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Yea true, the small spyderco's are probably better than a majority of other knives. I only have the ladybug with full serrations and its still a monster. No compression lock to have fun with though

Thankyou kindly, and the mini pyrite is just amazing. I think it as one of the absolute best small knives out there. What version did, or will you get? The Mini Sheepdog is also a fun one, there are so many variants now so a lot to choose from. The aluminium button lock one in the video is the funnest one ive had so far

@@Archetype_EDC I went full bonkers with the kid toy colors, the red blade and green handle version sold on Amazon. Should be less intimidating around the office 🤣

@@Acorn_in_Florida haha nice nice. Yea no one will even notice what it is, definitely will go under the radar and allow it to actually be used instead of being scared to take it out of your pocket.

@@Archetype_EDCI have a bunch of mini sheepdog and agree that is the most enjoyable one for me as well. I have two with no locks that are very fun also

yea I know, this is an old video where I kept calling it a karambit for some reason. Thanks anyhow

@@Archetype_EDC Cheers

Why thankyou, a few people have got one now, the site should have some affiliate links lol but I guess its too new to have one yet. Its a fun knife to be sure. I did strengthen one of the omega springs as well and changed the thumbstuds on it, but I am definitely more prone to wanting tougher crossbar lock tension though so its stock springs should be fine for a majority of people If you like something that can be brought to ridiculous levels of sharpness then it should be a fun one to have. Just be sure to have a strop nearby because that 14C28N has a wide hrc range (as im sure you saw on the website). But yea with a blade that thin it does get very fun to see how ridiculously sharp you can get it

No worries, its linked in the description as well. Amazing deal which is why I keep bringing it up, cheers anyhow

You really are waiting for that upgraded tanto pyrite huh. If you have any other pyrites lying around you could always swap the scales from a steel one with that G10 one. That BHQ tanto is the only pyrite with that huge opening slot, which I kinda like the look of Stainless steel handles aside, what would the ideal ideal steel on the tanto blade be? Their proprietary ARRPM9 is still absolutely good and fine, will serve everyone well, just wondering, if you would want an upgrade in the steel department or just the handle one

@@Archetype_EDC I'd love to see an S90V/Ti version, preferably with fat carbon inlays, but since they generally do their inlays only on the show side , plain is fine . I pre-ordered the original Pyrite , in the black stainles/AR-RPM9 . For the price, I love it , but I already have both varients in that configuration. I'd like the tanto to either match , or be completely different, cosmetically. I really like AR-RPM9 , so either way would be equally fine , but I dislike the feel , and cosmetics , of peel ply textured G10 . The only way I ever buy it , is if its the only material available, and I really like the design. That said, I'll give it a month , and buy what I can get , as a tanto Pyrite would find its way into my pockets with some regularity, even if its (imo) a bit ugly . A tanto/alt Pyrite carry pair would be a beautiful thing, regardless of cosmetics. BTW, the Ultem Coeus is on its way , my first Ultem. It will either be a gateway, or the last of its kind , but I find it theoretically preferable to peel ply G10 . I did see that Kubey had come out with a titanium frame lock Coeus , the day after I ordered the Ultem version. I had waited several months for that to occur, and missed it by about 12 hours. That said , I've had mixed results with titanium Kubey knives. My Ti/frame lock Tityus has a gritty and lazy action, prompting me to purchase a peel ply G10 liner lock version, (its an absolute favorite design, with near perfect ergos, for me, known as the poor man's Koenig Arius) , with very snappy action. The experience has made me a bit leary of their frame locks .

​@@dougwinchester4963 Ah yea the good old S90V with titanium. The ever present staple of CJRB and Artisan. Lets see if they ever get round to it, they have had so many popular releases in the last few months that It might take a while, if it ever happens. But yea the way you described it would be very nice. And absolutely, in the absence of a super steel, their proprietary one is absolutely fine, although ive come to really love their S90V. Let me know what you think of Ultem when you get it! lol am quite keen to know what you think. Have never had a Kubey knife myself in any configuration, and that Arius really was a big hype knife for a while, probably for good reason as well. Was just looking at the prices of some of their customs and they go wildly high

