Why This Knife Is Important // Exclusive Look at the Knafs Co Lander!

Full Knife Specs Below

0:00 Intro
0:32 Specs (more below too)
0:56 Hand Size Reference Small/Medium/Large
1:11 Size Comparison next to MIni Bugout/Baby Banter/Launch 4
2:24 Lander Fast Swap Scales
3:46 The Right To Repair and Tinker
4:34 Lander Scale CAD File and Creative Commons
7:39 Ben Banters AMA
7:52 Launching The Lander Into Space
8:35 How the Lander Got It's Name
9:24 Conclusion

I am super excited for you guys to check out this review! My good buddy Ben Peterson (Ben Banters/ Knafs Co) just dropped his very first all his knife design for his company Knafs Co. It is a great compact budget EDC knife with an overall length of 6.375" and D2 blade / G-10 handle. The coolest thing about it is that Ben has designed the Lander to be fully customizable and repairable, and he wants you to take it apart and tweak it! Knafs Co will even have the CAD files of the scales available for free so you can 3D Print/Machine/or contract someone to make you some rad customized scales with no guess work. In my opinion this is a great knife for first time knife owner, first time knife modder, or just someone looking for a great compact budget EDC knife.

A little note about Knafs Co. : Me and Ben have been coworkers and friends for close to 5 years now and I can say with no hesitations that he is one great dude. We worked at a big knife retailer together and did some amazingly fun and awesome story telling with knives and I think he has been influential directly or indirectly for a lot of the fun/interesting knife content that we all enjoy (not to mention he has probably taught us all something we didn't know about knives). He recently went full time with his side hustle Knafs Co it's basically just him and his incredible wife Athena chipping away at a dream day in and day out. Knowing how Ben's brain works I would say that The Lander is just the tip of the iceberg for cool knife designs that bring something more to the table so lets all order a Lander or buy a poster and keep Ben and Athena going!

Knafs Co Lander Specs:

Blade Steel: D2

Grind: Flat

Blade Shape: Drop Point

Lock Type: Liner Lock

Pivot: Ceramic Caged Bearings

Pocket Clip: Deep Carry

Scales: G-10

Overall Length: 6.375" 162mm

Blade Length: 2.75". 70mm

Handle Length: 3.625" 92mm

Blade Thickness: 0.1" 2.6mm

Handle Thickness: 0.4" 10.2mm

Weight: 2.4 oz 68 grams

Country of Origin: China

Manufacturer: QSP

[benbanters]

Your spaceship portion is quite possibly my favorite segment of cinema of all time. Thank you, my friend. 🚀

[davidbaize]

Wow!!! All the knife guys in one video!!! Zac, Jaime, Ben, and Kurt!!!! Doesn’t get any better than this. Hey Ben, create a whole line of this type of frame/knife.

[tonytooltime]

I can't wait, mine is on its "One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Like Minds! ".
🔨👍😁👍🔧

[Commander_Cody]

Can’t wait for this. Ben and Zac got me into knives and customizing them. This is the perfect combination of the two. Got to find a way to add a speaker to say "What up guys” when you flick the knife open.

[GorggW]

Ham hand, loved that, friends in the knife community, y'all are dope.

[AdAce]

the Black's already sold out, so I joined the wait list. Thanks for the showcase Zac!

[MariaGarcia-ydnu]

HOW AM I JUST SEEING THIS!! Im getting one on payday for sure. Love what you do Zac! Thanks for making these videos and making my day!

[greysonosterberg]

Ik this video is about Ben and his new product, which are both great, but can we take a moment to appreciate Zacs creativity? Having your very own channel is a new venue for you still, and it’s fun to see your creative side in a way we haven’t seen it before. I like it!

[orendz]

We are so lucky to have you in the knife community Zac. I really love the content and most of all the enthusiasm.

We are equally lucky to have Ben also and as a designer. I really love how he built this for the knife guy.

Everything that is not allowed to do to other knife brands such as take apart etc, we are able to do this this knife, plus Ben had made it extremely simple.

It sucks having a perfectly tuned pivot and you decide to add some afternmarket scales and after installing those scales the action is no longer perfect because you had to pull out the pivot screw.

Thanks for fixing this Ben. 🤙

[bennyc]

There's a lot to love in this video. Cool knife. Great philosophy around modding/repairs. All the OG's. Great low-fi soundtrack. Space sequence. Oh and pocket clip by Mary Poppins!

[markanderson]

Great to see Curt (Kurt) in this video! You, Jamie, Ben and Curt were a great team when you were all on BHQ. Grow this channel!

[bartk]

Definitely going to get one. I don't know you guys but through seeing your videos and social media you all seem like stand up people. It would be a pleasure to get one.

[chappie]

It’s been a little bit since I’ve been excited about a knife. Im stoked about this one!

[ItzSlushie]

I’m glad to see you all are still friends outside of work. You all were my entry into the knife space no pun intended.

[duartduplessis]

What a loss you guys where for bladehq. Awesome vids!

[codysluis]

The smile on my face grew and grew as this video went on and then my jaw dropped when I saw the Hams, no mistaking those with gym shorts out of focus in the back lol

[chrishernandez]

I can't wait, anyone who has followed y'all or has had an interest in the knife world and watched a few of the oldie but goodie videos know that his love of knives is sincere and I really hope this knife takes off like crazy. I Already have a list of friends that I have to get them for, in my group I am the knife nut, So I can't wait.

[benjamindanielsen]

I received one of these as a gift recently and what impresses me the most about this knife is just how compact it is. When I saw it had a 3 inch blade, I was expecting the size to be akin to maybe my Slim Buck 112 Ranger or Sog Terminus XR, so I was pretty blown away when I got it in hand and discovered it was noticeably smaller than either knife.

It's actually smaller than even my Kershaw Cryo or CRKT Piet, and both of those knives have blades around a quarter of an inch shorter than the Lander. I don't know how Ben pulled it off, but I'm genuinely impressed that he has managed to fit a 3" blade into a truly compact package.

The action is solid, but I am a bit underwhelmed that it's slightly crunchy for the asking price of almost $60. It'll probably improve with a touch of oil and some use, and is really my only complaint with the knife.

The packaging was nice and minimalistic, and came with some spare screws as well as a humorous instruction manual. I genuinely hope that the modular concept takes off and that little issues like the action can be smoothed out with time.

[ryejack]

I really like what Ben is doing with this. I'm a huge proponent of DIY culture, so it immediately caught my attention when I read he was releasing the CAD files for the scales. That's freaking amazing! I'm also looking forward to seeing what scale options they offer on the site. I've enjoyed my Cat Astronaut WE Banter and would love to get some matching scales. You know, I think I'm going to carry my Banter today. lol Thanks for the video and keep up the guest appearances of the old BHQ crew! It's fun to see you all hanging out.

[Ersk]

After several month researching a few different knives I finally pull the trigger on the lander! First time with a d2 blade..can’t wait to get it! Great review..I’ve watched it a few times 😅