Today, we'll take a look at a custom knife from Enrique Peña, which is good enough to remind me why people love custom knives: The Peña Front Flipper Trapper.
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Reate is making a production version. Think its the Pena X series they call them but there is a production version. Think its like $250 pretty sure they are using M390 in this front flipper the Lanny Flipper is s35vn.
I knew it was going to be EXPENSIVE expensive, but my eyes still widened at $850. Absolutely gorgeous knife though, and I'm not super into traditional stuff.
I've been in the market for a modern traditional, went to look at this and WOW that's not close to being in my price range! Mnandi still at the top of the wishlist
@@deathbyastonishment7930 I've had my EDC in my pocket for 20+ years (Benchmade 942). I wouldn't bat an eye at spending a grand on a knife that I was gonna carry every day for 20 years...
@@deathbyastonishment7930 Also, I've made money by using my EDC to carve things and sell them. I'm not saying I could afford this Pena Knife, but a knife has as much utility as its wielder.
This! I rarely see a new knife these days that I like every aspect of. There is nothing about this knife (except the price) that I would like to change. If you have any idea how rare that is, well you probably do. Before I saw this review, I didn´t even know I wanted something like this, and thats kind of cool. And then again, not. It´s actually really bad that there exists a knife that can make me consider spending this kind of money. Shame on you for sharing this mr. Shabazz
I can tell by looking at it that it seems very well made however the price is WAAAY too high for me to buy one or reccomend buying one to someone else even. tragic
I love that knife, but my wife would kill me if I spent that type of money on it. Half of that price, I could maybe get it, but that thing is awesome..
I love this knife, it’s beautiful! Only thing, why ‘trapper’? A trapper is a traditional, 2 blade pattern. This is more like a dropped point Sod Buster. It’s none the worse for that, and in fact very attractive, but still odd!
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I love it. Future classic and let me tell ya, I love the flipper style. I really do. No pecking. I am surprised not more knifemakers adopt it. What would be cool is some engraving, or maybe not.
I think the front flipper & traditional design works so well because if it's done properly the flipper fades into the background aesthetically and lets the traditional lines shine. That's one of the really compelling pros of using a front flipper deployment, it can be paired with a very wide range of styles. It also makes it very impressive when a designer balances reliable deployment and minimal visual prominence like this example. It is an outstanding piece.
I love your use of analogue for this. If and when the production version comes out I will gladly drop the $$$ to get one. This is the knife my grandpa or my uncle would have carried years.
Nick, much respect and I think you’re the best reviewer on RU-vid. Just one point of contention with your comments on blade steel. Enrique didn’t choose CPM 154 because it’s inexpensive. It was purposely selected for the use of this knife, specifically sharpenability and corrosion resistance while having good edge retention. It is a very balanced steel and I think it was a good choice, especially in staying true to tradition where it can be easily honed to a super edge on grandpas spit stone. Again, excellent review, as always. Thanks!
Honestly, CPM 154 is a really wonderful steel with well balanced characteristics. From my dalliances into the custom knife realm, it definitely makes sense for a piece that is truly going to be carried and used. As long as it's been heat treated & hardened properly it's good to go.
Ooh, that's really nice. Despite it being a locker, it'd be almost perfect here in the UK as it looks so much like a traditional 'old timers' folder. Considering it's intended use I would have thought CPM154 would be more than adequate. If I could afford to buy one it'd be really nice to hand it down to my son, and for him to his son. Not just a useful little light-use knife but also a future family heirloom. I love it.
I just bought a Smith and Sons Cypress trapper. Pretty cool knife. Not to the level of this but its micarta and D2 looks like a traditional trapper but it is a liner lock and a thumb stud. Made for them by Maserin in Italy, D2 with micarta. I think I will order the Reate made version of this and the Lanny flipper though. Would love the custom just not sure I want to pay that much lol.
I love custom knives when they reach this quality level, this one is really a gem ! Also, for the question "how many people are making front flipper linerlocks": quite a lot actually in the high quality custom's knives world, David Lespect for instance is making them with unbelievable smoothness, and plenty others such as Guy Poggetti, Rémi Lavialle, Maxime Belzunce, Gregory Picard and many more (just to mention few of the best front flipper makers).
It is absolutely a beautiful knife and construction quality is absolutely spectacular *BUT* I have £50 knives that will do exactly the same job. OK maybe I’m being a bit glib, I do have knives in to the £350 range but even in that area that curve of diminishing returns is ramping hard. I’d absolutely appreciate it as a gift for example but I just can’t justify spending $850 my own money on what is, when all’s said and done, a pocket knife.
This is cool having been recorded before the Peña X Series from Reate came out. I would love to upgrade my X to a custom, but I'm not that kind of spender. The X Series has so many of Enrique's models now starting at about $275, plus Large and Mini models, Damasteel models, exclusives, etc. It really opened the door to the brand. I'd rather just get a second X than have one custom.
Thanks for this review Nick, you have convinced me to buy my first Pena custom (will be my one and only grail knife). Also that Pro-Tech Custom you have, wow!
895 USD!! ( at Knife Joy) ..I must admit that it is well made, but to spend such an amount of money in such a small knife, you must have a quite fat bank account...Just for some lucky guys.
No Pena no cry . No Pena no cry . . . Such a nice knife even if i have to enjoy it vicariously through you . Note , it probably won't be the only one in your collection for long .
