I'm gonna have to czech these out.

@michaelrogers9029

3 жыл бұрын

Nicely done 👏

@ladev91

3 жыл бұрын

😎😎😎

@machendachen

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂👍

@charlescollier7217

3 жыл бұрын

It had to be said, really.

@mattadler4710

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA! you're the best

Aaron, you are my favorite knife reviewer. Knowledgeable without goofy speech or insulting the audience. Good presentation. Easy to listen too. I hope you continue to review. Best Paul

@gideonstactical

3 күн бұрын

Really Appreciate that Paul!

Handsome knives. I had hoped they were forged from abandoned Soviet T62 tanks.

@appalachiafishingclub

3 жыл бұрын

Boker makes knifes from German tanks.

@ftdefiance1

3 жыл бұрын

@@appalachiafishingclub good to know!

Finally someone who tells me more about these ANV knives ... Thanks from the Czech Republic!

I freakin love my z200. Definitely stands out from anything in my collection and is very functional as well.

These are really nice. Thank you for always looking where most knife reviewers don't and finding hidden gems.

These have great lines. Medford has been using fuller deployment in their knives for years. Nice review!

ANV is pretty new on the market, just about one or two years. The founder used to work for other knife making czech companies before. I bought one of the first series of Z100 titanium and p300. They have some minuses, but the company is improving really fast. I use both now as backup in my car GHB.

I’ve been interested in these knives for a while-I’m really glad to see they’re starting to get traction in the US!

I LOVE ANV Knives. Due to connections I had, I got to go to an event of a local blade shop who had just picked them up into their stock. They were completely new to me, I had never heard of them - I was told they had already made a good first impression at IWA of that year a few minutes before I got there, that was all I knew. To my surprise, it was the CEO and the Chief Designer there themselves, just chatting to people and talking about knives. They presented their current lineup, future projects, why they picked which materials and gave a little virtual tour of their factory via a video. I was very very impressed. I ended up buying the Z400, which was back then their shiniest newest model and only came in one color/material combo - stonewashed blade with black G10 handle - if I could choose now, I'd get a black blade. I even got the Ondrej, the Chief Designer, to sign the box for me as I had fallen in love with the blade so much. Since then, I've carried it pretty much every day - that was almost 2 years ago. As for a "long-term" review: it's retained its sharpness perfectly and hasn't developed any spot rust or other blemishes yet, even though the D2 it's made of is not entirely stain-resistant. I dropped it in closed position plenty, which has resulted in one single tiny chip in the G10, otherwise the handle is like new. I also dropped it on the blade once, it even fell perfectly on the tip. The tip didn't break off, it "mushroomed" like a bullet that hit a metal target. I ground a new tip into it and then re-edged it, which was not very difficult. It took maybe the better part of an hour and made the blade maybe 1mm shorter, tops. So rest assured, if a 6'5'' guy can drop it from shoulder height onto concrete, impacting perfectly onto the tip, then whatever you do to it won't cause any worse effects than that. It's a seriously great blade and has led me to gift a relative who likes carrying really small knives the Z050 and me itching to buy the M311, their top-of-the-line fixed blade. In short/ too long didn't read: ANV knives are really good and super cheap for their quality. The people who own and make them are competent and nice.

One of my all time favorites from "Zero Tolerance".. This gave me ZT 0804 Vibes!

I really like the design of these. Simple and unfussy and classic. N690 is also a fairly underated steel. I think its a really good solid balanced steel and have never had any issues with it.

I'm pretty excited to see these here. I've had my Z100 for over a year now and I kinda like it, even though it's not perfect. Even after tuning it and breaking it in the action is still stiff. It's an issue in tolerances, I handled like 10 of these at once at a show last year, and each one felt different. I have no idea if they fixed it. I'm going to get another one if they did though, I like everything else about it.

I love the Z100. The blade style reminds me of the Al Mar folding SERE. Going to have to look into these, would look good with satin blade.

Wow, thanks for reviewing. Got that Z200 in OD Green/Black Blade/Half Serrations. Very happy with that. Best regards from Germany 🇩🇪

Another great video,thank you. I come form Slovak Republic,just Czech's neighbour. I would like to recomend you for checking one good knife Made in Slovakia - PTERYX L2 It it's not the cheapest one but may be worth to review it... Wish you all the best from small central Europe country and looking forward for another video review!

Interesting pieces... Thanks for the presentation and keep up the great work. Much love from Switzerland

Good looking knife. Good point on performance V aesthetics.

Nice review and good job on the video. I agree with you about the design of the knife. It's very pleasing to the eye and looks to be comfortable to hold. The price is reasonable.

