Kansept Valk Fixed Blade Knife Review

The Kansept Valk fixed blade knife is a great-looking small fixed blade knife. This model has “ivory” G10 scales and a thick blade. Read on for more photos!

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Official Specs

Here’s a link to the Kansept Valk fixed blade knife.

Versions

At least five versions of the Kansept Valk fixed blade knife are available. This ivory G10, along with blue, black, copper carbon fiber, and sand G10. Three blade colors are available, too: black, satin, and brown. One version even has a fancy finish on the spine of the blade – they call it a “rock pattern.”

Price

The price ranges from around $65 (standard G10 versions) to $85 (copper carbon fiber version). They’re all available now!

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Package and Manual

There is no manual.

The knife ships with this little tip protector.

What’s Included

• Kansept Valk Fixed Blade Knife
• Cleaning cloth
• Hard sheath with movable belt attachment
• Warranty card, etc.

Look

I have no doubt that this ivory (white) G10 will be nearly impossible to keep clean. But in the interim of opening it and getting it dirty, it looks incredible. The only thing I might like more (in white) is actual ivory!

Because the tang is just a bit rounded, the knife won’t stand (for photos – obviously otherwise this doesn’t matter). But the rounded spine does make the Kansept Valk fixed blade knife very comfortable to hold!

Open / Close / Lock

This is a fixed blade knife, so there’s no “open/close/lock.” It’s always open!

Build and Feel

The build quality of the Kansept Valk fixed blade knife is great – I do not know anything that could be better.

There’s minimal (but certainly “enough”) branding on the Kansept Valk fixed blade knife. The Kansept logo, along with the model number and blade steel (Nitro-V), can be seen here.

The other side displays the Sparrow Knife Design logo as well as the model and designer’s name. This knife is designed by Greg Schob.

The spine has an area with some ridges that are not really “jimping” per se, but do provide a good bit of grip.

The knife is full-tang, of course, and as stated above, the spine is rounded just a bit.

The spine is exposed just a bit over the handles, all the way around (top and bottom). This isn’t good or bad generally speaking, but I do think it looks great. It’s still a very precise fit, even if it’s not a “flush design.”

Size

Overall Length: 6.4”/162.6mm
Blade Length: 3”/76.2mm
Blade Thickness: 0.137”/3.5mm
Weight: 2.2oz/61.9g

Above, you can see the Kansept Valk fixed blade knife with the Civivi Elementum in orange G10. I use that knife so much! I haven’t talked about it much yet, but that Spyderco Lil Native is going to be my “nicer” knife size standard (in the same way that I use a Convoy S2+ and Hanko Machine Works Trident as flashlight size references).

Here’s the knife in hand:

There’s absolutely not room for a four-finger grip, but the Kansept Valk Fixed blade knife is still very controllable.

Below you can see the Kansept Valk fixed blade knife with the venerable Convoy S2+. The version below is a brass Convoy S2+.

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 Kansept Valk fixed blade knife uses Nitro-V.

Kansept calls this a “reverse Tanto” blade style. I am not usually a Tanto fan, but reverse is usually fine. And that’s the case here too – I quite like this blade!

In particular, I like that this isn’t some massive fixed blade. The blade length is 3″, and that’s about perfect. One more point about the tang extending a bit around the scales – that makes the knife feel smaller too, which again, is welcome.

Nitro-V is said by bpsknives.com to have the following properties:

• Exceptional corrosion resistance
• Easy to sharpen
• Strong performance at thin edge geometry
• Stable working sharpness
• Excellent value

Retention

The main way to carry the Kansept Valk fixed blade knife will be the included holster.

The holster has a little area along the top that’s perfect to push against (as designed) to remove the Valk from the sheath.

This is a taco-style sheath. Yet another thing that I prefer! This keeps the sheath reasonably small.

There are three loops where you might lash the sheath to a bag or the like.

The sheath also has a belt attachment.

This can be moved around to those other three holes and also twisted so that the knife can go in other orientations.

And finally, there’s a lanyard hole built into the tang.

Summary and Conclusion

I really love the Kansept Valk fixed blade knife. The “ivory” G10 is very nice, and the lines provide good grip. The Valk might even make a good test bed for designing your own scales – good price and easy to remove scales. Or just go for the fancy copper carbon fiber version! That fancy version doesn’t add much to the cost. I also specifically like that the Valk isn’t huge! I like the 3″ blade and that the handles aren’t flush with the tang (again, providing an overall smaller feel). The price is also right!

Notes

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