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There was a crash of an RCN Hawker Sea Fury on approach to Shearwater after WWII. The wreck was beginning to catch fire. The pilot could not help himself, he was mostly uninjured. The first responder found a good sized rock, & used this to make a hole in the canopy. The first responder said the difficulty level of this was very high. Luckily the pilot barely escaped. The canopy of a Hawker Sea Fury is not made of garbage, not really accepting one of these knives would be up to the task of smashing an escape hole in a canopy as ruggedly built as that, esp. from the inside when everything is twisted after a crash. The pilot's name was Sub Lt J.V. Searle - one of the lucky few RCN Fleet Air Arm pilots who lived after a Sea Fury crash. The first responder: Lt Douglas A Muncaster. Steady boys, steady. The knives are very handsome. As others have said a great deal of research went into the design, not all the design choices are blatantly obvious. 😊

I've had mine for close to 5 yeears....zero problems ! I keep the clip snapped in just behind the head... that keeps it in spot mode. I don't have to reposition the clip for flood, just shove the head back, and the clip gets shoved back onto the knurling. ( i didn't do that early on, so the knurling on mine is smoothed / worn down some...on a new one, i don't know how well it would work )

The polymer sheath has a belt clip and a built in pants or a coat button hook . To secure the knife a bit better , secure an ‘O’ ring to the clip and around the handle . The spline is ground flat easily with a die grinder . Morakniv knives are very reasonably priced and are of a quality build . I prefer the carbon blade .

for all indications then, you should get something for being "sponsored"

I have several of these HX5 and owned the predecessor HP1 as well from Coast. The only issue I had with the HP1 was after 3 years daily use the switch threads stripped since the threads are non hardened aluminum. No other issues. There is no need for a groove on the HX5 for the clip. The clip can not slide off to the back over the red ring and can not slide onto the checkering. So one step of processing less and less price for the consumer. The Coast LED bulbs never burn out or fail. I go for MagLite and Coast only. The flood is actually more usefull than the focused beam. I live on a farm and for snakes sake. You wanna have an wide flood light for spotting snakes early. I run these exclusively on rechargeable NiMH batteries. One battery lasts about 1 hour of usefull light. The momentary off/on switch was one of the reasons I chose Coast. And the fact it has only on/off and no other fancy stuff.

If you take the screws out can you take the sharpness out?

I recently purchased this model for my Identical Twin Grandsons, as their first EDC folder. They are happy with their gift, because they don't have anything else to compare it to. At their 13 year old age, who even knows how long they will own it before it mysteriously disappears? lol I purchased four of these, two for myself & they came with AUS-10A blade steel & black blade & clip finish.

Are we 10 really minutes into the video still talking about the handle and clip?

US market, Wiha bits, Canada market, get picquic. hell even the husky bits are probably better. You're right this is sad.

All I hear is buy buy buy, and not a single use, use, use. How about trashing those blades a bit? You're not carrying them to the afterlife. Typical consumer/hoarder mindset.

Can you carry it safely in a empty pants pocket? Jus ordered it after watching ur video

yoooo that's so true, so many lights ditch the harsh diamond grip for a smoother slippery grip

Hello, Monocrom! 🙋‍♂️ Nice video . 🙂

...there's a little of BS on that claim :D. Excellent review.

Hi NG- Nice vid and analysis, as always. Suggest avoiding the LE version as you loose the "candle" mode on the regular Tikki or GID Tikki. Product improvements: -Keyring already installed. -Better on-off button action. -Improve battery quality (running time issues). -USB C connector for a faster charge.

Thanks for the vid. About your final thought; is there any concern on putting this one on a stove? Thanks!

Nice vid. Also important to have your gloves in the correct size. Perhaps a guide on how gloves size are determined.

Your channel is a gem. Keep the excellent analysis on every videos you made.

It’s not the cheapest you can find Online.

Worst review ever. You are extremely annoying

Yeah I bought an Odoland stove on Amazon and I've since seen multiple brand names that look to be identical. It looks like one factory stamps different brand names on them.

You show knife with plastic shield and say it is to stop point from cutting through. Idiot. All same, knife point will go through plastic like butter. Then again, show me one pilots knife that has sheath with hole in bottom. Design was changed to metal only to make sheath stronger for when pilot lands hard with parachuta so dont get stabbed in leg or chest. Video goes on forever in apartment studio with knife that never gets used. Maybe you are popular on internet forums with other survival experts who also have queen knives. i don't know.

Unfortunately, knife sharpening is a skill I never mastered. Best way for me to keep my knives sharp is to leave them alone. Knife dulling though? I'm your huckleberry!

The Climber is my EDC. I've used very single tool on it. Each tool's usage is only limited by your imagination. Regarding the "Parcel" Hook, I won't buy a Victorinox SAK without a hook.

