It is a Kansept Model 6 Left-Handed with liner lock.

For years I have dealt with a right-handed, or “ambidextrous” pocket knife. Like many of you, struggled with and eventually got used to things made for righties, but marketed as “works in either hand” but really is garbage.

The blade shape is not my first choice, and I would rather a thumb knob. But I have always liked liner locks, and anything that met all of my check boxes was over $500. This was $170 from knife center.

It just arrived, so I have not used it much yet.

  • KorhakaEnglish
    3·
    13 days ago

    What makes a knife left/right handed? Only ever used fairly cheap knives. Especially folding ones.

    For EDC a lock is illegal here. If I am in a situation I can legally carry (or am comfortable to risk it) a knife then I go for a fixed blade mora.

    • deegeeseEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      For a single bevel edge, the bevel should be on the handed side so it presents an unbeveled side to the thing being sliced and the bevel pushes the slices away.

      Almost all single bevel knives are beveled on the right side.

      • nocturne@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
        1·
        12 days ago

        You can see this on my left-handed bread knife (black handle) vs the family’s bread knife (white handle).

      • KorhakaEnglish
        1·
        12 days ago

        I am aware of blades like that but are they common for folding knives?

    • nocturne@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      What makes a knife left/right handed?

      For a pocket knife there are a few things:

      1. Being able to be opened only with your left hand

      1. Being able to be closed only with your left hand

      1. If it has a pocket clip, the clip is on the right side

      1. If it has an ergonomic handle, it is a left-handed fit

      You can see the silver knife with red handle, my very old edc, is the opposite on points 2 & 3, while 1, is ambidextrous, and 4 is not applicable to this knife, but many of my kitchen knives are.

      • KorhakaEnglish
        1·
        12 days ago

        Ahh interesting, I don’t think mine work with just a right hand either, need both hands for all of them