These knives look really sweet! Ill have to check these out. I think I would like the 200.

z200 - i agree... having the cutout on both sides would have been waaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy cooler. however, looks like a decent pocket knife to me in any case :)

Damn! NOW that is a perfect pocket clip/lanyard hole setup. SURE HOPE YOURE PAYING ATTENTION SPYDERCO!!!

Really nice knives. I like this clip cause it doesn't show from outside like the monster clip of a AD10.

Great knives thanks Aaron enjoy your week buddy

Good to see AVN knives made it abroad! Haven't got mine yet, since the company is quite new I want to give them time to perfect the design, functionability and overall development. Maybe they are ready now. Cheers from Czech Republic, keep up the good work!

@RUCEaRucicky

3 жыл бұрын

Hehe, taky si ho snad koupim :))

You piqued my curiosity with these. Tempted to go for the Z100 but going to go all out in experimental mode and get the Z100 in the Sleipner blade steel. Lion Steel seems to like this newer steel, so I am eager to check it out.

Just ordered the z200 od green with dlc coating and wow. Perfect fit and finish and all that just for €120 euros. And by the way the unboxing is really cool love the way they make their boxes and all the stuff inside. The little things matter

I'm thinking about getting one. Your review is very positive. I generally get knives with edge retention focused heat treatments. But this is good price to performance from what you've said and I like n690 for a budget steel even if it's not heat treated amazingly well. It is not EU legal. And they have a lot of knife crimes right now in the UK, so the criminal politicians will likely full ban knives even more than the laws they currently have.

Excellent knives from my country.

Thanks Aaron. These really look great, and I had no idea they existed. I definitely plan to pick one of these up in the very near future. Have you checked out the little fixed blade that BRS has out? I know its not an outdoors knife really, but I think EDC fixed is really starting to trend. I'm also curious about the TDI pocket strike. Figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Videos are getting better all the time BTW. Production quality is so excellent. You should be proud. Christ be with you my brother.

Beautiful blade footage

Aaaand now I'm ordering a Z200. Thanks, man.

Hopefully these will be available in other webstores.

Whatever I get interested in a knife I make sure I go to your channel. The best information on knives is from your channel. Great review but I will have to pass on these knives I’m starting to go broke. LOL stay safe my friend.

@gideonstactical

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend.

Less than a week after post and these are sold out everywhere, except on their home page out of CZ. To get one in the US,you have to pay 75 bones more than BladeHQ had it listed prior to sell out.

Very nice looking knives.

I really dig your channel and have been watching for a while. I was wondering if you had a video on the best self defense knives... Obviously just any any would work in a pinch but would would you recommend?

That's a sweet looking knife, would pair well with my CZs. Completely sold out on BladeHQ.

@gideonstactical

3 жыл бұрын

I understand more are on the way. 👍

Gonna get me a Z200 to tryout that opening grove.

I was about to buy a Z200 while ago, but read on their website that it is for 2handed opening and thought „wtf?“ - guess that has to do with legal stuff.

@maxwell2.2

3 жыл бұрын

It does because in germany for example you are not allowed to carry a knife that you can open with one hand ans locks.

Just please don't say the Czech Republic is 'Eastern Europe' - it's a common misconception that culture and history-ignorant journalists are spreading. This country has always been CENTRAL EUROPE - culturally, historically etc. and due to the history, it's kinda offensive to the people there to be thrown into the same bag as e.g. Russia etc., having been even occupied by them for some decades.... More general Wiki info here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe and background info by the U.N. here unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/ungegn/docs/23-gegn/wp/gegn23wp48.pdf Thanks and enjoy your knife. :-)

@gideonstactical

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info

@B.U.K.O.

3 жыл бұрын

And Slovakia and poland is central Europe too, eastern Europe is Ukraine, Bellaruss, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova

@user-ml7gl2ij7u

3 жыл бұрын

Tak tak :-) Ale já to chápu...

@B.U.K.O.

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-ml7gl2ij7u aj ja, pre Západ sme boli vždy iba nástroj a vazali

@GiarcraiGO

3 жыл бұрын

For North American's we rarely consider Europe to have a central area. Denmark is in the north. Germany and Austria are west. Poland, Czech republic, Slovakia would all be eastern Europe. I think we were taught this way because of the cold war. Anything that fell under the Warsaw pact is east. (With perhaps east Germany being the exception). The Balkans are their own mess In the southeast.

When the Spartan Harsey Difensa folder in SVN45 comes out in June 2021, could you put it through your vigorous review? I trust your reviews and have bought a lot of equipment that you have rated positively. Thank you!

