Kizer Huntsmen Folding Knife, 3.82 In S35VN Steel Blade, Titanium and Carbon Fiber Handle, Pocket Knife for Outdoor, Ki4642A1

Yeah, this is another Titanium handle, CPM-S35VN blade, frame lock knife from Kizer. It's one of hundreds. However, IMO, this one stands out from the rest.First of all, it's a "big boy knife", with the blade reaching almost 4". Another thing that sold me on it are the interesting, if not particularly unique esthetics. I mean, this thing has a Strider pattern handle with a very "Hellhound"-looking blade. It just looks very cool and mean. I don't particularly like frame lock knives due to their propensity to "jam up" when you try to deploy the blade and end up accidentally touching the lockbar. Luckily, with this design, most of the lockbar is nested and covered by the carbon fiber inlay, eliminating the possibility of this happening.The fit and finish on this knife are pretty killer, with excellent Ti machining, blade grinds and very nice CF inlays.The action on my copy is pretty much perfect. The blade is very easy to flick or reverse-flick open, with nicely tuned detent, tight lockup, easy lockbar disengagement and drop-shutty blade closing.The blade came very sharp on both of the two edges. With its "interesting" blade design, this thing will be a challenge to sharpen properly in the future. However, I don't really plan on doing anything with this knife that would dull it any time soon.I really like this knife. It was one of my favorite purchases in 2024. The only thing I can fault it with, is the lack of a reversible pocket clip. Left carriers need love too!

This design might not be for you, that said, this is perfection!I own many Kizer knives, and this is my favorite so far!I took it out of the box, and it is razor sharp and ready to use. A lot of knives, including premium knives, need a little tuning when you first get them, maybe a scale screw needs to be tightened or the pivot screw, not this knife, absolutely ready for service right out of the box.This knife is everything you can expect from a knife, drop shut, smooth action, tight lock up, full size, great materials, great pocket clip, great thumb studs and blade slots for deployment, I can only say a few things about this knife that don't apply to me, but it might to some, pocket clip does not look ambidextrous ( I could be wrong on that I haven't disassembled it yet) -- when you deploy the knife with your left hand it puts pressure on the frame lock and is difficult to open. The left hand deploy is probably a technique thing as I am right-handed. There is no lanyard hole, again, not a mark against the knife for me, but maybe for some. Lastly, it is partly a recurve blade which might be a turn off for some because sharpening a recurve takes just a slightly different technique but is very easy. My only regret is that I waited almost a year with this knife in my wish list before I bought it!

Cool designed knife. Locks up solid and is sharp as I could ask for. Nice grinds and comfortable in the hand.

Absolutely wonderful knife that is hard to use as EDC simply because it is so beautiful I did not want to mar the finish! If anyone at Kizer reads this please contact me to be a product tester!! :)

Love this knife. Looks unlike anything else in my collection. The action is buttery smooth and I can middle finger flick this one soooo well! Came extremely sharp out of the box. I like the overall size of the knife and it fits my hands perfectly. Lastly, top notch quality is evident everywhere I look... perfect machine work, everything is perfectly symmetrical, no seams or hard edges.I have nothing negative to say, everything about this knife meets or exceeds my expectations at this price!

I always felt like a good skinner knife should look something like this , now we have one , a little pricey but when I started using it I was very impressed. Feels good to have the best skinning knife and it’s in my pocket. Seen it a while back but couldn’t seem to spend the money on it , and then I got a little break on the price, so I had to jump on it. Glad I did !!!

The inlays on mine weren't as perfect as everyone made out. Definitely a transition with a small gap.Still the sexiest knife I've seen in a while. Smooth out of the box but after a very fast break-in (a day maybe?) it's perfect. I can flick this open with a hard arm shake though. So it's toeing a fine line. After about a full month it doesn't seem to be getting any easier to open it that way, so that's good.Very slippery if your hands are dry because of the carbon fiber and being untextured.Beautiful knife made with quality materials though.

this knife answers the age old question can a knife simply astound one in it,s inherent shape and design my answer is most definitely in every facet as it is true knife designers have upped the ante on this one as to blade shape this resign will get top honors overall complexity yet to hold it becomes the most natural one possible