If you live in a place where you can carry a gravity knife, make it a Reate gravity knife such as a Reate EXO-M.
These are some of the highest quality gravity knives in the industry and there’s plenty you’ll love about them. Here are some of their biggest selling points.
Simplicity
These Reate knives have this in common with other gravity knives, but unlike automatic knives and assisted openers, there are no complex mechanisms or springs that can fatigue and fail, or just fall out of alignment.
The Reate EXO-M’s blade slides in and out of the handle on rails – that’s it. There are no rollers, hinges, pins, or other mechanisms to fail.
Not only does that make this Reate gravity knife (and others like it) more enjoyable to use and more intuitive to figure out, it also means there’s less that can go wrong. For what it’s worth it also streamlines cleaning and maintenance.
A Strong Lock
In the realm of knives that are technically folders, the EXO-M’s “slide lock” is one of the toughest locks in the industry, bar none – including bar locks, excusing the pun.
There are other good folding knife locks out there, but because this isn’t a conventional folder, rather an OTF gravity knife that doesn’t have an opening mechanism – you just use gravity – the lock is extremely simplistic and extremely strong.
There’s really not much that could go wrong with this knife or its lock short of some catastrophic failure of parts, in which case you’re looking at a worse issue than a failed slide lock.
Super Steel
Another thing to love about this Reate gravity knife is its artful use of super steel – in this case, Elmax, an alloy that has been called ‘the best all-around knife steel’ by some critics.
That’s generous praise, but it is certainly a very solid knife steel no matter what metrics you apply to its assessment.
Elmax steel is a high carbon, high chrome, high vanadium steel that also packs in a bit of molybdenum and manganese.
With almost 2% carbon, this steel can take and hold an edge; 18% chromium helps ensure a high degree of corrosion resistance, and with 3% vanadium, this steel is extremely tough and has plenty of carbide-forming capabilities.
Ultimately, given this chemical analysis, you get a steel that is very tough, very resistant to rust, and able to take and hold a very sharp edge – all of which you want in a high quality gravity knife.
Cool Factor
Let’s just face a simple truth: there’s something undeniably cool about carrying and using a gravity knife or an auto, and this knife has it.
Fidget Friendliness
These Reate gravity knives also score really high on fidget friendliness because it is addictive to manipulate the blade absentmindedly. This makes them highly desirable as carry knives for those with fidgety tendencies.
Where to Learn More About This Reate Gravity Knife (and Explore Others)
This is far from a complete list of all the reasons that you might like this Reate gravity knife, but it is nonetheless a pretty fair place to start.
If you’re thinking you might prefer some other gravity knife, some other Reate knife, or something entirely different better than this, visit White Mountain Knives.
They carry not just this but other knives from Reate, a bunch of other auto knives, and they represent the top brands in the knife industry. They also stock a whole lot of exclusive models.
For more information visit their website, and if you’re looking for something you don’t see listed, contact them at [email protected].