Nick, you're beyond being a fanboy so just wipe off your chin and your shirt front. That is the most beautiful traditional looking knife. I hope as you do that there will be a production version.
I do like the knife, but at this price point I would be looking at a Chris Reeve Sebenza or similar. With the added benefit of no worry about it being an investment should that come about.
I spent $400 on my Taurus PT145 NIB. That carries 10+1 .45acp rounds and is compact enough to fit into your standard zip lock sandwich bag (zipped closed)
amazing piece of art but damn 895 is a alot for a small folder. even tho its probably worth it. aldo i need to say that i would get red cheeks putting 154cm on a 900 dollar knife! for that price its almost a crime not to use m390.
Just google search Pena knives. Several places carry his line made by Reate and various customs on consignment. He also has a web site with instructions on how to order.
I get the impression that the maker approached this with respect for the traditional trapper knife. He wasn't trying to improve or fix a proven knife pattern, just make his take on it. Beautiful.
This is probably the one knife with the clip option I'd pay $ 400 for heck I'd probably pay the $900 if I was guaranteed life sharpening and unlimited blade replacements its pretty much the knife I dream of .
This is what “modern traditional” should mean; a knife that takes a true traditional, and modernises it; slipjoint preferred, but definitely not required. Unfortunately, too many consider any modern slipjoint to be a “modern tradional”. On the one hand, I would absolutely consider the BM Proper and LionSteel’s slipjoints to be modern traditional knives, as they are throughly modern, yet use tradition knives as their inspiration. However, there is absolutely nothing “traditional” about the Hinderer XM Slippy or Kizer ZipSlip, yet they’re consider “modern traditionals”. That said, I personally probably wouldn’t buy this knife, as I’m one of those Nick mentioned that would find it a bit too small. Conveniently, there is a 3.25in version (with m390, yay!), and if I had the money I would buy it in a heartbeat.
Nick , I really think after seeing this that you should try a trevor burger lexk or exk . You had one a while ago back when they were feild grade by burger knives . But now since it's just tbc knives (trevor burger custom) they are miles ahead of any other front flipper on the market in my opinion. And seeing the qualities you appreciate in this pena ,I think you may really enjoy one . (They are also decently prices and somewhat available) Just my recommendation. Thanks for another great review. PS: I own a few tbc knives and would loan one your way for a while if you are interested . 👍
Böker plus LRF is a modern traditional, front flipper, linerlock. Haven't handled it yet, but might be worth checking out, Mr. Shabbaz. Have a good one.
Great vid Nick! Love your work! Greetings from Australia. Over here, the law basically states that we can’t carry knives in public places or near schools? And if you do get caught with a knife anywhere, you need verification that you need it, the blade needs to be less than 3”, it can’t be deployed with one hand and no locking mechanism. That all sucks. But hey if I were to carry a knife, and I have daily for the last 40 years, cause I’m more worried about not having one in case I need it, than I am about conforming to stupid laws. What would fit the last three criteria?
So I have made about 15 fixed blades at this time. The amount of time put in to hand finishing that knife......I understand the price. Really want to buy a mill so I can start trying folders. I've heard slip joint makers say they could make 3 fixed blades for every slip joint.
A gorgeous little knife, I've been looking for a looong time for something just like this. I love the low profile flipping action. I never cared for having a big hunk of metal protruding from the end while closed so I tend to discount flippers for that reason alone. Nicest flipper ever. Then, like a smack in the face Nick says the price. Jaw dropping price. Unbelievable. This guy is a knife maker not a surgeon. You can't make something just as special for 150 to 300 bucks? Get real... It must be nice to be rich. Maybe I'll make friends with a rich guy, that's the only way I'll ever get close to this knife.
Oh to be of the privileged few with access to these makers. Again, it's a microcosm of every aspect of Western economies. Either you're in the "in" and can access products like this, or you're- the rest- building up envy and accepting reality. It looks like a great knife... that I'll never be able to own.
I have been obsessed with finding this knife since you flashed it on screen in a more recent video. Well i finally found your video and noticed it posted on my birthday last year. Silly me thinking this was fate calling my name :( $800! I recently started carrying my granddad's old schrade electrician's knife. Has a really cool divet worn into the front and makes a killer fidget piece.
Has anyone checked out the Smith&Sons Cyprus Trapper? Seems like a more affordable take on the semi-traditional pocket knife. Seems a little pricey for D2 steel, but depending on the fit and finish it may be worth it.
Nick, thanks for the video and introducing me to Enrique Pena. What a beautiful and wonderful knife. I very much like the build quality and the slightly larger and thicker dimensions compared to my Gareth Bull Trapper. The more I watch this video the more I have to have one, so. I think I'll sell a few knives to scrape up the money.
I'd pay 550.00 for it all day everyday BUT 850.00 is a little steep. I own a few of his production knives and truly love the quality of them. Thanks for the awesome review Nick!
At that price they need to have a top end steel, especially with a relatively small blade like this. What about warranty? Is it a lifetime guarantee like some smaller makers are now offering?
All front flippers should be able to opened with the index finger. The Boos Blades Smoke is awesome in a lot of ways but the thumb opening always feels a little wrong and it's hard to get a secure grip during the flip.
Ended with a little Enrique Punya love there, didn't ya? Great review of a gorgeous knife. The tip looked a little close to the end of the handle. Has that been an issue?
