Is the CRKT Hissatsu any good?

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I love knives and have learned that there is no perfect knife for all occasions and that is how I justify having so many. There's been a lot of talk about the CRKT Hissatsu that has led me to wonder if it is worthy of being added to my collection?
 
Its the best EDC eevveerrrrrr.......or will be soon.......post pics when you get it....of all your knives in fact.....
 
Arathol said:
Its the best EDC eevveerrrrrr.......or will be soon.......post pics when you get it....of all your knives in fact.....
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Gee, the thanks for the encouragement. I think they should call this Blades Anonymous rather than a blade forum. It seems people have more contempt for knives and knife collectors than anywhere else in the world.
 
Arathol said:
Its the best EDC eevveerrrrrr.......or will be soon.......post pics when you get it....of all your knives in fact.....
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If A Arathol isn‘t ironic, yes. It’s one of my best knives, I absolutely love it.
Keep in mind, It’s not a utility knife, not very good for other tasks but stabbing…:cool::thumbsup:

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I have owned a few CRKT over the years. I currently own one (M21) and it is in my "Sell" pile. I find the fit n finish/QC to be lacking compared to most other brands at the price point.

Is it the blade style that appeals to you?
 
I've owned the Hissatsu, and it was okay. For the quality, fit and finish, and materials, it was overpriced. But for a tool designed for pretty specific purposes, it certainly felt like it would serve well in that role.

From an EDC standpoint, unless you specifically want it for its tactical/tacticool nature, Kershaw has better spring-assisted knives in the same price range. Personally I'd look for a gently used ZT 0350 instead of the Hissatsu.
 
gazz98 said:
I have owned a few CRKT over the years. I currently own one (M21) and it is in my "Sell" pile. I find the fit n finish/QC to be lacking compared to most other brands at the price point.

Is it the blade style that appeals to you?
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Actually, I've just heard a lot of praise for it and was curious as to what the all the fuss was about.
 
Dadpool said:
I've owned the Hissatsu, and it was okay. For the quality, fit and finish, and materials, it was overpriced. But for a tool designed for pretty specific purposes, it certainly felt like it would serve well in that role.

From an EDC standpoint, unless you specifically want it for its tactical/tacticool nature, Kershaw has better spring-assisted knives in the same price range. Personally I'd look for a gently used ZT 0350 instead of the Hissatsu.
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Your point of view is correct when you come from your priorities:fit, finish, price point, EDC etc.
‘But every Williams’ product is designed with completely different set of purposes and priorities. They are only good for stabbing, and some probably for slashing… There is nothing tacticool in the Hissatsu, for what it is designed it’s much better knife than the ZT (which is absolutely beautiful knife, but with more utilitarian properties)

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POCEH KOCEB said:
Your point of view is correct when you come from your priorities:fit, finish, price point, EDC etc.
‘But every Williams’ product is designed with completely different set of purposes and priorities. They are only good for stabbing, and some probably for slashing… There is nothing tactical in the Hissatsu, for what it is designed it’s much better knife than the ZT (which is absolutely beautiful knife, but with more utilitarian properties)
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For sure! We're not disagreeing about anything. :)

Not knowing why the OP is curious about this knife, I thought it was worth coming at it from a couple different angles.
 
Dadpool said:
I've owned the Hissatsu, and it was okay. For the quality, fit and finish, and materials, it was overpriced. But for a tool designed for pretty specific purposes, it certainly felt like it would serve well in that role.

From an EDC standpoint, unless you specifically want it for its tactical/tacticool nature, Kershaw has better spring-assisted knives in the same price range. Personally I'd look for a gently used ZT 0350 instead of the Hissatsu.
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I like the ZT0350. That's a great knife.
 
Dadpool Dadpool Yes, no disagreement of course. In fact, if op wasn’t looking specifically for the Hissatsu, your post/advise is spot on :thumbsup:
I’m also curious why he needed.This is specific knife that is good to have it if you know how to use it, but most likely you’ll never need it (hopefully). And it’s not even good to pill an apple…
 
There is lots of talk about this knife? Where, if I may ask? I know most of us in the blade community have heard of it, but my interest in it has probably been like most here. I saw one in a clam package at Academy and went "hmm, that's a thing..." and went on with my day ;)

I think it's a decent looking knife but it's really just OK in my opinion.
 
If you like the design, Lionsteel, TRC, and Winkler make better-quality Williams designs.
 
I don’t think the knife is very special but I like what Mr Williams did with the blade geometry.
‘Really, this knife is no good for anything but stabbing and most people don’t walk around with such intent,right ?
This model have very strong torsion bar for the AO and this on one hand is good, because it fires almost as hard as side opener Auto. There is a Auto LAWKS that keeps the blade secured.
On the other hand, this strong torsion bar, when the blade hits the stop and locks, moves in its holding fixture, starts rubbing in the liners and brings the crappy reputation of this knife.
‘This issue is easily reparable but most people prefer to get rid of the knife or deactivate the AO
 
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If you like the design, Lionsteel, TRC, and Winkler make better-quality Williams designs.
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Not familiar with Winkler and purely out of curiosity:
Which TRC and Lionsteel knives have better penetrating blade geometry ?
TRC don’t make folders but still, I’m curios.
 
The Hissatsu is OK in my opinion. I have two that I got for a very large discount, and I've beat the hell out of one of them. I do like that CRKT's outburst assisted mechanism is made be easily removed, and in my opinion the knife is better without it. It was overly stiff and took a lot of force to get the blade open enough for the assist to take over. Without the assist, it's easy to use the thumb plate to roll or flick open. You can also do a gravity flick into reverse grip if that's your thing. I don't have any complaints about the fit and finish, maybe just some sharp edges on the FRN, but that's about it. I think the ergonomics are better without the pocket clip, but that's personal opinion. I also don't like the secondary locking system, but Iunderstand why it's there in a knife that's primarily made for stabbing. The blade is AUS-8, which is pretty high-end compared to the rest of CRKT's steel choices. The grinds are even, but very thick behind the edge, like others have said, it's not exactly made for slicing. I've beaten the crap out of it using it as a backyard/garden knife. It's cut hose, twine and even thin wire in a pinch, chopped and pried branches and roots, and endured various other abuse over the years with no issues.
 
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