Review Harnds CK6015 Viper

Review Harnds CK6015 Viper

Introduction

This time we bring you the latest surprise in the world of quality chinese knives of a relatively new brand: Harnds. This company came with their models "nyx", "knight", "pandora", "viper" and "blazer" in general the reviews of these models are good and the two higher-end models are "viper" models "blazer" in which G10 handle quality and improved steel makes its main stars. But surely the model "viper" is one that has had the greatest fame and number of sales, and it is what we will analyze.

Exterior design and appearance

There are two versions, the viper CK6015 classic and the viper CK6016 "black mamba" whose difference with the CK6015 is it brings black coated blade and handle with mixed edge. Its design is out of the ordinary, many say it has a classic design, and when I hear this "classic design" comes to my head the old knives, when there wasn’t "tactical" concept, wood or plastic handles, weak locks... i think even though at first glance may seem classic, if we look a little more closely we see that is a wolf in sheep's clothing and it could be well a tactical knife as I'll show below:

Overview

The first thing you see is a G10 handle, with a very good grip, better than many others that are called "tactical" but without hurting your hand or be very aggressive grip. But best of all is that the handle has a curvature on the sides which makes it very comfortable and nice to have on hand, the sides is the best I've felt, and everything for having rounded and no flat as they have done in other knives.

Handle detail

We have a 9cr13mov blade steel that is the very best of budget Chinese steel (and the 9cr18Mov), tempered fine as ever of course, but it's something much appreciated to be a higher level steel. As for its size and weight it has 154 grams measured in scale, a total length of 21.0 cm, with a blade that measures 9 cm and a blade thickness of 3 mm, I always appreciate the blades reach at least at 9 cm, which is not so easy.

Wide top blade

The “liners” aren’t drilled but I know that the new consignment has been produced and they are drilling the holes for lower total weight on the new version. In my case I prefer the strength to weight, but many people prefer less weight and to lose strength, so that's the consumer tastes. The thickness of the "liners" (with sharp edges without sanding) is very thick, a bit of the style of the Enlan EL01, so the "liner lock" is too.

System lock detail 

View from above

The most important feature of the blade and that most attention is certainly a full flat gorund, hard thing to find in chinese quality brands, its morphology is a "drop point" but very mild, it is almost a “spear point” blade and rather narrow.

Blade detail

No coating but its brother CK6016 has it, what makes it even more tactical side, the blade is steel colored without mirror effect and we can find a open disc instead of the typical thumb studs for opening and closing the blade. An open disc like somebody against thumb studs, i personally think that the thumb studs is best for fast open with a fingernail, but the open disc has better grip if you do it with your fingertip. We do not find any jimping on the blade or on the handle so it does not invite to do much pressure to make a cut.

It has a cord hole and and the clip is quite long, smooth lines without sharp edges, but with excessive pressure, it is very high on the handle and this allows us when we use it that people don’t see anything of the knife, in other models that is screwed down if you use it in a pocket people we see part of the knife.

Clip

The pivot screw to adjust the knife is a "torx" which is perfect. We can say that there were a couple of things from factory that i did not like: the blade was not well centered but adjusting the pivot screw and lubricating the pivot the centered has been quite acceptable. The other thing was that the sharp was really bad, below average, but i know that the same model can sometimes comes to shaving, so it's a lottery. I've also seen people with problems to leave the blade centered in this model.

Look recap, we have a G10 handle with very thick liners and system "liner lock" very thick and strong, almost spear point blade, full flat ground and very narrow blade (which improves penetration): still looks so classic? or more like tactical?.

  

Handling

My experience with the knife has been good, quick opening with a finger without moving the wrist and practically almost negligible lateral play on the road, although I tried to completely delete it, to do it the blade is too hard to open with comfort so it is better to open it comfortably and have an almost almost nonexistent blade play.

The lock system is perfect, the "liner lock" rests entirely on the blade without leaving anything out without goes too deep, it is practically as i like a “liner lock” Works, i see it very strong and can make the knife suitable for hard work, but the blade is not as strong as others due to the full flat ground, but in exchange this will improve the cut.

The Verdict

Pretty good, steel quality above average, good grip and anatomical handle, full flat ground makes it suitable for fine work like peeling thin slices of fruit or food or anything but neither will have problems with tough jobs such as wood, hard rubber and so, but for pry will be less strong than others with flat ground from the middle of the blade.

Final view

Pros:

- Full flat ground highly prized and coveted by users.

- Anatomical handle and very good grip.

- Very strong lock system and well implemented.

- Ideal for slicing food, fruit peel ... but also tactical use.

- Price content for a knife of this size and quality of steel.

Cons:

- Missed jimping for add force to cut.

-  Open disc will not like to everybody.

- The weight may be excessive for somebody.

- Clip too tight and hard.