@@Archetype_EDC so , I got the ultem Kubey Coeus and Kizer Mini Grouper in , yesterday. I may still be experiencing the "honeymoon phase" , and possibly being influenced by the fact that I really like the Coeus , (it is SO close to the Civivi Qubit, in nearly every regard), but initial impressions are that I very much prefer the Ultem scales to peel ply textured G10 . I actually dislike peel ply G10 , quite a lot though. I find Ultem... Interesting. Different. Not cheap feeling at all. I will be ordering another Ultem knife, with a black blade and frame , to carry with the Coeus, in the near future. It will likely be either of a couple of Kuby models , as I know their quality. It looks cheap to my eyes, with a silver frame/blade , but the black, underlying the Ultem , gives it a pleasant smokey aspect. Anyway, the experiment was a success. I also like the Mini Grouper, my first button actuated liner lock. Great detent, AND a button? Yes , please!

@@dougwinchester4963 hey, glad to hear that ultem wasn’t a big turn off for you lol. Just taking a bit of a break from UA-cam at the moment. The mini grouper is really an awesome knife, have had some fun with that one. Speaking about Kubey, since we were talking about the hrc results from LTK’s channel a few days ago (at least I think we were), he had one of their S90V blades tested and it came back at 55hrc 🤣 that is atrocious. There was a random Chinese Amazon knife in D2 he also tested in the same batch that came back at 64 so don’t know what to say really lol I know not super related but I guess what I’m saying is that perhaps avoid anything from Kubey in S90V. Anyways just replying as I will be off mostly for a while. Enjoy your new knives though 👍

haha yea, one of her first knives that I got her was the Spyopera, she absolutely couldent reverse flick that because its a lockback. It was the Kizer Cormorant that she first got the reverse flick down, now it seems to be everything. Anything with an opening slot is good game though. And yea I know its just a small thing that people dont really think about, but it is indeed satisfying, way more so than slow rolling it. I was excited the first time I got it down myself in 2023 😂 , the same year I got into knives

Wow! You've accumulated quite a collection and quite the knowledge in just one year! wish I had a spy Opera... Lol. Keep up the good work!

​@@Archetype_EDCbtw, love the Cormorant. I ended up with 3. The original one with the X's then I have a customized anodized titanium, blue and purple. And then I just got the Sarape

@@heavyweightsound Yea I have the one with the X marks on it as well. They released one on their site recently that has purple-ish G10 and some nicely done Nitro-V. Was tempted to get one but decided to skip it. That anodized titanium one sounds cool though, not such a fan of the Sarape patterns on handles but can go for almost all anodised Ti any day. Which one's your favourite out of them?

​@@Archetype_EDC well it's hard to say which one is my favorite but I think it's got to be the titanium one. I usually prefer micarta or G10 over metal handles but I had someone anodize it plus I bought a black blade and black hardware from Kizer to get the look I wanted, so has special appeal to me since I created a one of a kind. The latest one for me is the serape and I think it looks great however the scales are a little thicker than the other cormorants. I prefer thin knives over thicker ones so it was a bit disappointing to see that. I think the stock Sarape G10 comes in that thickness and instead of planing it down thinner to match the other versions, they just went with the stock thickness and added some longer screws. The spring / detent seems to be dialed in really nice though and it's quite Snappy.

Excess factory loctite in a knife is a royal pain in the ass, have had many tense moments myself trying to take apart knives and one screw doesnt want to move, and then the screw starts to slowly strip out if you arent careful 😅 But anyways, thanks man much appreciated from this side also. That carbon fibre slasher is a superb deal that I always like to get people to jump on if possible

The Pyrite series is really great, just got some really nice ones that I did some videos on in more recent videos after this Para 2 is always consistently great, even more so with some scales on it (still just fine with the stock G10 but people love to go the customising route) The Mini Pyrite is something really special though, it was the one that caught my attention for the whole pyrite series. What did you get from Flytanium?

@@Archetype_EDC I just bought an anodized purple titanium hardware set and a clip. I've definitely got some scales planned in the future.

The Civivi clips are great and yea they just fit so many other brands, some new ones that I had coming in a few days back (such as CJRB and Artisan) I just planned to put the Civivi clip straight onto them because I know its a perfect match. Hadnt seen that knife centre exclusive one before you mentioned it, it seems that there are so many exclusives of the pyrite series (BHQ as well for a tanto version) For a few dollars more Is a great movie as well 😂

hey thats great to hear. I used to put it in a lot of videos a while back and a bunch of people got them. Its amazing that a limited KC exclusive is still in stock after so long. Such an amazing deal and beautiful as well. Going to be bringing it back in to future videos again. Enjoy your new knife!

