The Evolution and Future of the Koenig Knives Arius

It was such a pleasure to talk to Bill Koenig on Instagram and through email he really knows how to communicate with his customers.

My Instagram @stassa23

[jakeheatherington]

Thanks Stassa for the most indepth and well put together discussion I've seen yet on this knife. I've really been looking at these hard but the few upcoming changes (improvements really) may be worth waiting for. Thanks for the time and effort you put into this, I enjoyed it. Big thanks to Tony to, for making it possible.

[lamprozar]

I love this knife and the company just blow me away I couldn't wish another company all the success in life all the best to them

[aray]

Good Lord that's a beautiful knife! Bill may be a young guy but damn he's right up there with the best of the best! Great job brother!
#Stassa23Rocks

[VOIDVIDS]

I think this is my favorite handle variant I’ve seen

[slidetek]

2 observations I can make Bill might not have wanted to mention are the Gen 1 lanyard/backspacer milling isn't as deep or clean as the 2. also on the 1 the clip has more of a "block" shaped ramp instead of the deeper slant on the 2, so it's easier to slide this one into your pocket. Fanatic Edge also mentioned they recently made some changes to the blade, darned if I can tell what they are. Yeah, now that they're doing CF, that looks like the next step! Great review, you hit all of the points pros and cons. It's great to hear he's making these new changes (pockets, chamfers) too - how many manufacturers keep doing that? And, stay concerned about not affecting anything regarding how it functions.

Yeah, it'll be nice having it back! Glad you got to give it a test ride though, and see if you thought it was worth it. Next one for me is CF and satin!

[WillyGunz]

lol I just got one of these 2 weeks ago, a style 57 and I love it.

[The]

Epicsnugglebunny has a video of the owner and work shop . Worth checking out.

[MrSdgrider]

Bill did not design the Arius, just an fyi.

[jovonntrujillo]

Great knife too much for what u get! We can produce and sell that same knife for 300.00 bucks I feel like it's a bad ass knife but it's just too much and the market is falling off so I wish him best of luck! I've been seeing customs for 6 650 so 550 is 200 2 much