KUBEY Eris KU179 EDC Folding Pocket Knife with 3.4-Inch Drop Point Blade and Carbon Fiber Handle with Titanium Clip for Camping Hunting and Outdoor

So yeah, now that you're actually here, forget the headline. The Kubey Eris is the best damned EDC in my collection right now (with 35+ knives in rotation). Why? Well, first the QC appears to be spot-on perfect. The blade's centered up and there's no open seams, gaps or rattles anywhere, period. With real Carbon Fiber (not layered or peel-ply), caged Ceramic Bearings and Titanium accents, the materials themselves just seem to be waaay higher value and quality than you're gonna see anywhere else at this price point right now. The D2 blade steel has been independently tested as real (Look up LuvThemKnives on Youtube) and hardened to 59-60 HRC, which if you're not familiar, is very good budget steel being brought to you slightly harder than a coffin nail. Very decent edge retention and manageable sharpen-ability with regular stropping. The bearings mean the opening/closing action is buttery-smooth and the super positive detent gives this thing a good solid "thwocky" note whenever you decide to flip the switch. The carbon fiber is the real deal too and has been shaped, scupted and radiuses to make for a very comfortable grip that has just enough texture to melt into my hand without any hot spots during long cutting jobs. I don't even miss the lack of jimping because the rest of the ergos are so good at locking me in. The profile in-pocket is thin and unobtrusive. It's light enough for slacks or gym shorts at 3.4 ounces and as an added bonus, someone actually took the time to balance this thing perfectly right over the forward finger choil, meaning it feels like a living extension of your hand while you're using it. So yeah, that's pretty cool.Secondly the design itself just rocks. The blade shape seems to be patterned out almost exactly like a shortened S-pattern fencing saber, with a narrow diamond cross-sectioned blade, a slightly forward swooping belly and an almost trailing tip that make it perfect for slashing and shearing cuts while keeping the rest of your hand out of the cutting path. The point is also trued-up enough to the center line that it works for piercing and stabbing, meaning that it's surprisingly handy at poking into packages, shearing out zip ties and doing a hell of a number on any cardboard, foam, wood or fabric you point it towards.Some peeps have been comparing it to the ZT 0450...but honestly I'm not seeing much resemblance. The edge profile is kinda similar but literally every other line is pretty far off. It's actually a little more similar to the CRKT Caligo (especially the D2 version) with the only real difference there being the slightly longer blade length.I chose the stonewashed flavor both because of the difficulty of trying to keep satin blades from looking like crap after any extended period of actual use and because I felt like it just came together a little bit better visually with the natural titanium backspacer and clip. Although I'm not generally one for the murdered-out tacticool look, this knife ended up being kinda pretty that way. Turns out that real carbon fiber is a showstopper on its own.Quick reality check... Is this REALLY what we're calling a Chinese budget knife now? Cause it makes what you could get 5 years ago look like gas station garbage. All in all, I can't find ANYTHING I don't love about this knife after a few solid months of using it. Can't usually say that since I'm a might persnickkity about that kind of thing. So yeah, good on Kubey.P.S. Not sure why the Eris isn't more popular among the various members of the YouTube knife reviewing community. It certainly deserves to be. On the flip-side though, I'm kind of glad it isn't since that usually drives the price up and the cool factor down in equal measure. So yeah, my advice is to get in on what I'm doing here by buying one, falling in love with it and telling everyone that you don't have strongly friendly feelings for that it's complete and utter piece of garbage when they ask.So yeah, hope that helps.EDIT: Removed 2 stars. Reason being that I've had the Eris for nearly a year now and I have to admit that its lost a bit of its luster. Mainly due to the titanium clip bending on me several times and needing to be straightened out with a vise. I'm worried that if this happens again, it'll snap (since titanium work-hardens) or that it'll wallow out the carbon fiber socket where it screws to the clip. For some reason this knife just wants to catch on things im walkinh by while it's in my pocket. Your mileage may vary on that. The other issue is the blade steel and grind. The D2 on this was finished soft, like at a Rockwell somewhere between 53 and 55. I sharpen knives as a side hustle and through that, I've gotten to know the characteristics of certain steels. Good D2 (around an RC of 60) should be hard, almost to the point of being chippy. It's stable enough for keen edges but any extra polish you put on it will wear off fairly quickly, leaving a decent long-term working edge that takes a while to wear down. By comparison, this stuff has the consistency of pencil lead and is very difficult to sharpen past around 20° inclusive. It polishes easily at the edge and almost smears away when you try to hone it back to true. The stonewashed coating comes off easily too. So much so that just cutting cardboard scratched it and the first layers of steel off halfway up the edge. No Bueno.Maybe they botched the heat treat on just my knife. Knowing Chinese production methods though, I doubt it. Compound that with the fact that the grind on this knife is wide and you have a knife that design-wise looks like it should slice...but somehow just doesn't. So yeah, that's why I don't EDC the Eris anymore. In the same form factor and below its budget though, I can wholeheartedly recommend the Ruike P108-SB and the Civivi Baklash knives. Both are near perfect representations of what I think Kubey was going for with the Eris. I'm a little optimistic that the AUS-10 version will be better.

