CRKT Minimalist cleaver vs Gerber Mini Covert Automatic Knife Black

Through many others, I finally have been using the CRKT minimalist and actually just ordered a SpyderCo LadyBug (supposed to be about 15 g). I don’t think I’ll ever be someone who ditches a knife completely or goes the razor blade route, but I’ve definitely shaved a lot of weight over the years. Small steps down definitely helped, as I don’t think I would’ve even considered such a tiny knife even 3 years ago. Especially for smaller items, I think it helps to gradually cut down instead of just going cold turkey

This knife is very light and compact. The spring assist takes a little getting used to but after messing around with this knife for a few days I felt completely comfortable with it. The blade is a perfect size for me and if you are worried about losing your knife if a cop searches you (because I was) the compact size is a must. Overall I think that this knife has been an excellant purchase and I am very happy with it all around

Opinel, Mora, CRKT minimalist, traditional folders like Case or GEC, Spyderco Salt, hawkbill knife (MKM makes a pretty neat one).

The safety button was gritty and the flip out action was 50/50 on fully engaging or not. The thumb stud used to deploy this knife is also very rough and just not the best design. For the money or even less you can get a better knife that deploys every time you need it. I wanted to like it too, because the gerber name used to be synonymous with quality, but you’d get better quality in a $20 dozier

My priorities are towards concealeable fixed blades. I highly prefer belt carry knifes as while i exchange pants and thus pocket sizes and arrangements regulary (office jeans at work, cargos in my free time, bike pants on the bike), my belt always gonna be my belt and on every pant, be it summer, winter, walking or riding my motorbike.

Took a star away for this considering I don't exactly abuse this knife and its durability is surely questionable at this point.

The outer layer of the handle is so thin that it is worn through in multiple spots straight from the seller. It gives the handle of the knife a very shop-worn appearance right out of the box. It makes it look like someone has used the handle portion of the knife for a long time.

This one only has a thumb screw for opening and the locking mechanism works but no where near as smooth as you would expect. The abs plastic handle scales are bulky and doesn't grip well. I am a Gerber fan and I will make some mods to this knife to make it more comfortable for me but wouldn't buy it again.

Great knife, except it just falls out of it sheath. And after weeks of this happening it finally fell out and i didnt feel it. So now its gone. Was a good fit and sharp durable, just sheath was no good and now a waste of money because now its gone!

The spring is very noisy and sounds like it’s rusty or needs some lube both opening and closing. On a positive note good size for the pocket and good on the safety in order to open and close. Overall in my opinion the knife isn’t worth $30 let alone $20.

Here lately, I’ve been sitting on the porch in the evenin working on making little feather sticks with it for lighting fire with. I have to say it does indeed work pretty well for that. Maybe I’ll take this little cleaver with me the next time I go deer hunting out in West Texas and see how she holds up in a camping sort of situation. I have to be completely honest here though

I carried this everywhere and I always used it. It it got rusty, I would just use a bruch and CLP from my rifle cleaning gear and it would be just like new. Never had a problem with the screws coming loose. The assisted mechanism for opening the knife never failed or slowed down, even with all the sand, dirt and mud mine saw