FSB: Ruike P801-SF -- High Value EDC Perfection... Really! 

Got mine 6 months ago, and it still has a place in my jeans pocket every day. It’ came with perfect centering and a highly polished, perfect edge. Way better than any Benchmade or Spyderco I’ve purchased. I still can’t believe I got it for $30. I actually bought two more, and a couple more for family. Kershaw better be paying attention.

I used to collect Ruike knives. The past couple of years, I've sold quite a few of them and gave a few away. I still have six in my collection. Just yesterday, I used my P128-SF on a cardboard box. That thing is a slicer. The best among all the Ruike knives I've tried. It's also a looker with it's harpoon style bead blast blade. I've never owned a P801 but I do have the P108-SF and the P135-SF. My dealer has a P801. Maybe I should get that. The only thing with these steel handled knives is how slippery they can get.

I bought one like-new for $20 and man was I blown away. I knew it was nice before I bought it but after I got it I was even more impressed. I picked up the P108 (diff model) at Blade Show and have yet to carry it b/c this model is so nice.

I got mine for 6 years and still rocking hard...

Bought it just before watching the video, I'm really satisfied with this knife, the handle profile, the blade profile, the weight, smooth opening and closing.

Ruike = Rake. I know that seems fuike, but it's no mistuike.

Based solely on your practically glowing review of this knife, I bought it straight away. I recently bought my first sharpening system (I went for the KME kit along with their set of lapping films) and I figured I should try to find a few very inexpensive knives to buy so that I could get some good practice under my belt before taking a diamond stone to one of my $200-300 knives. This knife was a perfect candidate. Thanks as always for the great reviews and for all of the sharpening tips you've handed out over the years.

Best factory grind I have seen to date on any knife I have bought so far. It is in the rotation ;)

Has Hell frozen over ? My word , miracles never cease to amaze me . I like this design as it is simple and doesn't have a secondary lock like some of their other designs . I bought the 865B Whanrncliff and it comes with a mirror polished edge . A great bang for the buck .

Glad to see you stepping out of the box. I own one of these and it is a good knife It will be difficult to find a knife better then this for $30

I’ll buy myself one and send my brother and son one as well. Thanks for the review!!!

Just got mine, cuts phone book paper flawlessly and easily push cuts right out of the box!!! My only question is why pay it’s equivalent to have it sharped. Probably cost more including shipping 🤔. The protruding screws in the deep pocket clip caused no interference when putting in jeans pocket. Very good slicer. Opening is with as ease as a spring assist. My centering also slightly favors the lock side as well. Very accurate review. Thanks

Thanks Rob-bought two for Christmas gifts.Enjoy the Grind-In.

When I am buying a knife, I buy nothing but a knife. I buy neither American nor Chinese. When you are buying or collecting a product, you should be looking for the quality of the product which suited with your needs and the price of the product which relates to the quality of the product, not the name of the Country and/or nationality.

Imagine if this knife had a button lock replacing the frame lock? It would maybe be my favorite folding knife.

I love my p801... I have the black wash version. Great video

Rob- I fell off my chair when I saw you doing a Chinese knife. The company is pronounced Rake (I know it makes no sense with that spelling). I think someone like you reviewing this knife is important. I have been warning US companies that the Chinese are blowing their socks off in materials, quality and price. Maybe they will listen to you. WE's new Civivi line, Bestech, and Real Steel are making high quality budget knives. A Bestech 3-D milled G-10, with ceramic bearings and D2 steel comes in at $52. The Delica with FRN and VG-10 is now $75. No contest which is the better knife and value. Enjoy the Grind-In.

I don’t begrudge anybody with a thin wallet for getting one of these, but I’m sticking with my ESEE Zancudo for my daily carry beater knife. It’s cheaper, a bit thinner, and whereas we don’t have a lot of choices anymore on where our goods come from, we do with respect to pocket knives (at least, for a little while longer). If my knife money for a cheap knife is going overseas, I’d rather it go to one of our solid Asian allies than the country who has them (and us) in their crosshairs.

It's nice to see you give a Chinese knife a chance. I saw the review you did on the Kizer Aileon, and I couldn't help but feel like the review was more about your patriotism than it was the knife itself. Kizer makes a budget line called Tangram in the sub-$50 price range, and they're great choices in that area of the market.

About had a stroke when I read the title 😆. I love mine Rob

I just picked one up for a new work beater, the quality of it is shockingly good

Ahhh I ruike it very much........

I bought the “black washed” version and was super impressed. Blade centering on mine was off a little more than the one in the video. But being a lefty it wasn’t going to be for me. Wasn’t worth the time for me to modify it to switch the clip, so I sold it to a friend who had been looking for months for a good first knife. He loves it.

That knife would look super classy with a crowned spine!

I’ve got both versions. They are a great deal!!!

I couldn't agree more on the Ruike (Rake) P-801. I only own one chinese knife and this is it. SB model (black stonewashed) Coincidentally is not marked China anywhere...

