then profiled because the unexposed part of the blade where the dead bolt pins go in is all crummy looking. Poor attention to detail. The ergos are wonky also as he said. Overall I do like the knife but I certainly don't love it. 6/10 on this knife.
Maybe If I am feeling brave I will reprofile the blade one day.
Great review but I think that I'll pass on this knife. Love the first mate reference!
I like this lock by Flavio Ikumo; it looks like a great challenger to the Tri-Ad. Peace, Stiletto :-)
I hear ya, nevertheless I am a big fan of the knife. I love mine.
Just assuming Michael Walker made this locking mechanism in the late 80s.
I love the mechanism... Don't like the blade or the handle design.
Dawsen Conway Looks like a ZT 0452.... What’s not to like about the shape?
my dead ass brain: Could it baton?
dirt on the edge 😭 my heart
Love the lock, love the look, hate the knife.
...."Lefties lemme know if this sucks for ya" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
this reminds me of my paul poehlmann knives
Yeah, you're not going to get a great slicer with a super thin 4116. That steel is too soft for that.
Kind of looks like an edgy zt 0452
Can you remove the thumbstud?
Three things:
1. Moby Dickey. Giggity giggity.
2. Lock stick. Didn't you at one time solve the whole lock stick issue by using some sort of electrical contract liquid? I seem to remember that you loved the stuff and that it solved all your lockstick problems. Maybe this is a phantom memory. ("Fake news from the failing youtube commenter!")
3. Come to the dahk side and use Sith-level (red) Loctite, and together we will rule the galaxy! (And eliminate the problem of the pivot getting loose, too.)
You did not even mention the victorinox steel they use at 55 hrc... What a joke
Huge?! I carry a CS Talwar.... Sounds like a 'sissy state' carry knife.... Looking at you Missouri.
Nick goes big! Hallelujah!
But this one, no, not my cup of tea.
I like knives that size, Military, Contego. This one is FUGLY though.
I wish they'd stop using shit steel on knives over $100
This knife is absolutely hideous. Hard pass for super cheap materials as well. Looks like a bad gas station knife.
I don't get crkt they use cheap steel an charge top dollar for made in China. I like the lock idea but a lock an kitchen steel is not worth $120 when i can get unbelievable knives for less. You figure $78 i can get a kershaw cv20, for $80 i could grab a coldsteel air lite best lock an better steel an have money to spend on food an beer. Think my next personal choice is no China made stuff so that the most important to me now. Look at all the designs stolen by China an ckrt uses those same manufacturers
CRKT ...... sad sad sad. They have some great designs but they use low end materials making them sadly junk. IMO Why they don’t step their game up I have no idea. Until then I’ll pass thank you.
That is one ugly knife
Not gonna replace my pocket bushman any time soon;would be cool if it was smaller and cheaper ($35-40).