Kansept Orlok Knife Review

The Kansept Orlok knife features anodized titanium scales and a nested liner lock. The action is great on this small-enough-for-EDC design by Terry Cour II (aka TacticalTerry)!

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Official Specs

Here’s a link to the Kansept Orlok knife.

Versions

The Kansept Orlok knife is available in at least five finishes. That includes this purple-anodized titanium with Damascus blade, as well as an all-black version, and some other titanium color versions. A couple of versions have smooth handles (no “micro rock”), and there’s at least one S35VN uncoated blade, too.

Price

This version, and all the titanium versions, of the Kansept Orlok knife is priced at $207.89. The black on black version comes in at $179.89.

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Package and Manual

There is no manual.

What’s Included

• Kansept Orlok knife
• Cleaning cloth
• Carry pouch
• Warranty card, etc.

Look

I can’t overstress how deep the purple on these scales looks. At different angles it has a different hue. It’s really gorgeous!

It looks great open, too. I think Damascus is “neat” but I am not infatuated with it.

Damascus looks nice on the Kansept Orlok knife, though, becaues the handles with the “micro rock texture” are fairly busy, too.

The minimal branding is camoflaged with the Damascus pattern on the blade.

Below you can see the knife name (Orlok) and the maker’s mark.

 

Here you can get a better idea that the purple scales look different as the light hits them differnetly.

Open / Close / Lock

There is a flipper tab on the spine of this knife, but my preferred (and in my opinion easiest) way to open the Kansept Orlok knife is by the generously-sized thumb hole.

I typically have a fair bit of difficulty with thumb flippers, but I can manage this one. But the thumbhole is so much easier!

This is a “nested liner lock” style lockup, and it’s very good, too. I like this stle for a couple of reasons. First, when you unlock the knife, you’re never fighting your grip against the scale, trying to keep the knife locked. Secondly, it allows for a full-side design on the lock side, without lock cutout in the scale. All that stuff is internal.

I am not saying that is better functionally, but I absolutely prefer this over frame locks.

Build and Feel

The build quality of the Kansept Orlok knife is great. It’s not a cheap knife, but the build quality is comensurate with the price.

The blade is perfectly centered.

The Kansept Orlok knife features a ball bearing pivot and does have an extraordinarily smooth action.

The backspacer is a solid piece of (probably) titanium that matches the other titanium accents.

The pivot is accessible on both sides with a TORX screw.

The spine has minimal jimping. In fact, the only jimping is right on the thumb flipper area. It’s enough, really.

Size

Overall Length: 6.89”/175.2mm
Blade Length: 3.03”/76.9mm
Blade Thickness: 0.157″ / 4.0mm
Weight: 4.7oz/122.5g

Above you can see the Kansept Orlok 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:

Below you can see the Kansept Orlok 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 Orlok knife uses Damascus steel and a reverse tanto blade shape (per the product page).

I don’t know a ton about reverse Tanto. I do know I don’t prefer (regular) Tanto blade shapes, but whatever this blade is, I do like.

I would say this big nose on the blade makes it a sort of “modified” reverse Tanto, at least.

The blade has a flat grind.

Retention

The Kansept Orlok knife has a milled pocket clip held in place with two screws.

The micro rock texture provides nice grip for holding the knife (in hand) and also helps with pocket retention.

The pocket clip on the Kansept Orlok knife can be swapped to the other side. There’s no blank/filler piece or extra screws.

The Kansept Orlok knife does not have any connection point for a lanyard.

Finally, Kansept includes its standard carry pouch.

Summary and Conclusion

I love the look of the Kansept Orlok knife. This purple (and probably the blue and bronze as well) has an incredibly deep color sheen. The “reverse Tanto” (modified?) blade shape is great for everyday use, and with a blade of around 3″, it’s great for EDC. I’d call it just a tad bit on the pricey side, though, at around $208. Still the Kansept Orlok knife is a fantastic knife!

Notes

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