No Knife is safe from the disassembly treatment. They can try to make it difficult but Vu still figures it out! I really enjoy these videos you do. Thank you for your time and sharing. I'm sort of on the fence about this particular model. One one hand it should be very tough with the way the handle housing is. It seems very "modular" in the way it's designed. The blade lockup sounds real solid.
@@vucachon Well after seeing you tear one of these down and hearing the action on your video I have one ordered. Hopefully it will be a good unit. We'll see. Thing looks tough. It is certainly unique. Unique is nice.
Well my Brat arrived today. Unfortunately mine has an extremely light, almost non-existent detent in the closed position. It had even managed to slightly open itself during shipping in its box, and I've never seen that before with any knife purchase. As a double whammy the button lock had a bit of stick also in the open position when you tried to close it. Unlike most Kizers, this one came with a dab of clear grease on the blade where the button engages blade when fully open. It looks like they didn't polish that area at all like on my other Kizer button locks. Dunno about the closed detent problem or what is making it so weak. If I had to guess I'd say they probably didn't mill that deep enough. But I'm not taking it apart. It's going back for a refund. Real disappointing. If there is a strange one out there to get, they always seem to come my way.. LOL. Blade grind was good on the edge, but not my sharpest from factory Kizer. The handle and ergos were good. Felt good in the hand. A shame this one had issues. I hope they tighten up the QC a bit on that action work.
Mine has blade play in the pivot . The pivot hole is slightly oversized, causing the blade to rock up and down while applying force. No side to side play at all.
I don't see how this could ever be a durable knife. I'd like to see a durability test on that handle. I don't think I'd trust it for anything other than light duty work. Nice teardown.
Completely agree. When I got mine, I immediately realized the size of the liners, or lack there of. There is absolutely no way this knife holds up to long term use with those 2 small screws holding the liner. The knife itself is beautiful, the handle has a great shape and feel, the action is nice and crisp. I love the idea they were going for but that liner situation has me returning the knife.
Great video, should be getting my Brat tomorrow. Was there a reason you took the clip off? Didn't seem to be holding anything in place, besides the clip.
Uncle Vu for the win on disassembly and reassembly
Hahaha yessss!
Great job. Been looking forward to this one. You do a really good job on disassembly videos, good close up view. Waiting for my Brat to be delivered.
Thank you for watching! I try to be as clear and efficient as possible, hoping you guys have an easy time using me as a guide/reference!
Thanks Vu! I love Kizers and look forward to adding this to the collection soon!
Probably my favorite disassembly so far VP. Thanks. Very cool.
Maaaaaaaaaan, my first time going through it, it took me 32 minutes to put it back together! Lol, I had parts flying and shooting everywhere lol
@@vucachon that should have been a follow up blooper video 😆
@@mikereese15 I was thinking of doing that hahaha
Thanks for your time and content.
Thank you!
Interesting. Thanks for the video.
*Real cool knife, and great explanation of it's tedious disassembly/reassembly idiosyncrasies; maybe that's why it's called the BRAT.*
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Haha good one
Very interesting!
Great post 👍
Thanks for watching
Nice disassembly, man! I just ordered this knife...and I just subscribed.👍🏾
Thank you so much!
Cool knife and good video! Thanks man.🗡👊🏼
Thats awesome i think i just found my new work knife
pretty good price for integral g10. love azo designs
Great job on the video bro, cool blade and breakdown 👍🏼
Thank you!
No Knife is safe from the disassembly treatment. They can try to make it difficult but Vu still figures it out! I really enjoy these videos you do. Thank you for your time and sharing.
I'm sort of on the fence about this particular model. One one hand it should be very tough with the way the handle housing is. It seems very "modular" in the way it's designed. The blade lockup sounds real solid.
Hahaha I love to see the mechanisms and engineering of things. I'm always in awe and impressed by peoples' ingenuity!
@@vucachon Well after seeing you tear one of these down and hearing the action on your video I have one ordered. Hopefully it will be a good unit. We'll see. Thing looks tough. It is certainly unique. Unique is nice.
Well my Brat arrived today. Unfortunately mine has an extremely light, almost non-existent detent in the closed position. It had even managed to slightly open itself during shipping in its box, and I've never seen that before with any knife purchase. As a double whammy the button lock had a bit of stick also in the open position when you tried to close it. Unlike most Kizers, this one came with a dab of clear grease on the blade where the button engages blade when fully open. It looks like they didn't polish that area at all like on my other Kizer button locks. Dunno about the closed detent problem or what is making it so weak. If I had to guess I'd say they probably didn't mill that deep enough. But I'm not taking it apart. It's going back for a refund. Real disappointing. If there is a strange one out there to get, they always seem to come my way.. LOL. Blade grind was good on the edge, but not my sharpest from factory Kizer. The handle and ergos were good. Felt good in the hand. A shame this one had issues. I hope they tighten up the QC a bit on that action work.
@@RobNC-OG damn man. I'm sorry to hear
EXCELLENT….thank you very much for this! Subscribed.
You are welcome!
Great looking knife... I'm not a fan of Button Locks myself but it's gorgeous and the integral aspect is cool as hell 😅
It is interesting! And strong! There is no give in the scales!
Steady hand Vu!!! You made it look easy brother. Very well done!
Ahhh, my first time was a mess! Hahahahaha
Looks well built.
Good vid. Just ordered one. So what would you do if the blade wasn't centered?
Excellent 👌 instant Sub
Fantastic job man!! How come you did not lube the bearings in this video?It would have made your knife even smoother.
I don't lube knives! I stopped using lube a year ago! :)
@@vucachon Good stuff..Does it lock up securely after being deployed.
@@MrBlessed70 it's rock solid
Mine has blade play in the pivot . The pivot hole is slightly oversized, causing the blade to rock up and down while applying force. No side to side play at all.
Return for an exchange/refund. Mine has no play
I don't see how this could ever be a durable knife. I'd like to see a durability test on that handle. I don't think I'd trust it for anything other than light duty work. Nice teardown.
Completely agree. When I got mine, I immediately realized the size of the liners, or lack there of. There is absolutely no way this knife holds up to long term use with those 2 small screws holding the liner. The knife itself is beautiful, the handle has a great shape and feel, the action is nice and crisp. I love the idea they were going for but that liner situation has me returning the knife.
Great video, should be getting my Brat tomorrow. Was there a reason you took the clip off? Didn't seem to be holding anything in place, besides the clip.
Complete disassembly!
@@vucachon got it! thanks again for putting out great videos!
@oliverwoehrmann5992 hahaha thank you for watching
You don't have to takeoff the clip to disassemble the knife
Nope I don't! But I wanted to!
T 6s all around? How cheap.