I too generally steer clear of china products if possible, but seeing your review of a decent quality 30 buck knife that I don't have to treat like I spent a whole days wage had me on amazon last night ordering this daily user/abuser

Bravo 👏

It's so good I have bought 3 of them. The plunge doesn't get in the way when lowering the angle.. solid lockup in all axis, just a fantastic knife for 30 bucks SRM does their 14c very well and so (this is made for Phenix/Ruike but Sanrenmu) it sharpens extremely well holds a edge pretty d3cent and strops back over and over and over... only thing I dislike is the thumb studs BUT the flipper is so well tuned I don't really care about that little issue. Imho it's the best 30 dollar Knife you can buy PERIOD.

Mine is on it's way cant wait to get money to sharpen it ty for yr review as always

I like your thinking. Before I really wouldn’t buy any knives from China. But setting a $30 to $50 limit seems responsible. I actually just bought this knife off Amazon for $30

I had to check out the window and see if there was 3 moons in the sky!! 😨😯😮😰😲 lol good for you Rob. I knew you had an open mind in there somewhere lol. Jk. Enjoy the grind in I can't believe it's been a year already lol.

Take a look at the Hussar....from Ruike. Its pretty spectacular

Wow... 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I understand what you're saying about your preference in buying. There are quite a few really great value knives from China though. This is one for sure. The Steel Will and Bestech g10/frn/D2 knives are great value along with the new Civivi knives from WE and the Kizer Tangram line.

Sandvik steel 3.5" stonewashed blade not bad for an edc beater knife, thx for sharing def one i wouldn't have looked at on my own

Beautiful review. Honest and unbiased. Focused on the piece as opposed to the aggressive communist source. Appreciated, Marc

I gotta say i really rike that knife. Obviously made by the same factory that made my Real Steel H6-S1 which is also a fantastic knife. I paid $51 for it, my personal budget max for Chinese budget knives. But this one looks like a winner too especially after hearing how thinly its ground.

I bought it because it reminds me of my 0 tolerance 0450 and/or collectible to me so I'm looking for an everyday carry and this knife just caught my eye and has bearing stoop so I call it like a Mini China ZT

Watch that price shoot up as we all buy one. ;) #justpushedtheamazonbutton

It competes with many many American made knives.

Are the thumb studs removable?

Is Chris Reeve even referenced in this video. I saw so.e of Nick Shabazzs video and both of you are avoiding explaining that this is a Sabenza knock off. Why?

I like this knive.1428 sanvick.

I forgot to add that I cannot deploy with thumb studs, not that I would want to.

I think benchmade droping there prices.180$ for the autos.down 40$ dollars.was 221$ plus tax.😔

This or a kershaw blur for a work knife?

But with these a while back and was amazed at night for price by a bunch more ofTheir knives and honestly all of the same quality

2 things. I recently saw your review of the sebenza 21 and the general shape of this knife looks a lot like it. The other thing is that I appreciate that you talk about Jesus. Telling people about the Lord is more important than anything we will ever do during our time on earth.

I agree, the Ruike P801-SF is a very well made knife, but it is very much of the same quality of other knives from Sanrenmu. I almost wish less people knew of the quality products available at low cost. It reminds me of my younger years and how many looked at Japanese products as cheap and inferior. In the 1960s, one of my father’s employees showed off his brand new Toyota, open the hood and there, on the firewall, in large bold letters was “MADE IN JAPAN.” Back then, I wondered why they would have wanted people to know the car was made in Japan. 50 years later, and most adults don’t even know there ever was a made in Japan stigma. Now, in some products, we are starting to see changes in other parts of the global economy, as in China. For now, we get to enjoy the artificial currency manipulation, which allows us to live as if our incomes are not in decline.

Praise Allah! What a wonderful knife.

By 3.6" I assume you mean .360" (three hundred and sixty thousandths)?

China makes fine knives.i got them.this is a nice knive .a 🏆.33$ tax shipping+

If you don't like Chinese Knifes I have never understood your contentment to Spyderco a Chinese Knife! As Wikipedia says "A large part of Spyderco knife production is outsourced to foreign contractors in countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Italy, and China"

Your anti-china china behaviour is kinda weird. It's okay to buy their cheapo knives but it's not ok. to buy their high end knives? I got you on the humanitarian thing, but if you are so strictly against what's going on over there, you shouldn`t buy ANYTHING from china (wich is close to impossible nowadays), otherwise it makes you look inconsistent. That said, i own knives from the usa (benchmade, zt and spyderco) and knives from china (kizer, we) and the chinese knives are easily on par (if not better) in terms of quality, materials and fit and finnish. I`ve had some zt's with really shitty ht in the past, their s35vn is softer as my fox knives n690 blades, i had a zt hinderer slicer (elmax) wich had blueish discolorations on the blade due to a shitty a ht and it chipped easily, my benchmade 915 triage had bad blade vertical blade play out of the box and was scratched. I never had any of these probs with my kizer and we knives, they came perfectly centered, without any scratches and their blades are perfectly heat treated. You really miss some great knives, that's all i wanna say.

It is pronounced Rake.

It is pronounced as Rake not Rike, stupid I know

I had one and sold it. Sometimes I miss it. There is one design error: The pivot has one too many parts. Disassemble it and you'll see what I mean.

Was waiting for a lightning strike...

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2 bucks more and you could own a cadet ; )

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I'm dissapointed that you are following this Chinese knife trend. It seemes like every RU-vid knife review is yet another Chinese knife. I was hoping you would be the lone holdout . . .