Today, we'll take a look at a very worthy sequel to the original Knafs lander that's bigger, better, and takes even more ridiculous custom scales than before.
Nick, I watched you for years and saw a recent vid you put out discussing the lack of growth of your channel and the rise of channels like metal complex. I haven’t watched knife review vids for a while given it’s not that inspiring to me anymore due to lack of ingenuity (I’m no expert). Just wanted to say you have a uniques style that always kept me interest. Some just have the gift to ruminate and make it interesting so from me, thanks for the vids over the years. They’ve been both educational and entertaining.
Nick is head and shoulders above every other knife reviewer. I appreciate the work that MC puts into his channel, but it’s the very fact that he’s pumping out so much content that there simply nothing to look forward to in his reviews; it’s just more of the same. Plus he occasionally mocks and yells at his audience, which is just super bad form. Nick has nothing but respect for his viewers, and the information content and intelligence of his reviews (not to mention the hilariously bad puns and clever word play) make every one of his videos something to look forward to. It’s a mystery to me that he doesn’t have 10 times the subs.
As Nick reassembled the knife, I remembered Knafs sent instructions with my Lander 2 on how to disassemble/reassemble the knife...along with the extra parts. Nice touches.
I can't unsee those Z-hunter scales, LOL. I always enjoy your disassembly videos. They're handy as a reference when getting stuck on a knife disassembly or when reassembling it. And they make a great addition to your reviews. Been watching your videos for about three years and wanted to say thank you for all the great entertainment and education you've provided.
I'm just so glad you can get a bar lock without having to pay the butterfly tax these days. Kizer makes a really nice budget-ish one too. The Drop Bear.
I love my Lander 2 but I customized my scales myself by rounding the corners. It makes it so nice. I cannot wait until Unlocked Composite scales makes them!! Thank you, Nick!
Ben cares about getting details right and I appreciate that. However, zombies in "the Creation of Adam" scales would be appropriate; I think we can all agree on that.
Due to arthritis my knife choices have become more limited. I pretty much have to have a flipper and preferably with a button lock. This puts the least amount of stress on my hand. I miss having more options.
I think this is going to be on my list of knives to get for this year. I prefer a different colour scales than the default ones but for the love of all that is good, not those first green ones. My god, my eyes still hurt from that. As a left hander, the bar lock knives are pretty much my best choice.
I own over a half-dozen axis lock knives, and have consumed zero of the springs. These knives are not treated gently. This issue is amongst the most overstated in all of knifedom.
Nick is Nick not another nick quite like him! He will always have a following love the fact he does this on the side and not for a living he can really share his thoughts.
It's just a pleasure to watch Nick fail at the simple things (pssst! Next time screw the liners together before putting the crossbar lock in, might be easier to do). Kizer is the only company that did some actual inovation to the crossbar lock since it's invention (that I'm aware of). I love the clutch lock ability to set the detent to your preference. BTW, that second pair of omega springs are a bit thicker, so you can increase the detent strength even more. It is so nice that even as an OEM, Kizer includes spare hardware and springs in the package. As oposed to some companies with overpriced knives with a certain winged insect logo.
@@V3TJasper I don't know about the narrows, it did not atract me enough to know any more details than the fact it exists. I love the Manix, just got the XL, but that's a bit too different of a lock imo. For me the ball is superior over the axis bar, it has that backlock secure click when you open it.
I have to say, as a very excited customer who bought this knife due to the fascination of what seemed to be a perfect knife blade shape etc, i returned it shortly after realizing that the handle is very very thin and light. For myself, I felt the handle lacked strength and was awkard to hold, almost like you're holding a pencil or a big pen. Just wanted to give some people a heads up!
Is it better than the DropBeat/ The Escort or other Clutchlock options out there? I'm waiting for the mail, WMK Frag Titanium Towser K from Kizer, that has this lock also. Only thing that this knife has in my mind is the Banter connection and an idiotproof non-threatening.
Hey nick, as you reassembled the knaf you switched the interior and exterior body screws, probability doesn't make a difference but thought you should know
I felt this way with the original Lander review as well as this one, the comments regarding the Lander's scale swapping being similar to TRM's confuses me. How could they have approached scale swapping differently? Does TRM just own the concept of scale swapping?
Knas video Nick! Blink, and you miss some of your dry humor. Oh My God. Just FYI, these knives are made by Kizer and the lock (their patented version of the crossbar lock with the adjustable tension holes) is called the Clutch Lock.
Maybe instead of selling scales Ben gave us the permission to create our own, and slightly elevated the price which makes up some of the lost revenue potential.
Love Ben and the idea of 3D printing scales - but if this knife design were from anyone else in 2023, it would be cast aside as "vanilla" with so many others.
I think that’s a totally fair assessment. Vanilla is my jam. Part of my philosophy is the idea of 1% better. My goal is to make simple designs. Offer spare parts. Open source scales. Excellent customer service. I recognize that may sound simple. It’s not. But it’s super fun.
It's disappointing that QSP botched the Lander 1 so hard when they are capable of great things. Kizer did an awesome job on this one. It exceeded my expectations when I got mine from Kickstarter. My only real complaint is blade shape. Ben does seem to love spoony spearpoints.
For knives exposed to lots of particulates, probably. My Para 2 sees lots of hay dust and other debris as a farm knife, and maintains a better action longer compared to other knives I carry with bearings, as they gunk up readily. If you are looking for a "harder working knife" it could be preferable, but for most edc tasks it's not required by any means. It mostly has a different action; bearing often feel much snappier and slidy, whereas washers have more of a s other, bank vault smoothness in my experience! Hope that answers your question!
