A folding knife with a blue textured handle and a silver blade is displayed on a wooden surface. The knife is partially open, and a ZeroAir logo is visible in the bottom left corner.

Petrified Fish Flavorist Blue Micarta Knife Review

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Petrified Fish Flavorist Blue Micarta Knife Review

The Petrified Fish Flavorist blue Micarta features a (probably, actually) Spey blade, Micarta handles, and K110 (D2) steel. Read on for many photos!

Official Specs

Here’s a link to the official page for the Petrified Fish Flavorist blue Micarta knife.

Versions

At least ten options are (or were) available for the Petrified Fish Flavorist. That includes this blue Micarta version, but there are other micarta versions, and also other blade shapes (this “cleaver” and a spear point, too.)

Price

All the many versions of the Petrified Fish Flavorist knife sell for the same price: $139. Or if you can find it on Amazon like I did, you can score one for around $40!!

Package and Manual

A blue rectangular box with the Petrified Fish logo and text sits on a wooden surface. A small sticker with the Zeroair logo is in the bottom left corner of the image.

A blue rectangular box labeled PETRIFIED FISH rests on a wooden surface. The box has a minimalist logo above the text. A ZEROAIR watermark appears in the lower left corner.

A close-up of a hand holding a black box with a white barcode label reading Petrified Fish Flavorist PFE05BMP-K110, Made in China and a barcode number. The ZeroAir logo is visible in the lower left corner.

A blue rectangular box with a QR code and the text PFEDC.COM printed on it sits on a wooden surface. A ZEROAIR logo is partially visible in the bottom left corner.

Two rectangular boxes sit on a wooden surface. The top box is blue with a geometric logo and partial text reading PETRIFIED FISH. The bottom black box features a stylized fish design. A ZEROAIR sticker is in the lower left corner.

There is no manual.

What’s Included

A folding knife with a blue handle, six small black screws, and a round patch rest on a blue cloth, all placed on a wooden surface. A ZeroAir logo is visible in the lower left corner.

    • Petrified Fish Flavorist knife
    • Cleaning cloth
    • Extra screws
    • Sticker

A hand holds a round, blue coin featuring an illustration of a fish and ocean waves. The words PETRIFIED FISH and PFEDC.COM are printed on the coin. The background shows wooden planks and a fence.

Look

A hand holds a folded pocket knife with a blue handle, partially wrapped in a blue cloth. The background shows wooden planks and a ZeroAir logo is visible in the lower left corner.

I’m a fan of Micarta, so I love the look of the Petrified Fish Flavorist blue Micarta when closed. I’m also a fan of flippers, and I’m a fan of this “cleaver” shape blade, though I might disagree on the term “cleaver” for this blade.

Whatever the specifics of it are, the knife looks great.

A blue-handled folding pocket knife with a metal clip lies closed on a wooden surface. The blade is partially visible, and there is a textured grip on the handle. A sticker with the text ZEROAIR is on the table.

Part of the nature of this blade shape is that it’ll end up with a whale of a head sticking out (the top tip of the blade, seen above and below.) I don’t love that aspect of this knife, but my dislike for that is less than my like for (what I would call) the Spey blade shape.

A folding pocket knife with a blue textured handle and a partially visible blade is resting on a wooden surface. The knife features a circular logo on the handle and a yellow accent near the blades pivot.

When open, the knife looks even better! Again, I absolutely love these Spey blade knifes, and this one has such a useful look.

A folding knife with a blue textured handle and a silver blade is displayed on a wooden surface. The knife is partially open, and a ZeroAir logo is visible in the bottom left corner.

A folding knife with a blue textured handle and a straight-edged blade rests on a wooden surface. The knife features a circular logo near the pivot and two screws on the handle. A ZeroAir logo is in the bottom left corner.

A folding knife with a blue textured handle and a shiny stainless steel blade rests on a wooden surface. The knife displays a circular logo near the hinge. The ZeroAir watermark is visible in the bottom left corner.

Open / Close / Lock

The Petrified Fish Flavorist blue Micarta is a flipper. Specifically, it’s a thumb flipper. There’s a nice big knob in the thumb-flip area very suitable for this type of opening.

A close-up of a hand holding a blue-handled folding knife with a visible textured grip and a logo on the handle. The knife blade is partially visible, and the background is wooden.

Unfortunately for me, I’m very bad at thumb flipping. So bad I try to thumb flip with the wrong finger. Maybe I don’t even know which one is my thumb!? (Have we identified the problem??)

A hand holding a blue folding knife, partially open, with a wooden surface in the background and a Zeroair logo in the bottom left corner.

However you end up opening it, once in hand, the blade is fantastic for EDC tasks.

A hand holding a small fixed-blade knife with a blue handle over a wooden surface. The knife blade is plain-edged and the background shows wood grain. The ZeroAir logo is in the bottom left corner.

