Kizer is a high end Chinese knife manufacturer. Kizer imports their materials from the USA and Japan and they regularly collaborate with custom knife makers. Kizer is arguably the pioneer of high end Chinese knife manufactuers. Even a few years ago there was a healthy dose of stigma associated with “Chinese Knives” among collectors in the United States. Kizer and other companies like WE Knives, Reate, and Stedmon.
You can learn more about Kizer by visiting their website or by checking out our reviews of Kizer knives below.
Kizer Knife Reviews:
What follows are our reviews of Kizer knives to date. Enjoy!
Kizer Yorkie Review
Ray Laconico designs some elegant knives. I like the clean lines, and the practicality of his pieces. I’m not alone, and over the past few years his work has taken off. Kizer was smart to collaborate with him, and the results so far have been excellent. Buy the Kizer Yorkie at BladeHQ We previously reviewed the ...
Kizer Vanguard Mini Sheepdog Review
Howdy knife nuts. It’s been awhile. Long story short, I’m working two jobs right now, so I haven’t really had time to focus on gear. Hopefully this review is a sign of more to come. Buy the Kizer Mini Sheepdog at BladeHQ I’ll be the first person to admit that I don’t “get” cleaver-style pocket knives. When ...
Kizer Begleiter Review
I’m not sure any single knife company has impacted the industry more in the last ten years than Kizer. They may not have been the very first company pushing the boundaries in terms of price-to-performance, but they were the first one to get lots of attention in so doing, not only forcing their existing competitors ...
Kizer Sheepdog Review
Imagine you can pick out anything from Kizer‘s lineup. I was recently put in that position. Not a bad place to be. Thumbing through their catalog yields all sorts of stuff from the pedestrian to the outlandish. The Sheepdog is more in that second camp. It’s a big bold design. Not likely to dislodge something ...
Kizer Gemini Lefty Review
Ray Laconico has been a favorite knife maker of mine for a long time. Over the years that I have been buying and selling custom knives I’ve had the opportunity to own two different customs from Ray. His style is simplistic, but with a very unique aesthetic that sticks out on a table full of ...
Kizer Feist Review
Last Updated: July 13, 2019 The Kizer Feist is a knife that I’ve wanted to check out since seeing it in the 2017 catalog. At first, I almost missed it: it’s seemingly such a plain design that my eyes slid right over its page, and it was only during a follow-up perusal that I noticed it ...
Kizer Cutlery Guru Review
Last Updated: July 30, 2019 It’s been interesting to watch Kizer’s evolution over the years. They had an ambitious, albeit amorphous, beginning, with somewhat forgettable designs rendered in high-quality materials at head-turning prices; I still get a little jolt when I see the Sliver going for $70 with S35VN steel. Buy the Kizer Guru at BladeHQ Then Kizer ...
Kizer Alter Ego Review
Last Updated: September 7, 2019 Kizer’s 2017 catalog wasn’t released to the same fanfare as Spyderco’s or KAI’s. That may be partially due to the fact that it’s massive. Most of their old designs are still on there, so don’t worry, there’s no need for panic purchases a la Spyderco’s discontinued list. At the same time, ...
Kizer Ki3480 Dirk Pinkerton Rogue Review
The Kizer Ki3480 Rogue is a series of firsts for me. It’s the first Dirk Pinkerton design I have ever reviewed, it’s my first review of a mid-tier Kizer knife, and it’s the first wharncliffe I have reviewed in a while. The designer, Dirk Pinkerton, is an interesting guy. He is a custom knifemaker from Huntersville, ...
Kizer Intrepid Ki4468A1 Review
Last Updated: August 12, 2019 The high end Chinese Renaissance has been blossoming for a couple years, and Kizer is arguably the Michelangelo of the movement. Yet there hasn’t been much coverage here of this rapidly expanding segment of the market. Ben has capably covered a couple knives from Kizer including the original Ki3404-A3 and the ...
Kizer Vanguard Gemini Review
Last Updated: August 2, 2019 It’s a question I (and others) have been asking a lot lately: Where is the middle? The Budget Knife has had its day: the Tenacious, the Cryo, the Skyline, the RAT-1, the Drifter; value was the byword of the industry, and knife makers were showing some serious creativity and finesse working under ...
Kizer Ki3404-a3 Review
Last Updated: August 12, 2019 As the standard-bearer for the burgeoning (and almost instantaneously influential) high-end Chinese knife scene, Kizer made an immediate impression with its very high-quality, relatively affordable knives. In what is perhaps a not-very-encouraging indicator of where the knife community’s mindset is at, Kizer immediately fell under harsh scrutiny – a scrutiny ...
Best knives I’ve ever had
The S35VN knives are amazingly sharp and durable
The ki4435 is my favorite but harder to find
Made in China is a turnoff but these knives are as high end as I’ve seen
All I can say is wow!
I have many Benchmades but that’s about to change after their latest debacle. Also collect Spyderco, ZT and Chris Reeves.
I just bought the Littlr River Bowie in 1095 blade steel and out of the box this thing will push cut through receipt paper, unfreaking real!
If this knife were made by Benchmade it would cost at least twice as much.
As with the other few quality Chinese maker’s (We, Reate, Bestech, Rike, Artisan Cutlery) Kizer offers premium materials put together well with some nice styles at a decent discount over the American makers. The Chinese government is deplorable so that gives me pause spending my money with a Chinese Firm but it’s hard to pass on the value when I see a knife I really like. I still have my American made knives but have also picked up a few Chinese as well and haven’t been disappointed. Each of us needs to decide for ourselves how much of our hard earned money we are willing to give to the commie bastards. I try to limit it and will always give an American maker precedence but I have a few of their knives and their nice.
None are made tip up left pocket – Southpaws, go somewhere else.
Also – Their customer support is non-existant
I just got my Tanto begleiter in titanium i love it fit and finish was excellent thank you
what is the logo on the blade of a kizer knive?