Episode 8 - 511 Master's Model Tactical Karambit Knife

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Review of my 511 Karambit. 511 teamed up with Steve Tarani to design this knife. If you don't know who Steve is you can read a lot about him here:
http://www.karambit.com/steve_tarani.htm
He's someone who has spent a lot of time with the karambit and putting his name on it definitely means something. Nice little knife, a bit big for my hands I think, but overall a great tool beyond just it's self defense aspects.

Gear - Would make a nice backup knife or main knife for concealed carry, but like anything takes proper training to learn how to use correctly.

Gadget - Not a toy, definitely a strictly business knife. It's fun in the "gadget" sense to learn how to spin karambits, but otherwise doesn't contribute much to this category.

Getaway - I really do like the tiger's claw design that karambit offers and makes it useful for a variety of tool based tasks. Could be useful in a survival situation for lots of tool based tasks.

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Episode 8 - 511 Master's Model Tactical Karambit Knife

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  • Thanks! Yeah I've ...

    Thanks! Yeah I've tried that method a few times. It does seem to work ok for me. I guess I need to practice it a bit more to make it a bit quicker. Thanks for watching!

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  • great review. to ...

    great review. to open mine, (I'm a smaller guy...5'7 150 lbs) you can try holding the blade and snapping the body down, and then transition to the hole with your index, it works for me and it is pretty fast. great job

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  • You're very welcome ...

    You're very welcome. The Journeyman is currently being made with 154CM. While 154CM is more susceptible to rust than S30V, I really don't think you're going to have problems with rust. Just clean the knife and take care of it, not that I expect it will need lots of special care. I wouldn't worry about the corrosion resistance of 154cm unless you're around a great deal of salt water. Thanks for watching!

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  • i had just checked ...

    i had just checked out this knife on 511's website then i saw your wonderful video here, thanks! some comment said that the journeyman type rusts quickly, it that true?

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  • Thanks I appreciate ...

    Thanks I appreciate it!

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  • could one ask for a ...

    could one ask for a more mature and informative review of this tool???Thanks to wishbone1138 for his time and efforts

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  • they are legal if ...

    they are legal if the blade does not exceed the legal blade lenth limit in your state or province.

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  • Thanks! hah well ...

    Thanks! hah well they're fully legal where I live so that's a discussion, fortunately, I'll never have to have. They do make great tools though regardless of their menacing looks!

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  • OH awesome, a ...

    OH awesome, a karambit. I never thought about getting one because... well... you can't really carry a karambit in your pocket and tell a police officer you're using it to cut boxes. :)
    Great review though

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  • thanks!

    thanks!

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  • awsome reiew man ...

    awsome reiew man very nice knife

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