So I have only had 2 Kubey knives before this one. And I absolutely loved them. Both I purchased as a second owner off Instagram. Both were in Brand New condition. I can not believe the quality, fit and finish, action, detent, ergonomics, and quality materials you get with these knives, at the price they ate sold. This knife is no different. It has incredible action, very smooth, perfect detent, perfect centering. It has 100% real not peel ply, or G10 laminate, but real carbon fiber handle scales. And the carbon fiber is void free. D2 blade steel, real D2 steel at almost 60-61 Rockwell. It's got a super heavy Stonewash to the blade which makes this a great work finish. Its lightweight, but solid, blade shape is extremely EDC friendly, and ergos are fantastic.But... there is one deal breaker for me. I may return it just because of this. It was freaking super glued together. I mean the screws have had red lock tight or I believe literally some sort of super, impossible glue or something used to make sure we as buyers never, ever get into, open and or clean this knife. I used a blow dryer for over an hour, off and on to try to listen the glue, NOTHING. It freaking stripped 2 different T-6 Wiha torx drivers. I mean literally disfigured the tip to a twisted un-usable torx driver. A WIHA? WHAT THE HELL? The freaking screws themselves must be made out of some super steel, because they did not even strip, but my Wiha torx drivers did. So based on that, I hate to be so picky, but I do not think I want it. I have to be able to take it apart, I have to be able to clean it. Plus I always take apart chinese made knives when I first get them because they do not use good oil, they all seem to use grease.So if you are not like me, and you do not mind not being able to take it apart, then buy this knife. It is top notch, the best in class at this price!!!

I've had a few knives from Kubey now, and this is definitely a step above the others. Its overall shape and design are inspired by the Dmitry Sinkevich designed 0450/0452 models by Zero Tolerance (two of my favorite knives), but with some differences. Instead of a framelock, it's a linerlock with nested liners and genuine carbon fiber scales, with a small titanium pocket clip. The blade is D2 and comes shaving sharp out of the box, and is less dagger-like than the ZT, which makes it a bit less scary if you decide to use it in public. The action uses ceramic ball bearings and is quite snappy thanks to a light blade and a good detent. It's a little squeaky, which tends to be common with ceramic bearings, so it will smooth out over time.It's closer to the 0450 model in overall size, but its handle is longer and a bit thicker, and fills the hand better than the 0450. I do wish the handle scales were thinner at least though, as the thin blade lends itself perfectly to a slim pocketknife and these thicker handle scales make it seem a little out of balance. The screws are also held down permanent thread locker, so no disassembly for this piece. I'm not a big fan of that, considering how important maintenance of a tool is and it's never made sense to me why some knife companies are so scared of their customers disassembling tools they bought with their own money that they'd lock them out of them. Knives aren't complicated, Kubey. Trust your customers a little more and give us that freedom.I'll go ahead and wrap up as I'm starting to sound a little bit Shabazz-y. All in all, I'm very happy with this little knife, despite a few complaints. It'd make a nice gentleman's carry for the budget conscious, and the materials, fit, and finish are great. Well done, Kubey!

Also erstmal ist das Kubey 179cf ein wirklich sexy Flipper. Das messer schaut super aus, auch wenn manche eine Ähnlichkeit zu einem zt sehen wollen, kann ich das nicht, ich meine irgendwo sehen sich viele messer ähnlich, es gibt eben in Form und Farbe einfach auch Grenzen. Das Kubey jedenfalls ist mit den Carbon schalen und der D2 Klinge super sexy. Flippt super auf mit einem tollen Sound, das niedrige Gewicht der Klinge passt hier sehr gut zum leichten griff. Verarbeitung ist sehr schön, die Verriegelung an der Stelle wo man den Daumen ansetzt ist etwas scharfkantig, das stört aber nur wenn man viel damit "spielt" ich wollte die stonewashed Klinge, aber der schwarze Titan Clip und backspacer haben mir nicht so gefallen, also habe ich beide Teile geschliffen und Hitze gefärbt, gefällt mir so besser und ich habe die stonewashed Klinge.. bei dem auseinander bauen des Messers habe ich dann allerdings einen makel gefunden, in einem der Kugellager fehlt eine Kugel und auch die übrigen halten sich solala..Es hat zwar der Funktionsweise des Messers keinen Abbruch getan, ist aber dennoch nicht schön und kubey muss wirklich bessere Produkt Kontrollen durchführen, das hätte definitiv beim Zusammenbau auffallen müssen.Ich habe das Kugellager mit einem Kugellager eines günstigen kubeys das ich habe ausgetauscht, sind exakt die gleichen Kugellager. Es Funktionieren so beide Messer und das 179 ist jetzt für mich perfekt. Ich bin trotzdem sehr zufrieden mit dem Messer, Preis Leistung ist hier super. Carbonfaser Griffschalen und D2 stahl Klinge und dann noch Titan Clip und backspacer .