Lightning OTF VS Boker Kalashnikov - Battle of the Budget Autos

My Lightning otf lasted 5 years as my work box cutter in a grocery store. I finally gave it to my brother when he moved to Texas. To celebrate moving to a knife friendly state

Your value just went way up as far as a knife presenter to me. I love my Boker and have beat the crap out of it and it just keeps on working. To hear you say that you have changed your mind, to me means that you can still continue to learn and that your judgement to me has value that is proven. Good video, keep up good work.

That Boker is one of the best knife values there is.

What’s great is the Boker is in D2 now! I have a Boker Strike which is in D2 and it’s a great knife.

When I was trying to buy my first auto a couple months ago, I would've really liked to see a video like this xD. I was deciding between the Boker Strike, Boker Kalashnikov, and lightning. I ended up going with the lightning because the OTF action was too cool to resist and so far it is serving me well!

Actually at the time of this comment, the Boker comes in a left handed config that got released a couple days ago.

I don't know how it happened, but I bought my first Kalashnikov last year, and now I have 5. Two things sucked me in: First, they have some really fun designs. I have a Sand colored version, P-40 Warhawk and three lightsaber designs. So fun. The second reason I bought them is that I've moved from an anti-auto state (WA) to a knife friendly state (UT). I'm going auto knife nuts. I don't have a Lightning, but I do have a Benchmade Phaeton, which is similar in design, albeit much higher quality. Great comparison MC, as always. Very objective, which is hard to do.

That was a very good comparison review. It didn't need to be a battle because the only thing they had in common is price. Appreciate how you readjusted your opinion on each knife. It seems like the Boker if you want an auto and if you want an OTF then the lightning.

Just bought both. Nutnfancy Lightening and a Boker AK 74 Od green with bronze blade in slipped point. Very happy with both! Thanks for the video. Why choose one of these. Get them both. I think I have the coolest version of both now.

Sheesh, back again, watched this like 3 times,I find myself cleaning, tuning and just fooling with my knives while watching your vids.. excellent work my friend!!

I have both of these knives because I can't afford to spend over 100 bucks on a knife. I love how a microtech or Benchmade look and sound but I have 4 kids and just can't justify the price. I love both of these knives and they have never failed me. Some day I hope to own a more expensive and higher quality otf or ak but for now these will do. Both great knives.

I’ve noticed that the standard lightning is a bit better knives then the newer lightning elite ,apparently the older knife is manufactured in Taiwan and the elite is Chinese,you can tell the two apart by the pocket clip having 2 screws in the older model and 3 in the Chinese version.the original lightning also has 2 springs and the elite has 1 inside the otf mechanism

Seems like they would be great choices for customization or personalization.

Brian, it'd be cool to see the thumbnail looking like a fight card. At the start of the video a tale of the tape showing the stats of the blades briefly before you go into a general description of the rules or your criteria while comparing. And the national anthem of the lades country of origin.... hahahaha no thatd be ridiculous but what would actually be super cool is seeing the records of the blades as blades make multiple appearances and knowing how both blades have fared so far would really give the death matches viewers some reasons to talk sh!t (comment on the video) while watching. Just loving the comparisons and wanting to see them appreciated. 👍🏼

I was about to ask “what is that plastic piece on the spine of the Kalashnikov?” lol..I’m glad you explained that,I got a newer model of the Kalashnikov with the wider dagger blade and it doesn’t have the safety lock but I also noticed the button is flush with the scales on the newer models,the one in this video sticks out a bit so the safety makes much more sense on the older model than the newer model..I haven’t got a OTF yet but I’m about to order a Lightning OTF tomorrow..after the holidays are out of the way I’m gonna buy a CobraTec OTF,they are made in Texas and have D2 steel blades..the medium size (about the size of these Lightning’s) cost $120 and I’ve seen a lot of people comparing them to Microtech Ultratechs and Benchmade Infidels some even said they prefer them to the Microtech and Benchmade

If you have to much blade play just tighten the pivot pin. Boker Kalashnikov is a great knife even in non-auto

The cts xhp version of the Kalashnikov is just about the best bang for the buck auto I know of.

The boker is gonna open everytime more so then the lightning

Thank you for saying "excuse my phone."

I have a Boker Kalashnikov and have never heard of a safety on it. I’ve had it over 2 years and had it apart a few times and do not recall any left over parts or loosing any. Did they just stop putting a safety on it? I think I can see where it may have gone but nothing there.......buy the way it’s s30v , nice steel👍👍