The BEST Button Lock EDC knives for EVERY budget!!! 🔥🔥🔥

This EDC knife video takes a look at the best EDC button lock knives for every budget!! These are the best EDC button lives that I have ever handled and all are excellent options I would highly recommend when shopping for your next EDC button lock knife.
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[echosierra]

For us southpaws, if you want a “true” left handed button lock, get the CJRB Pyrite daily driver, from the perfect Pyrite collection. Very nice, and not much more expensive than the regular Pyrite.

[sleestack]

I know it's not highly regarded in the knife collecting world, but for pure button action, not taking anything else into account, I really like the Elementum button lock (the one that has the button as it's only means of open / close for the blade). Since it only has one action, that action is perfectly tuned in my opinion. And since it's a locking blade, it never swings back out if it swings closed too hard.

[ZachariahJB]

Kizer cormorant could/should be in a few of these categories. Great list Wayne. Thanks for the video

[Gambit]

Left out the best button lock I own: WE Exciton. I own dozens of button locks, but the Exciton is the best. Protech Mordax and Malibu are really good too.

[PaulMunkoTV]

Dude, thank you so much for including the Clairvoyant in this roundup! I agree, the burlap and brass version is my favorite of the two as well. Always an honor to be in one of your videos, hope to see you again sometime soon! 😁

[majorpowell]

Nice line up. All very good. I probably would just add the regular g10 Pyrite to the sub-50 list. Fantastic and can be had for around 40-45

[gregblau]

I was looking at that first sencut and the elementum. Went to see my friend's son that works at the local shop and he didn't discourage me from either, but talked up the pyrite and was pointing me in that direction. I did want to try a flipper, but am glad I took his advice

[skipads]

The Cogent with a Sencut clip look fantastic. The clip has a hole and slot mimicking the pattern in the handle and it lines up the the handle pattern as well.

[h.b.nielsen]

I have many on your list and love them! The CJRB Feldspar micarta WMK exclusive is one to try if you haven't. Such a great value.

[MikeJ]

The sencut sacshe is for real the best sounding button lock I have ever heard. Might not be my fav overall but definitely the best sound

[MikeyD]

Sentinel strike or the Civivi Vision FG? Which one do you choose?

[jpolhamus]

My two favorite button locks are the mordax and freeman 451

[butchbilbrey]

I own the Civivi Cogent In micarta and would have loved to see it on the list as well

[jamesolsen]

Trying to decide between the Sentinel Strike and Serene. Cogent is also in the mix. Trying to figure out which of these three has the best feeling action. Hearing conflicting things about which of them feels best. And if the Ziffius/Exiton are a step up in terms of action, how much of a step are we talking? In what way do they feel different?

In case it helps others, I have a G10 Cormorant and button lock Kitefin, and both have very different feels to the action. Cormorant feels more loose and springy because of the vibrations in the handle on closure (not talking blade play; there is none), and haptic feedback from the button which has zero stick. Action is always the same no matter how hard you deploy it. Kitefin is more rigid: blade slams into the lock on open, but the harder you flip it, the more button stick you get on close, which feels fantastic. Might disappear with use, but I've for sure flipped it a few thousand times at this point. There's no button stick on open if you choose not to use the flipper. Titanium handle has zero vibration. I'm not so impressed by the flipper tab though. Has to be lightswitched; pushing down frequently fails because the flipper's angle of action fails to correctly direct the energy when you break the detent in this way, even though the pivot and track are well lubricated and free of discernable friction. Both superb EDC knives obviously. Cormorant has best blade geometry - feels like I'm cutting thick cardboard with a laser beam - and equally fun fidget toys, just in very different ways.

[justinsnow]

What do you prefer the pyrite xl and the assassin xl? I’m trying to figure which one I. Want next.

[zacharywhite]

that smock is the bomb! I've been trying to find a 20cv or m390 smock for a hot minute.

[smal]

They need to come out with a Vosteed racoon in a more premium steel. M390 , 20cv, s-35vn something cause I love my 14c28n racoon I would like it even more in another blade steel

[ronaldbarnes]

Nice list Wayne! Own several of them. Glad you included the Smock, one of my all time favorites. Thanks for sharing!

[danielcox]

The Civivi Altus is conspicuously absent from the $75-100 group. It is strong competition to the Sentinel Strike in this price range and one of my favorite button locks.

[littlerougue]

The Civiv clips will also fit on some CJRB's