What do you guys think of the DPx Gear HIT Cutter?

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Saw a generally favorable review on this knife, now me and a buddy are rattling on if it is worth its $187~ price tag.

It looks pretty cool to me, and I haven't really heard anything bad about DPx before. What do you guys think?

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Also apparently they've developed one with a drop point, sexy
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What I think of it is I'm going to buy a couple.

Anything HEST works for me. Great knives. Own several.
 
That's pretty cool. I have a feeling a would injure myself playing with it, though.
 
EChoil said:
What I think of it is I'm going to buy a couple.

Anything HEST works for me. Great knives. Own several.
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I wish we could upvote or thumbsup comments.

Yeah, I was telling my friend that $187 from this brand ain't bad.
I would go for the sheepsfoot cutter

Overall Length: 5.50"
Blade Length 2.00"
Blade Thickness: 0.19"
Weight: 2.88oz
Blade Length: 2.00"
Blade Steel: CPM S35-VN
Temper: 61 HRC
 
Not a fan of the brand at all. however the design looks useful though not so much for edc, imo. Something I could clip to a bag when hiking but I couldn't see it finding a place in my regular carry rotation. I honestly wouldn't see myself even actually using it. Just too many other options I'd rather go with.
 
It doesn't do much for me either, for that price I'd get a Chris Reeve pro soldier instead. Or any number of other small fixed blades. I like my Hest folder a lot and the old Hest fixed blade was a good knife. That one too much of a gadget for me, and I like gadgets lol.
 
It looks a tad gimmicky, but I'd probably be in for one if it was $50 or less. $187? I'll have to pass.
 
Quiet said:
It looks a tad gimmicky, but I'd probably be in for one if it was $50 or less. $187? I'll have to pass.
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Yeah if it was $50 or so I'd give it a shot. Almost $200 is insane for that knife.
 
For me that would be a toy more then a real knife.

Not worth the price of admission in my book.
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Yeah, it is a little high. Reminds me of the carabiner knife I got in a golf scramble gift bag.
 
Wouldn't the guard covering the edge dull it out from constant metal-on-metal contact?

I have a lockback that hits the backspacer and dulls the edge in one small spot, that kinda made me think the same about this knife.
 
I don't think people are familiar with this type of mechanism (Well, I don't know of any knives with such a lock.), so I think they should have first introduced a 50$ or less model (With, perhaps, lesser fit and finish, blade steel, overall materials.), just to familiarize people with the concept.
 
jac_solar said:
I don't think people are familiar with this type of mechanism (Well, I don't know of any knives with such a lock.), so I think they should have first introduced a 50$ or less model (With, perhaps, lesser fit and finish, blade steel, overall materials.), just to familiarize people with the concept.
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Actually that type of mechanism has been around for a long time. (Not, as you claim, a lock....that knife is a fixed blade.) Anyway check out the Marble's Safety Axe...been around since the early 1900s.
 
marcinek said:
Actually that type of mechanism has been around for a long time. (Not, as you claim, a lock....that knife is a fixed blade.) Anyway check out the Marble's Safety Axe...been around since the early 1900s.
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Yeah, I meant a folding sheath with a locking system of sorts. I've seen something similar on certain axes, but I've not seen it on a fixed blade, and I think they should have introduced it with or alongside a cheaper model to familiarize people with it on a fixed blade.
 
Gimmicky is a nice word for it. In fact, it looks very uncomfortable to use and I'm not sure I'd get one at any price.
 
AntDog said:
Yeah if it was $50 or so I'd give it a shot. Almost $200 is insane for that knife.
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I'm not familiar enough with $150+ knives to really say anything of real value. But I do love gadgets :D

$187 is msrp, bladeHQ is sold out of both the cutter and skinner. Time will tell how these two actually hold up.
 
We have been selling them at a good click. The knife is actually pretty cool but smaller than what I was expecting. The lock up on the edge protector works from the bottom so it never hits the edge. I put one in my own pocket when we got them in and have to admit I can not stop playing with it!
 
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