Which Out-The-Front Knife is BEST? | OTF Knives Buyers Guide 2023

I just blacked out and I purchased 3 Microtech and 2 Benchmade OTF Knifes from you guys. I won’t eat for the next 2 weeks but it’s worth it 🇺🇸

Been carrying The Infidel for 15 years now. Still the favorite knife I own. I remember getting my first scratch on the handle, which showed through a silver shine through the anodized handle, and being bummed out. But after all these years, I've never seen a knife age so well. All the 50 or so edges on the handle now have silver showing through, and it looks absolutely beautiful to me. I've completely disassembled a few times, and it's amazing how many pieces there are that make up this knife. Nothing has failed or rusted thus far, besides losing a few screws, but Benchmade sent me a whole bag of them for free. Been browsing the market to find a new carry knife, but I think the 3300 might stay on my belt until death.

KERSHAW LIVEWIRE!! Just received mine and it hasn’t left my pocket. 😂 What a PERFECT OTF.

The reason you don't see locks/safeties on double-action OTFs, but single-actions often have a safety lock: when you open or close a DA, the operation of the slide/button/actuator combines the two steps of a SA. You're pulling back on the spring, adding tension, storing the energy you're using to push the slide; it's exactly like when you're retracting/arming/cocking a SA. The only difference, really, is that the release catch, instead of being a separate thing from the cocking pull, is right at the end of the slide's travel, allowing one fluid motion to deploy the blade. Since you're "winding up" the spring as a process of opening, a DA is almost impossible to accidentally deploy. If you do, the slightest obstruction will stop the blade, because the blade is actually shooting out on sheer momentum, from that ~3/4" of spring tension you put into it. A DA, by comparison, can have way more spring tension, and it can be actively accelerating to the full-open position. Since you're only releasing the catch, after cocking the spring beforehand, it can absolutely be triggered by accident... and the blade will most likely be moving with a lot more force. It's definitely a good idea to have some kind of safety feature on that. A double-action OTF is like a modern, drop-safe handgun. There's almost no way for the knife to deploy by accident. Deploying the blade requires a very particular kind of motion, to both cock and then fire. Few things are truly impossible, technically, but you'd have to somehow snag the slide button on something, while moving upward on a ladder or forward while crawling. Then, once it does actually fire the blade... It'll be easily stopped by the fabric the knife is probably clipped to. Honestly, you can stop a DA blade from fully deploying or retracting by moving your hand the wrong way as you operate the knife. It's very much an inherently safe design. In contrast, a single-action OTF is much more akin to an old-school single-action revolver, where if you have it cocked, if you drop it it could conceivably go off.

😜 Love my Hogue Compound, but it was replaced as my EDC by the Kershaw Livewire. DANG what an amazing OTF‼️👌🏼

Thank you for making this video. As a newbie to OTF's this has been a great reference guide for me to constantly refer back too.

In my experience with OTFs, they are really great for situations like: when you are wearing gloves, doing non 2 hand friendly tasks such as painting while on a ladder, and most importantly; looking awsome while you do it all.

The OD Green Infidel was the knife of the SF guys I saw in Afghanistan back in '09. After spending years on the fence I finally picked one up last year. Not my first OTF, but definitely one of the most sentimental knives in my collection.

I just got the Benchmade Shootout!! It's awesome. It came razor sharp and fires hard and definitely won't pull my pants down. I highly recommend it!!

Didn’t know there was an entire community this interested in knives. You really can find everything on YouTube.

Guardian Tactical is criminally underrated.

I just picked up the Gen 3 Combat Troodon, and I'm loving it.

Microtech brand is by far one of my favorite otf

I pre ordered the livewire from you guys and absolutely love it

13:10: i love that sound. it's so satisfying to hear that sound.

Just bought an otf from your website can’t wait to get it

I dont care what anyone else say about the BM Shootout "it feels cheap, it wiggles... blablabla". I LOVE that thing!! And it can handle everything as any other high quality OTF... carry an aluminium handle OTF if you think that it holds up better than CF-elite. But remember.... "feeling" and "being" cheap is totally different thing. BTW... Very good Banter, George! :)

I have a benchmade infidel & BM SOCP folder , microtech ultratech, and a Kershaw livewire. I tend to lean toward the livewire for EDC.

PA just legalized OTFs and I quickly grabbed a Guardian Tactical Recon 035 from Blade HQ. The action is so smooth, and I just love using that knife!

Received a brand new Ultratech and could not use it weak handed. Action was very stiff/trigger sharp and rough. Sent it back. I now have a Boker Falcon 2.0, Heretic/SWKW Nightcrawler and two from Guardian Tactical: a Recon-30 & Recon-40. For the smoothest action it's Guardian Tactical hands down/blades out.