Hey brother, love your videos you do an amazing job. Sidenote dunno what you do with all the knifes you test after...... but if you ever give them away I would be proud to use one everyday just saying is all. Anyway hope you keep doin what your doing and looking forward to the next video that you make.

You should check out off grid knives

I think the Teflon washers with the cutouts is kind of like the Chris Reeve inkosi where are the phosphor bronze washers had cutouts where the lubricant would sit I think it's kind of like a similar design

I recently bought the Z100 and Z200. Good knives but they have HUGE flaws. The free turning pivot will eventually loosen itself after quite a bit of opening and closing. The pivot screw strip easy after tightening it often. Im not crapping on the knives, don’t get me wrong I really like the looks and materials of the knives. Also the liners don’t lock up super solid at first but they do break in eventually and lock up super solid. On the plus side they are easy to take apart and clean. When the pivot screw is tight they have ZERO blade play. Overall decent knives, just that dang pivot!!!

Greetings from Sweden! You need to try the ANV P300.

Cool! I like them!

nice job as always. I have the z100 and for me its 'good' but not 'great'. the size is perfect, love the blade shape, but the action on the flipper is not spectacular by any means. not too sure how I feel about those washers. as for the clip, deep carry is nice, but when using the knife I can feel it bending and grinding against the scales, very minor but definitely a nuisance.

.... Wonderful Knifes, and perfect Detail Video Stream. THANKS! 👍 Gruß from Franki, Bavaria 😉

Hey Aaron, First off Happy Holidays to you and your Family hope you and yours are healthy and safe:)) the Z200 connected with me and must have it lol if BLHQ is currently out of the blacked out version does ANV have a converter ( currency) so we could pick it up on their site? If not I'll wait for Blade HQ. Thanks great content as always sir:))

@Zaque-TV

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can change shipping country and currency

Question for ya, I noticed quite a bit of wrist while using the flipper tab version. Were you able to loosen the pivot on any of them? My z100 in g10 has a very stiff action, it will not open unless I use a little bit of wrist action. It’ll probably break in a tiny bit, but I was just curious.

The cutting is so neat, it feels like it can cure OCD.lol

Sold out already in blade hq! Good price for what you get

@gideonstactical

3 жыл бұрын

I believe a new shipment is coming in the next few weeks. I would get on the email reminder list.

@tylerrohn6938

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

@ismaellopez9964

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks sir!

Not Czech but the wife is and have 4 Czech knives all have been great all have amazing edge retention all are Mikov blades .HPPY TRAILS

@reeb9016

3 жыл бұрын

Got a Czech wife too.Met her 23 yrs ago in Prague. Looking at possible part-time retirement there down the road.

@mikeboone4425

3 жыл бұрын

@@reeb9016 We had the same planes but put them on hold because of the medical care, it has a lot to be desired and that is putting it nicely . But saying that we both love the country , Politically the place is a train wreck. So we just visit but who knows may be some day but at 77 those days are closing fast good luck . Happy trails

@jumpyman92

3 жыл бұрын

Mikov has great history but poor quality

@mikeboone4425

3 жыл бұрын

@@jumpyman92 Well at 77 years old and the owner of over 300 knives and a retired tool and die maker with a little knowledge of steel and quality I totally disagree with your statement. My 67 year old stag handled Mikov hunting knife still holds and edge that can not be complained about, and the most important thing is the handle is not pinned and is still a solid as a rock which most manufacturers are still trying to figure out I leave it at that .

@mikeboone4425

3 жыл бұрын

@@reeb9016 There is one thing you can us is the Czech online paper which has a great to read about what is going on in the country . It's called iDENS.CZ with a great section on real-estate and property for the country. Just hit google translate and you will Know all you need to know . Happy Trails

just ordered one right after watching the video. Thanks for the review. However I wouldn't go ahead and pretend its a 2 hand knife. (living in Germany)

@cnodorft82

3 жыл бұрын

How? Not available anywhere that I can find.

Yeah if it were scalloped on both sides you could spydie flick it.... So hopefully they will come out with a new blade design down the road

Sweet

They look sweet

The way The 200 flips it almost looks assisted but I didn't hear in your review that it was I'm assuming it's not Or I may have missed that. Either way I agree what an awesome looking knife

@gideonstactical

3 жыл бұрын

Both blades are manual folders

Love their knives but personally i like more robust and a bit heavier pocket knives. Their extremely lightweight. But for those who want lightweight dlc knive I recommend them. For the price would love to see S35VN

Yea that knife is deffff speaking my language

Nice looking

Nice

Really like the design of these knives, but I think the price is a little high for Teflon/plastic washers. For the price, I would expect to see Bronze Phosphor at least. But I DO like hearing about little known, or 'sleeper' knife companies, where their prices are still inexpensive. I've gotten some surprisingly good unknown knife brands off of Amazon/

With the cut out for deployment being so deep, I'm not sure they could do it on both sides without making a severe weak point on the blade.

