Doug Ritter Grip

Ted,

All Mini-Grips have full liners. The only differences are in the blade shape, high grind, material and finish. Thanks for the compliment on the PSP.

Doug
 
Doug,
I have a question:
What is the blade's angle on the RSK MkI 552? I'm guessing around 25 degrees?


BTW, I cannot keep my hands off of this knife! I actually shaved half my face with it the other day. :D
 
agony said:
What is the blade's angle on the RSK MkI 552? I'm guessing around 25 degrees?
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The specs are: 30° plain edge, 6.9° bevel.
agony said:
BTW, I cannot keep my hands off of this knife! I actually shaved half my face with it the other day. :D
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Yikes! You're a braver man than me. I've been using an electric razor for far too many years to try something like that; I can see the 10:00 news, "Ritter slices throat with own knife design." :D

Doug
 
Critter said:
The specs are: 30° plain edge, 6.9° bevel. Yikes! You're a braver man than me. I've been using an electric razor for far too many years to try something like that; I can see the 10:00 news, "Ritter slices throat with own knife design." :D

Doug
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Hi Doug, very nice knife by the way. I love it.

When I resharpen this at 30° with my Lansky, is there a way I can also obtain the 6.9° bevel?

Thanks!
 
I've never used a Lansky, so I really cannot answer your question. I'm sure someone here will know and will hopefully jump in. Unless you seriously abuse the edge and/or let it go seriously dull before attending to it, it will rarely need anything more than just a light touchup, in my experience.
 
One of the things that really keeps me loving this knife is how it keeps such a scary sharp edge. The other daye I came within a hair of slicing into my thumb while cutting up an apple. It slid through better than any paring knife! The edge geometry is so dead on, it's amazing. Doug, I hope you continue to design knives!
 
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tknife said:
One of the things that really keeps me loving this knife is how it keeps such a scary sharp edge. The other daye I came within a hair of slicing into my thumb while cutting up an apple. It slid through better than any paring knife! The edge geometry is so dead on, it's amazing. Doug, I hope you continue to design knives!
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Thanks. If response continues to be as good as it has been so far, with any luck I will be able to continue along this path. I've certianly got more than a few ideas rattling around. Translating them into steel at an affordable price is the trick. :)

Doug
 
just got my regular size rittergrip today and it is a very nice looking knife. i love the shape of the blade and how sharp it is out of the box. but i found that i too have the axis lock grittiness problem. it's somewhat smooth when i pull back on both sides but using one finger to engage the lock is almost impossible. i went to take a look at other benchmade axis locks and all the griptillians had the same gritty grinding feeling (the lock on the bm720 was much smoother.) maybe the problem is inherent in all grip models because of the thick grip and longer bar which can tilt more on one side. has anyone sent their rittergrip back and have it come back "buttery" smooth? i don't know if i should return mine or keep it since it maybe a problem on all grip models.

oh, and a shout out goes to aeromedix.com. my experience with them has been fantastic.
 
I sold my Para Military and got the Ritter Grip. The blades steel in both was excellent but the Ritter has the Axis lock. Put my BM 520 in the gunsafe as the Ritter is less bulky. Mighty fine knife.
 
My RitterGrip replaced a Paramilitary too. The Paramilitary had quality control issues and I didn't like the compression lock.
The RitterGrip is the better knife for me.
 
I just wanted to make sure I'm straight on this.... The larger Rittergrip has a thicker blade than the smaller Rittergrip? Are they basically the same blade thicknesses as the corresponding regular grips? I tend to like thinner blades on my pocket knives, that's why I'm asking.
 
The blade of the mini version is ever slightly thinner than that of the large version. My caliper is at home, but the thickness of the large blade is about 1/8" if use a ruler.
 
By the specs the Ritter grips have the same blade thickness as the regular Griptilians. The full size grip is 0.115" and the mini is 0.100".
 
Even though I currently EDC a Large Classic Sebenza, after reading all the praise on the Doug Ritter Grip, I just ordered one today. I have a small griptilian that is a great little knife, but with S30V and that awesome blade design, this looks like it will be a fantastic EDC knife for me. I can't wait till it gets here! :D
 
Fool4Blades said:
Even though I currently EDC a Large Classic Sebenza, after reading all the praise on the Doug Ritter Grip, I just ordered one today. I have a small griptilian that is a great little knife, but with S30V and that awesome blade design, this looks like it will be a fantastic EDC knife for me. I can't wait till it gets here! :D
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I love my mini grip. So I am going the other way and expecting a small regular Sebenza from True North that I ordered :)
 
Received a Ritter Rsk Mk. 1 (BM 552) from Aeromedix a couple days ago, and I have to agree it's a really good pocketknife. I also own a Strider SnG Gen. 6 which is my EDC, and I like this one almost as much... It's superb for the money. Its qualities - nearly ideal dimensions (for me), cuts like a dream, solid lockup, good ergos, good looking - are more than enough to make me proud to own it. For $105.00 I doubt you can get more knife... or "knife goodness", anyway, in a hard use folder. Mine is slightly gritty when operating the lock, but my BM 705SBT was the same way, and I'm sure its nothing that time won't cure, so it doesn't detract from its appeal to me. I also like the stronger springs used in the lock as compared to the 705. Confidence-inspiring. Anyone looking for a Strider folder or a Sebenza, but absolutely can't or won't spend the money, would be well advised to look hard at this knife... It won't replace my SnG, but has definitely carved out its own niche as a worthy backup to it, and utility piece.

The only thing I would change is to make the sharpened blade edge a little shorter at the back, i.e., extend the choil forward, so that the knife could be held with the first finger around (or the web of the hand against) the blade at the back. This would help with close-in work, and may provide a measure of safety for one's fingers if there were a lock failure (although that is very, very unlikely with the Axis lock).


Very well done, Mr. Ritter and Benchmade, both!
 
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