A fair few lol. Thankyou though, the ones in this video were the more beautiful ones in my collection. But yea as to the number, I have a lot of budget knives that are really good as well which I like to recommend to people, which pushes the number of ones I own up way more

@@Archetype_EDC keep em coming man loving seeing them, some ive never seen yet before too!

@@shaunsanders5404 Yea Im going to bring out some of the wider range of budget ones again soon and make a video on them, for sure there will be some you havent seen as well! Thanks anyhow, glad you are enjoying the content 👍

Oh yea me too ❤‍🔥

cheers buddy, just like to talk about some of the collection and recommend things for some people who ask

yes sure, the blades are all the same shape despite the steel used. If its a premium button lock then you can definitely put it into a budget button lock handle. Results might not be 100% but it will work. Any ideas in mind? the only one i can think of is that bladehq special Prado they released that had 6.3oz steel handles. If I would have gotten that I would have taken it straight out and put it in lightweight ones

Trail and error. Some clips are inset and don't nest right, sometimes it fits perfect like it was made for it. You just have to try and see. And made sure you have some long screws handy.

yea I will make a short of it sometime. Crazy the amount of different brands that these civivi (and kizer) clips all fit on, kinda happy they have the same screw hole configuration, makes replacing them nice and easy

Thanks man, adds such a nice touch with the contoured titanium. This is the best Pyrite I think Ive ever got. The Bowie Pyrite in S90V is a close second. Sharpest knife ive ever received out of the box from CJRB as well

@Archetype_EDC thr sharpest! That's is definitely saying something..

@@workingknives ​ Yea man. I mean that knife I got a week ago, that ridiculous hotknives one is still sharper due to its thinness behind the edge. But for CJRB and their S90V this one turned out spectacularly. I tried sharpening the S90V Cleo yesterday and it turned out to be easier than I thought it would be (was expecting major resistance from a steel with such high edge retention). Brought it up to shaving sharp under ten minutes, when it was barely going through paper out of the box. CJRB did a great job on the the one in the video. But considering its their most premium version of the Pyrite, It had better damn well be super sharp lol 😅 and well.. they delivered. Happy customer

@Archetype_EDC haha that's pretty awesome it didn't take long to sharpen. I can't wait to start sharpening s90v and magnacut when I get the one day...but cjrb and ArtisanCutlery have just been doing a 👌👌👌 job.

@@workingknives for some reason I’m rooting for you to get some magnacut, particularly our ‘meme’ one the bestech slasher 🤣 . That’s nice and easy to strop unlike S90V. Any idea what you would get from CJRB or Artisans lineup if you had the spare cash to do so? Out of all the things you’ve seen recently which one did you like the look of the most

Was just having a look, looking good! Would be better to handle them in real life of course. I wonder if they will send longer screws for the shark cub ones that I will get soon 🤔 Entropic clips are always 🔥, glad there are others who enjoy them as well. And thanks as well! The premature Bday presents to myself are halfway done, I have some really unique ones coming in over the next few weeks. Of course they will all be up in future videos. Enjoy your new OG scales as well then!

I didn’t have to have to use those two extra screws but they looked good and beefy so I went with um they are a tad longer and they don’t hurt to use ,there is two black ones also that come with the scales . I took it apart and put it back together I had a spacer put in wrong at first and the pivot screw that looks like a bullet was put in backwards . Was fun working on it today .

​@@gOOnz901 Yea its fun to have a tinker around with your new stuff, as long as nothing goes wrong lol. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if they send extra screws for the shark cub, but im sure it should be fine either way. The Lexan scales are for sure thicker than the original G10 ones so longer screws in certain parts might be needed

Hey, Thankyou kindly, its a little early but ill count it for when it does arrive in October 😉. Cheers for the info as well. Ceramic rods and plates is something ive yet to add to my collection, mainly I wanted spyderco rods to take care of serrations but i'll keep that in mind for S90V as well. Talking about terrifyingly sharp, that Pyrite really did come like that. Great factory edge coupled with the pyrites super slim geometry was really quite something. Going to see how long it lasts before i need to sharpen it. Also interested to see how the Artisan Cleo takes to the whetstones, altho im not in any particular rush to get it done

@@Archetype_EDC I just saw that the new Pyrite tanto has been released. I'm a big tanto fan , so I'm probably going to be needing that one . I kinda want to wait and see what upgraded versions may be offered . I'm sure it's not a hollow, but with their typical geometry, it should be an epic drag cutter .