I dont think you need to lube ptfe washers.

Hej, yeahh wonderful Knifes. Gruß Franki, from Bavaria 😉

Anyone know where to find the aluminum handled one?

I am very proud, when you made video about knives produced in my country as I am your big fan and like your channel a lot 😉👍

Nice knives. I always wonder how an aluminum frame knife will wear and hold up over time with regard to their hinge/pivot points and the torque and twisting in that area. Is aluminum too soft for high stress use? I’m talking every day use over a long time.

@JohnFrumFromAmerica

3 жыл бұрын

Aluminum is plenty strong if its the correct grade. Spyderco make knives with only plastic handles

It’s GT going to lube that action? 🤔😁

Does the tip of your blade intersect your lanyard hole? Or is my blade just a little extra long? Lol

These are really nice, unfortunately they're out of stock everywhere I checked

@gideonstactical

3 жыл бұрын

Bladehq should be getting a new shipment soon.

I'd opt for the liner lock. You can choke up on the handle without a pocket pecker being in the way.

it's the Latin imperative of the verbs, so it's "act - don't talk".

All of my knives are American and Swiss made. Looks like I'll be adding a Czech made knife now.

Check out Noks knives too 👍.

sharp lookin

Are these more or less right hand only?

@gideonstactical

3 жыл бұрын

Only the z200. The z100 is completely ambidextrous.

N690 is glorified 440C and is nowhere near 154 or Vg10…

I'm still crying about cold steel 😢😢😢.

@Tuskevari

3 жыл бұрын

What happened? Info pls?

@hostilemgtow603

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tuskevari Lynn Thompson sold the cold steel company.

@Tuskevari

3 жыл бұрын

@@hostilemgtow603 Wow, thanks for the info, sad story tho...

@hostilemgtow603

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tuskevari yeah man ☹. And no problem 👌👍.

@hostilemgtow603

3 жыл бұрын

@@czechmate3884 yeah ☹

Well, Swedish steel... you know vikings, swords, raiding churches haha😅

In Serbia 70€

Sub 3 inch versions would be perfect.

As a lefty, even the frame lock is on the wrong side for me, so it's not going on my list. If I was a righty, that 100 would definately be calling my name!

Dam. You sold them all out

@gideonstactical

3 жыл бұрын

Bladehq should be getting a new shipment soon.

Use watching this video and jumped out to buy one of these knives.. None to be purchased.. sold out..

@gideonstactical

3 жыл бұрын

I understand more are on the way.

I have 100, one thing I have to disagree with you is the wire clips, not on this knife so far, but I have bent more than one catching it on something or sitting down,

Looks great but I'll pass as a south paw. Really can't get being that deployment.

Lots of knives have that deployment method. Why are you showing us something that isn't even available anywhere?

If they put the grove on both sides, you'd have a hole in the blade.

Sorry but Teflon is a no no for me. I’m the kinda guy who takes apart knifes monthly and I would rather deal with bronze washers rather then some thin pieces of plastic

Man already sold out on blade hq!

@gideonstactical

3 жыл бұрын

They should be getting more in the next week or two. Just get on the email reminder list.

wanna high ergonomic cyberpunk profile blades? check poltergeist works! Even the inexpensive collaboration pieces with real steel and others are really good!

👍🇨🇿

Really like the Z200, wish they made a smaller version.

None of these knives are available. All sold out

@gideonstactical

3 жыл бұрын

I believe a new shipment is coming in the next few weeks. Get on the email reminder list.

@37greenfox

3 жыл бұрын

Ok thank you

Just quick word from Czech. We don't like to be called eastern Europe, we are central Europe. Eastern countries are known for corruption and not being a good place to live. Czechia is a safe place, very different from eastern European countries.

HOLD THE PRESSES, READ BEFORE BUYING: My z100 just arrived today. Looks great, action was a little slow but that is to be expected. The fit and finish is very well done, presentation with the box, sticker and lube that come with the knife is very well done. And I love the wire clip. As I am examining my z100 I noticed that 1/8 of an inch of the tip of the blade passes through the lanyard hole......wtf I do not use a lanyard on 95% of my knifes. But this is a complete fail from the company. How did this get past the design stage before everything was stopping and corrected. Due to this I must say I cannot buy another Acta Non Verba again. It becomes a principle thing with me. If the design dept. and ownership can miss such a complete fail, what else are they missing or not caring about. Maybe they should change their name to VERBA NON ACTA