Harnds Bee Knife Review
The Harnds Bee knife is a small knife featuring grippy honeycomb G10 handles. It uses D2 steel and has a pleasantly short blade! Read on for more photos!
Official Specs
Here’s a link to the Harnds Bee knife.
Versions
The Harnds Bee knife is available with a couple of blade colors (black or satin), a few handle colors (black, yellow, and brown). And finally, the appointments can be either metal (color) 0r black.
Price
I can’t find the Harnds Bee knife for sale anywhere! Even the site linked at harnds.com for selling Harnds knives does not have the Bee.
Package and Manual
What’s Included
- Harnds Bee knife
- Paperwork supporting the knife
Look
The most notable thing to mention about the Harnds Bee knife is the honeycomb design on the scales. They are G10 scales, so they’re already fairly grippy. The honeycomb adds to that. It’s a good combo!
Check out the pivot screw, too – one side has the “H” of Harnds logo! It’s a very nice touch.
More on the blade later, but I really like the very deep belly on this shape.
Open / Close / Lock
The Harnds Bee knife is a flipper and also has a thumbstud. It doesn’t flip in a way that’s convenient for me – I lack the dexterity for this type of flipper.
The activation energy to get from closed to moving toward open is just a bit higher than I’m comfortable with doing this way (aka I’d need to practice it a lot to be sure I didn’t cut my body off.)
The thumbstud works great though.
I’ll add that for a knife the (relatively small) size of the Harnds Bee knife, the blade really THONKS open. It’s a very rewarding open, and the extra energy to overcome the closed position is worth it for the sound of lockup when opened.
The Harnds Bee knife is a liner lock. The lock works well and is easy to unlock.
Build and Feel
Again, the honeycomb of the Harnds Bee knife is fantastic. I also generally like the knife shape – I’m not sure the shape screams “bee” but it’s ok for me. Build quality is sufficient for a knife in this price range (unstated, but probably in the $30-40 range).
Actually for the $40 price range, build quality is great!
This version has uncoated metal accessories. Black would have looked great on this yellow version! And black is available – there’s a black on black version, too! I suggest Harnds make a Bumble Bee version of the Bee that has black where this version is uncoated!
The spine has just a bit of jimping, but that does include the flipper tab area. Right where it’s needed!
As a liner lock, you had to expect it, but yes, there are metal liners on the Harnds Bee knife. These are highly skeletonized, which probably greatly reduces weight.
The backspacer has ridges. It seems perfectly suited to this knife.
The blade is perfectly centered. Below you can sort of see the glass breaking spike too (but there are other photos that show this better).
Harnds says this is a ceramic ball bearing washer. As described above, the action is great once motion starts!
Only one side of the pivot screw has a TORX bit. The other (above) has a “H” for Harnds.
Size
Edge Length: 2.28″ (58mm)
Overall Length: 6.22″ (158mm)
Weight: 3.95 oz. (112g)
Above, you can see the Artisan Cutlery Satyr knife with the Civivi Elementum in orange G10. I use that knife so much!
Here’s the knife in hand:
Below, you can see the Artisan Cutlery Satyr knife with the venerable Convoy S2+. The version below is a custom laser-engraved Convoy S2+ host by GadgetConnections.com. I did a full post on an engraved orange host right here! Or go straight to GadgetConnections.com to buy your Convoy S2+ now!
In the photo above, you may note that the SRM (standard reference material) flashlight for comparison has changed! I used a TorchLAB BOSS 35 for ages. Now what you can see as the 18350 SRM is the Hanko Machine Works Trident. While I have not reviewed or tested the Gunner Grip version seen here, I have tested a Hanko Machine Works Trident Total Tesseract in brass. I love the Trident, and it’s a striking contrast next to the inexpensive Convoy S2+, which also makes a great standard reference material.
Steel / Cut / Oats
The Harnds Bee knife uses D2 steel. I can’t see anywhere that they’ve named the blade shape but it looks to me to be a drop point. That’s great for me, since I love drop points!
Here are some details on D2 steel. KnifeSteelNerds knows way more than I know!
All About D2 Steel – Development, Use in Knives, and Properties
Internet searches seem to indicate knives have moved on from D2 for other steels that offer “more.” But if all you’re doing is opening boxes or basic EDC tasks, D2 should be just fine.
Retention
The Harnds Bee knife uses what I call a “paperclip” style pocket clip. Spyderco also uses these, and they seem very popular. Flashlight maker Zebralight used these for a while, too!
The clip is reversible, but either side allows only tip-up carry.
There’s no pouch or anything else for carrying the Harnds Bee knife.
Summary and Conclusion
The Harnds Bee knife is a nice little knife. Well a mix of “little” – short blade but overall good sized body for use. The knife doesn’t feel too small. A honeycomb pattern on the G10 scales provides great grip. Opening the knife is a special kind of rewarding, too, as the blade really flings open and has a robust locking sound. Maybe we’ll know the price soon, but at around $30 or $40, the Harnds Bee knife seems like a reasonable value, if D2 steel doesn’t bother you.
Notes
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