@@dougwinchester4963 Ah cool, they really are putting out everything at the moment, didnt know they had a tanto pyrite until you just said. BHQ says the grind is flat, but yea the geometry should be nicely done as always. They are a bit sporadic with their upgraded versions release, so who knows. Probably would be fine to get the base version to see if you like it. I just noticed besides the one with the thumb stud, they had one with a huge opening slot on the blade. Now that one caught my attention. But with what I've had in from CJRB lately (basically premium versions of everything) I think ill be putting any ideations of buying new things to rest until well into next year lol

Giving me a tough choice here lol. I'd say that honestly I like them both equally. The One with the fat carbon handle is a better deal though because its going for 150usd on Knife Center. Pretty good for S90V and a full fat carbon handle

Literally just bought one of the fat carbon ones since yes, it is a killer deal!!!

Only had mine for 2 days now but it is indeed a lovely smaller knife

Haha, yea the whole crazy comments thing would be funny, but I think i'll stay away from that because I know it will just invite more negative attention. Kinda tedious to check my notifications and just see people going absolutely insane in my video comment section (this was happening a lot about a month ago and I found it really offputting) Not much of a social media guy, so I like to keep any drama as far away as possible. You should see some of the drivel on my far bigger facebook art page, I used to screenshot some of the more whacky ones but I just dont bother nowadays. I know that the specs are an easy one but not everyone is as clued in as you lol (just as an example, someone asked me the other day on a very old video I made called 'The Benchmade Bugout vs The Kershaw Bel Air' to put links to the knives... It was like, man just open a new tab and put their names in. Anyways Ive started to link everything in my descriptions lately because I want to and also im starting to finally get paid from affiliate links. Anyways that was a long one. The CF that Kunwu put out is flat basket weave, no texturing on it. I still like it a lot and the grip is great and lightweight. And blade coatings is indeed a good idea for a future video, Ill have to do a bit of research on that. I havent done any steel discussion videos in a while so I need to do one of those. Favourite kunwu blade shape is hard to choose, but its a definite mix up between the django, the pulsar and the Padre. Pretty much everything they make is a winner. Anyways that was a long reply 😅, could say more but i'll end it there for now

I have a Ziffius and a Kitefin (the black and gold one), bought the Ziffius when it was at 200 dollars, dont know if I would recommend it now at its full price of 400 lol (or even higher for the Damasteel version) But yes Bestech are putting out some great stuff, particularly their knife centre exclusives. I do have a Bestechman design thats been done in Magnacut coming in soon thats also a great price (around 100usd). Another KC exclusive. Had my eye on that Swordfish in Magnacut but decided to pass by it. Anyways I have plenty of flippers, including a Magnacut Malibu wharcliffe. Just didnt have any on the table for this particular video because I dont have doubles of any flippers. Civivi ones would be great and also on the budget side as well

Hey, yea ive seen your video where you were talking about the shark lock being your go to fidget knife. Appreciate it anyhow, take it easy buddy

Where I am now there are no explicit laws on knives, so yea I always have my edc on me, but theres no guns allowed over here. You can get one quite easily if you want to but it wont be legal at all

@@Archetype_EDC yeah it’s very important to stay legal. Bad guys don’t follow laws. Good guys do. That why gun laws suck. Cause bad guys still have them.

@@liggerstuxin1 Yeap same for my home country (UK). Laws are just annoying for knife enthusiasts because it just inconveniences them massively, but then people with bad intentions are still going to carry a 3 dollar kitchen knife to do bad things with. No stopping that, the laws are just making it harder for people who are EDC enjoyers who stay legal. No one who carries a 200$ Para 2 is going to be using it for anything nefarious

Yea its beautiful, nice and lightweight but super solid. Such a good knife as well, beyond being beautiful. Would Recommend!