This knife was announced a while ago, but just now have become available for purchase.
It features integral (machined from one piece of titanium) handle, M390 blade steel (we know KJ has real M390), of course bearings in the pivot and an overall flight theme, starting with the name (Wing), followed by the "aerodynamic" wing shaped thumb studs and a helicopter style screws.
I believe that guys, who are into aviation will probably dig this one.
Have to say - it reminds me a lot of another blade that came out not a long time ago - the LW Knives AH-64, which has similar overall features and theme. Maybe aviation is a new favorite topic with Chinese knife designers these days.
Anyway - gotta love the new original designs coming from China, the price tag is a little bit less lovely, but I guess that is the price to pay for a great quality titanium integral knife.
Check out the knife here: Kevin John Venom 4 Wing
Kevin John Venom New Concept is sold here (under the CKF brand): Kevin John Venom New Concept
More high end integral knives here: Titanium Integral Knives
Just a quick piece of fresh Chinese Knife news:
Earlier I wrote an article about how CKF knives were produced in China by the Kevin John factory (which has exceptional quality and QC BTW). Some people were skeptical about this fact and didn't believe it was the truth.
Now we got another proof of the CKF-Kevin John relationship in a form of a knife that is now being sold as a CKF knife, but with the same markings and under the same name - The Venom New Concept.
It is identical in every single way - they didn't even change the name or the marking on the blade!
This have already happen before with the CKF Daboia (Kevin John's Venom 2).
To those, who might say that Kevin John stole the design and produced it before CKF, I could prove, that it is not the case and that the Kevin John knife appeared much earlier.
It is interesting if this process will continue, and we will see more of Kevin Johns knives on the US market (they have an integral Venom knife in production, I'll update on that later).
You are welcome to check out the knives and draw conclusions:
The new CKF Knife: CKF Venom New Concept Knife
The one from Kevin John: Kevin John's Venom New Concept
(The fuller in the blade is edited to comply with AliExpress knife laws).
Kevin John is, for quite some time, a symbol of quality, craftsmanship and quality control in the knife world. The expression "Triumph Precision" is rightfully a part of the name of their company.
They made a name for themselves by making very high end clones, some on the same level as the originals, some are now being sold for more than the originals, because of their rarity. But they soon turned to making their own designs and released the Venom series - Venom 1, 2 and Attacker.
Now comes a new knife in the same series of Venoms - the New Concept. This one has all of the great features, that we learned to love about KJ knives - milled Ti handles, great grind on the S35VN blade and smooth ball bearings, but also some new ones - hand-rubbed horizontal satin on the blade, ceramic ball pocket clip and the lock stabilizer system (similar to the one on Carson Exorcist), which make the new knife extremely valuable and interesting.
Check out the new Kevin John Venom New Concept here: https://goo.gl/eIvRxh
