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About 3-4 months ago I ordered a Leatherman Crater C33L, along with a Surge,because of how cheap it was. I spent around $23. I wanted to see if Leatherman's pocket knives had the same quality as their Multi-tools, and because it was so cheap I had low expectations, But it turned out to be a great knife. I have it in my EDC as what i call my, "Rough Knife". Which is a knife ill use to cut things that might damage or really dull my knife. So its basically a hard work knife. At 6.5" overall, a 2.6" blade, and at 2.3oz its a pretty small and light knife.
You're probably thinking that because its made of 420HC it can't hold an edge well enough to make a good work knife, but how Leatherman heat treats their blades it holds a edge extremely well for 420HC. I did a cardboard cutting test with it along with some other knives with steels such as 440c, AUS-8,VG-10, and S30V. The Crater held a shaving edge longer than all but the S30V. And for it being my "rough knife" its taken some abuse such as hitting metal serval times when cutting things and i have yet to chip or damage the blade. But it does have a lot of wear on the outside from excessive use. The spearpoint blade makes it extremely easy to sharpen and the hollow grind makes for easy slicing.
The glass-filled Nylon might not be as G-10 or Carbon Fiber but from all the abuse i've put it through its held up really good
Its made for right handed people so it doesn't have dual thumb studs and the clip isn't reversible. but you can remove it if you like. Using the thumb studs to deploy it works fast and easy but not so much for the blade launcher. if you get use to it its fast but its kinda hard to deploy because there isn't much to get a hold of with your finger. but i mainly use thumb studs anyway.
Ratings- Category: EDC/Work
Materials- 6/10
Ergonomics- 9/10
Price- 10/10
Durability- 9/10
Overall- 9/10
*Please note that its strictly my opinion and I base my review on what the knife
is made for. being this knife is a work knife I don't discredit it on its tactical abilities, Etc.*
BTW THIS WAS MY FIRST REVIEW EVER SO ITS NOT GONNA BE PERFECT
You're probably thinking that because its made of 420HC it can't hold an edge well enough to make a good work knife, but how Leatherman heat treats their blades it holds a edge extremely well for 420HC. I did a cardboard cutting test with it along with some other knives with steels such as 440c, AUS-8,VG-10, and S30V. The Crater held a shaving edge longer than all but the S30V. And for it being my "rough knife" its taken some abuse such as hitting metal serval times when cutting things and i have yet to chip or damage the blade. But it does have a lot of wear on the outside from excessive use. The spearpoint blade makes it extremely easy to sharpen and the hollow grind makes for easy slicing.
The glass-filled Nylon might not be as G-10 or Carbon Fiber but from all the abuse i've put it through its held up really good
Its made for right handed people so it doesn't have dual thumb studs and the clip isn't reversible. but you can remove it if you like. Using the thumb studs to deploy it works fast and easy but not so much for the blade launcher. if you get use to it its fast but its kinda hard to deploy because there isn't much to get a hold of with your finger. but i mainly use thumb studs anyway.
Ratings- Category: EDC/Work
Materials- 6/10
Ergonomics- 9/10
Price- 10/10
Durability- 9/10
Overall- 9/10
*Please note that its strictly my opinion and I base my review on what the knife
is made for. being this knife is a work knife I don't discredit it on its tactical abilities, Etc.*
BTW THIS WAS MY FIRST REVIEW EVER SO ITS NOT GONNA BE PERFECT
