1842B-BK

This ArtisanCutlery Sea Snake fixed blade looked to be an upgrade to the CRKT Spew I’ve carried for some time. Well, it IS! The photos here compare the two. Only a slight bit larger than the crkt, the size is perfect. The proprietary powder steel, AR-RPM9, is still their “budget steel” but is supposed to meld the best traits of D2 and stainless. It came just “fairly” sharp, but a couple licks on the crock sticks and RaZor - this, an improvement over the crkt’s 5cr15 steel, which is way budget. Scales are G10 and surprisingly smooth. The sea snake’s sheath is actual kydex (**in photos, here, with an added teklok** - it comes with only a lanyard) a step up from molded plastic. The fit and finish are wonderful, although mine did have a tiny nick on the spine you could feel with a thumbnail. The forward finger choil is useful and offers more grip options. The whole piece is just sleek and gorgeous. The Alan Folts designed Spew is still a great knife and a great deal at $20. The sea snake is $40 here (and yes, add $10 for a teklok). The sea snake is certainly an upgrade from the spew, but is it twice as good? Yes. It is…but, just barely w/o its own teklok. Update: 2023. I have Edc’d the Sea Snake regular since purchase and love it. The crkt spew is clocking in at $42 these days! The artisan SS has held at $39. This one is now the bargain.

This knife is tiny and that is absolutely something is has going for it. As far as quality, I have to say this is top notch. It came truly razor sharp and holds its edge very well. I’ve only had to sharpen it twice in the few months I’ve had it, but will admit this is not an everyday knife carry for me, but would be fantastic as an EDC knife. The shape and weight of the knife is pretty perfect as well giving it a beautiful look and very functional, allowing it to be very easy to control when making intricate cuts. When I first opened it up I thought it wouldn’t be worth what I paid for it, I was very wrong. It comes with a well made Kydex sheath that it solidly clicks into. Highly recommend this knife and can confidently say you will not be disappointed. No one paid me for my review and I did NOT receive any free products for my review.

I'll start with the flaw - they designed this knife with the elimination of a good part of the blade for a choil... I like it for 'safety' but dislike it (even more so) because you loose a huge chunk of blade. That said, the steel is interesting. I used this to pry open a key fob and bent the tip of the knife quite notably. I put the tip on a wooden floor and gently bent it back - I can't even see that anything ever happened.I'm sure a microscope would show different, but good enough for me! I use the knife OFTEN.

I love this knife. Very ergonomic handle and I love the blade shape. Very good steel for the price. Highly recommend.

I wasn't sure if I'd like this knife and it was a little smaller than I imagined but, in the end, I love it. It is much lighter when hanging around my neck then I thought it would be. Blade retention is pretty much perfect. I don't think it would ever come out unless you wanted it to. The thickness of the blade may concern some but it seems very strong and well made. Last but not least, it is the sharpest knife I've ever owned, out of the box. I've never successfully been able to cut very flimsy paper (via the so-called paper cut test) with a knife out of the box except with this one (and I've been on this planet for 50 rotations!). Highly recommended. 👍👍

This thing is crazy pointy/sharp and easy to carry/deploy. Sheath is good. I use a static line front pocket carry. I find the scales a little thin but that matches the lightweight easy to carry mandate for this knife. Very good design.

Sturdy sheath, small and practical knife, making it comfortable for someone around 5'9 to use, well worth the money for different forms of carry.

Great little knife. I like it can be a neck knife, but I carry it in my pocket with an ulti clip. I simply took it to a strop and it is shaving sharp. This little blade would make quick work of a steak at your favorite restaurant!