Just to put it in perspective from the UK where I live, because some watching this may think that the small Classic SD is the only blade we can legally carry, it isn't. We can also carry 91 and 93mm SAKs as the blades conform to our laws specifying that these must be non-locking, and under 3 in long. We can also carry a lot of other nice folders like the Spyderco Urban, Byrd Tern, Manly Wasp, Bokerplus Atlas/Tech Tool and many more...those 4 are some of mine. In fact I mostly carry a 91 or 93mm SAK but I bought the Jetsetter to fly overseas with. But after that it will give my UK legal folders a new lease of life, as it will complement them perfectly.

Can you replace the LED?

Open the handles slightly, then insert bit, then close handles to increase pressure on the bit.

Bro, you need to pick it up and get on with it, you have very good and important information here that could have been presented in about 5 minutes. Good video about a long misunderstood knife, just a little sleepy, press on.

Please help...my surefire g2x and streamlight polytac are both 600 lumin both take cr123a batteries, so why does streamlight say run time is 3.5 hours..and surefire says 1.5 hours if both using the same batteries and same lumen output.

I really appreciate you pointing out the D2 problem. My guess is they are buying recycled D2 and doing a mediocre heat treatment on it. The D2 being recycled (and of dubious quality) can't handle the type of heat treatment needed to sell it at a premium so they throw it on budget knives and use it as marketing. I expected more from Kershaw.

The book is dry useful when camping with a tent for several things lifting hot pots, removing tent pegs tightening guide lines so I hope victorinox keep it on some of there knives

What’s that sign on the cover of the book?

Just ordered the 1C and 1D. Agree with some of your points for sure. 30 and 300 lumens makes more sense. And that AA plastic carriage looks to be awful quality. I bought mine for about $30-35 so at that price I think that’s great. I don’t think they’re comparable to the cheaper plastic lights, in an emergency, camping situation, durability is very important. Another point, this can take from 1.5V to 6V, that means with some ingenuity you can run a single AAA, single AA, 14500, or other lithium batteries. Making this a very versatile light. And no irony with it running brighter with 4 AA. That’s 6V as opposed to 1.5 with a single D. Lastly, I find the beam to be okay. Ceiling bounce and you have a nice area light. Tripod mounting is a nice but no necessary addition. Put it in a tripod, put a white boot at the tip and you have a lamp. Also I do like more throwy lights for emergencies as you can do more with less lumens. Which again makes your comments on a lower mode to be a really good point. This is just one addition to a bigger lightening kit. It has a nice spot in my kit. If this was your only light, then your video makes a lot more sense and I agree, you can probably get two other lights, maybe single or double AA. Thanks for the videos and opinions!

Thanks for the detailed explanation. This is what my research uncovered when I looked in to the incident. I agree the propbastard was and probably still is an idiot and should have gone to prison. I also agree there is no point in remaking The Crow.

That latch is shockingly bad design. A long thin piece of hard plastic being pulled out of the way of that long tooth is 💯% guaranteed to suffer from elastic fatigue within a dozen uses, if not less - not only that, it also hampers the insertion of the batteries. A spring-loaded toggle would have made way more sense, and it would even allow you to lock it into an unopenable position. Wouldn't even cost that much more, either. The reverse orientations on the batteries is a necessary evil. This torch's circuit has the batteries in series, so they need to be connected end-to-end to work. To have the batteries in the same orientation, it would massively complicate the internals. (Technically you could have the batteries in parallel, but that would require a boost driver with a design that goes way beyond the scope of a cheap outsourced single-mode torch with loose tolerances.) You may not be focused on the exact name of the emitter, but the XP-G3 is infamous for its bad tint, as most of Cree's small die emitters. Nowadays only their XHP product line seems to be worth any attention, and I never see commercial-grade AA/AAA lights running those. Very sad that this is one-mode. With a tiny bit of extra driver design, it could've had a nice lower (±20 lumens) mode by holding the button. Missed opportunity.

That "junk tool" has got me out of several pinches at work. I work at a location where I'm not allowed to carry a knife or multi-tool with a knife. I keep that "junk tool" in my wallet. People scoff at everything until they have a need for it. The "junk tool" and the Minute Key multi-tool key have served me very well as my EDCs.

Not GI issue as far as I know

My favourite sog multitool ! 😊❤

Nice video❤

Looks cheap and poorly built... :(

Even the contacts on the latch has markings so, its kinda obious how the batteries goes in ;)

Heat the sheath with heat gun and apply pressure to sheath to improve retention

Just picked up a Companion in SS to compliment my 511c. Thanks for explaining the differences. As you've said, the Comp is is just a refined version of a 511 setup.

The hex shaped pommel fit the plug on military life rafts and floats.

I don't use the clip.....so not an issue for me.....

5:13 "bee-zuhl", should be "bez-uhl"

I bought a Sportsman recently and it's become my go-to EDC immediately. The new version has the ridged file rather than the emery board style one, and I think that's better than the "old" one. It's an absolutely brilliant knife in every way, and it rarely leaves my pocket!

Thanks for the comparison. I'll have to get the basic to go with the companion I have.

It's all you need

Good review. For $30, this is my favorite light right now, love the UI. You can throw it to turbo with your thumb pretty easily. What do you think of the KLARUS dual switch lights, the 360X1 or the XT2CR?