As for locking, the Petrified Fish Flavorist blue Micarta is a liner lock. I like liner locks just fine, and this is a good example of a liner lock, too. It works great.

Close-up side view of a blue folding knife’s liner lock mechanism engaged with the blade, resting on a wooden surface. A “ZEROAIR” logo is partially visible in the bottom left corner.

Build and Feel

The build quality of the Petrified Fish Flavorist blue Micarta is good.

A folding pocket knife with a wide, straight-edged blade and a textured blue handle resting on a wooden surface. The knife features a circular logo near the hinge and a ZeroAir sticker on the left side.

I did find that the blade finish seemed to have some markings. Hard to describe, but you can see them throughout this review. It’s not that the blade is dirty, it’s just that the finish doesn’t seem perfect. If you intend to use this knife, it won’t be a problem. If you intend to shelf-queen this knife, well, why are you shelf-queening this knife?

Petrified Fish says this knife has ceramic bearings.

A close-up image of a folding knife viewed from the top, showing the blue handle and metal locking mechanism. The knife is resting on a wooden surface with a blurred background. The ZeroAir logo is in the lower left corner.

The blade is centered properly.

A close-up view of the spine of a closed folding knife with a textured blue handle, placed upright on a wooden surface. The ZeroAir logo appears in the lower left corner.

The pivot screw had an adjustment only from one side, but the other side of that screw has the PF logo.

A close-up of a blue-handled folding knife with a metal “PF” logo, resting on a wooden surface. The ZeroAir logo is visible in the bottom left corner of the image.

The part I referred to as the “whale” of the blade has three notches, as seen below. I’d say those are just for looks, as they don’t seem to serve any other purpose.

Close-up of a folding knife with a blue textured handle and a partially open stainless steel blade, placed on a wooden surface. A ZeroAir logo is visible in the lower left corner.

Petrified Fish calls this material “Flax.” It has a nice amount of grip, just like Micarta does.

A folding pocket knife with a blue textured handle rests on a wooden surface. The knife is partially open, and a round metal logo is visible on the handle. The background is out of focus.

A blue-handled folding knife with a metal pocket clip lies on a wooden surface, partially illuminated by a flashlight. The ZeroAir logo appears in the lower left corner.

Size

184mm (open) (104mm handle + 80mm blade).

Above, you can see the Petrified Fish Flavorist knife with the Civivi Elementum in orange G10. I use that knife so much!

Here’s the knife in hand:

A hand holding a closed folding knife with a blue textured handle and a metal pocket clip, against a wooden background. The image has a ZeroAir logo in the bottom left corner.

Below you can see the Petrified Fish Flavorist 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!

A blue-handled folding knife and two flashlights, one with a patterned wrap and the other with a textured body, are arranged on a wooden surface. A ZeroAir logo is visible in the bottom left corner.

Also in the photo above, my Standard Reference Material (SRM) flashlight is the Hanko Machine Works Trident, an 18350 light. 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 to the inexpensive Convoy S2+, another great SRM.

Steel / Cut / Oats

The Petrified Fish Flavorist knife uses K110 steel. K110 steel is apparently the same as D2, which is farily well regarded.

The blade offers a flat grind and, in this case, a satin finish.

According to coltellimania.com, which produced this image, the Petrified Fish Flavorist knife appears to have at least some type of spey blade.

Retention

A pocket clip is attached to the Petrified Fish Flavorist blue Micarta with two screws.

Close-up of a folding knife with a blue textured handle, metal pocket clip, and two visible screws, resting on a wooden surface. The blade is partially visible and the ZeroAir logo is in the lower left corner.

It’s a fantastic clip, and allows for incredibly smooth entry into and out of the pocket.

Close-up of a blue textured handle of a folding knife with a thin metal pocket clip attached, lying on a wooden surface. ZeroAir logo is visible in the bottom left corner.

The clip can only go on one side of the Petrified Fish Flavorist blue Micarta. There’s a bit of an inset into the Micarta just for the clip (again, only on one side.)

A folding pocket knife with a blue textured handle and a black metal clip rests closed on a wooden surface. The ZeroAir logo appears in the lower left corner.

The knife also has a lanyard hole.

A close-up of a hand holding a folding knife with a blue textured handle and visible screws. The blade is partially concealed. A logo reading ZEROAIR is in the bottom left corner. The background is wooden.

Summary and Conclusion

The Petrified Fish Flavorist blue Micarta is nearly the perfect knife for me. I love the look and feel of it in my hand. It’s just 1) too big (a 3.15″ blade is much longer than I’d prefer) and 2) thumb flip only. If it had another easy option for opening and a blade lenght of maybe 2.7″, I’d probably buy one of every color! I love it so much! As it is, I’m happy with just one! At the ridiculous Amazon sale price of $40, this is a steal.

Notes

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