The time has come for you to admit to yourself and publicly acknowledge that you do not dislike larger knives as much as you may believe.

Demko is the proven master of new lock systems. I would love to see a full comparison with the AD10. And a production version of this one. Thanks for this great long vid on a bigger knife!

The fact that THE Nick Shabazz might be carrying around a SEVEN OUNCE FOLDER at any given time delights me.

Drooooool... Wish I had the titanium one...

I appreciate his innovations with all his locks.

I'm glad you are open on AD and Cs designs.

I got one ... I love the shark lock ... I gonna need a bigger boat

Thank you for using a micrometer to measure the blade thickness properly!!! You made my day sir! ❤️

Love you Nick , thanks for doing what you do. Always bring a smile and lift up my day especially when I'm not having a good one , your like a friend I don't get to see often lol and I want to hear from . Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!

I own the AD20 and the MG AD20 and love them both. Good video, Nick.

This knife is hands down my favorite knife that I own. Simply exquisite. If they ever make anymore MG AD15s I’m all over it.

I was iffy on these, but you pushed me over the edge, Ti one on the way sometime this week!!

A Masterpiece... Thanks for this awesome review!

I have a g10 custom in the mail. It has a higher hollow grind so I think that is a big plus! Cant wait, couple more days!

I liked the video and the fact that you have evolved to including reviews of larger and beefier knives than you have been attracted to in the past. I own the G-10 version of the AD-20 that is machine ground and opted for the blade without a hole. My concern with the hole is that it is primarily there for aesthetics since the thumb studs are great for either flicking of Spydie flicking. Due to the location of the hole, it is potentially in the way of what you may be cutting. The knives that I have that have a functional hole have it positioned on the blade such that it is not over the cutting edge.

Got one coming this week. I’m stoked.

Got custom in g10 different blade, full drop point no hole.... It is the best knife in the world. I love it so much

As a owner of a AD20, this video brought a tear to my eye!

beautiful looking mechanism and awesome knife

I love my g10 20cv as well. It's also the largest folding knive I own but it doesn't feel large when operating. It's like shaq in the paint.

Demko knives are custom quality at factory plus a little in cost. Can’t wait for my AD-20 to get here. Thanks for the review Nick.

With your admitted love for Demko your should check out the Frenzy. It's really grown on me and become my main carry knife. I usually carry a dragonfly, mantra 2, delica, native 5, dividend, etc but the Frenzy is really fun and fits in the pocket incredibly well.

Totally agree on all points. I love the AD20.

The thing I love about it is the fact that you have this big burly knife with so much fidget factor, it’s great. Also, I know 20CV is all the rage but I ordered mine in 3V (also just ordered another 3V), it just fits the personality of the knife better IMO

Great video thanks. Love Demko designs. Only have Cold Steel Demko designs knifes but maybe one day I will get a real Demko as they all are awasome. I to am a Demko & Cold Steel Demko knife fan boy & did not think I would have been before I tried the knives. Just do it if anyone is on the fence as you will be pleasently surprised.

My internet went out early video but I purchased the last one available right when it came back on. I really wanted this knife.

Looking forward to the CS version, for sure!

Great review as always Nick. BTW, I think the lock bar is hardened steel on both models :)

Love these. I hope there's a cold steel version. Plus it would be the ultimate faith in the new company.

I'm excited for the cold steel version!

Fun is also a good reason to buy and carry something, l own a u.s.a 4max and i carry it surprisingly often.

Interesting innovations!

This lock is very interesting to me. I hope to see it in a more reasonably sized knife at some point.

I, somehow, managed to find a full TI AD20 on the secondary market. I am so damn excited

I do want to see this in production model. Please please please. Thanks for the video!

Super review Nick, nobody need say anymore. 🤗❤️🤪

Love my green one💚

Loving the guest outro by Kevin Cleary

Demko's Triad lock is the strongest folding lock in the world without question. Andrew has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to engineering. A custom AD10 is a wonderful thing, and there's video of Andrew hanging weight on the handle with the blade clamped. He stops at 800 lbs because he ran out of weights.

The moment i can find a 20AD Titanium for sale, definitely will pull the trigger and buy.

Question is AD-20 or Grimsmo Norseman?

You mentioned patterns...the real pattern here is that basically anytime someone makes an unapologetically too-big knife relatively well (I’m thinking all the way back to the original ZT Sinkevich monster), you love it. You’re a size queen masquerading as a #bias for small knives guy. And that’s ok. But the easiest way to earn gem status with you is make an impractically large knife and make it well. Always elicits, I’m so surprised, but I’m in love with this knife.

It's a gem

Those are cool knives!!

We really need cold steel versions of these

I really want one in Titanium (AD-20/20s) Mr.Shabaaz can you help!to buy one?

I'm gonna have to own this knife

Out of the 150ish knives I’ve owned, I’ve had 2 CS’s. Not a fan of the designs. But, these knives are nice and locks are great too. The price is high though. I kind of think of I could get another color manual MT Socom Elite with 150 to spare.

Love the lock, hate the price. I'll wait for the CS version.

The price, while it seems high, seems to be on track with current prices especially when considering the prices of Medfords and CRKs.

That exposed tang makes the Shirogorov Ne0n look like child's play

That’s one badass knife

I bet you'd like his air lite cold steel knives.

how about a Spyderco Manix 2 or Manix XL?

Would love to get my hands on one of them... having them sold out everywhere makes it about impossible! Let me know when you would consider letting go of one! 😉

I haven’t held one, but I can tell these are amazing knives. For Nick to gush on them though, kind of feels like my boss buying a 3/4 Diesel pickup when he doesn’t tow anything and kept his 20 yr old GMC 1/2 ton for valuing dirt for his yard. His $70k ride is his daily for his Platinum interior creature comforts. No hate, but not really the best purpose serving choice.

The jimping on the shark lock is unpleasantly sharp on mine. It kills the fidget factor. Disappointingly, It is like playing with 80 grit sandpaper. Agree 100% with your other thoughts.

This is the way.

With that whole in the blade it looks like it’s prime for a spyderco collaboration. Shark 🦈 lock and a spydie 🕷 hole.

I love the ad20 i just can't afford one.I had to substitute it for the ad15 .Dont get me wrong i love my ad 15 but the ad 20 is amazing.

The Shark lock on a smaller knife, such as the American Lawman, would be fantastic.

" you can get a reverse grip on there, if you feel thats your life situation." lol!!!

"You can also get a reverse grip on it if you feel like that's your uh...your life situation." Haha love it

Cold steel please. I need one. Please.

I actually like the G10 version better. The blue scales look great.

I want to see a photo of a well used ad10/15/20 !

Its not really fair to say the thick tip is bad. Sure, some people will regard it as bad but others will see it as an advantage. This is especially true for the knifes target market.

How much?

Did you post then take down this video? some comments are from 3 weeks ago and claim they managed to order one after seeing this 🤔

Does anywhere know where I can purchase one of these knives? This would be my grail knife. Seems like not one is available to sell on planet Earth

This looks to be the greatest folding knife ever put into production. It sucks it’s sold out and don’t appear to be to have any more production runs

And now Dekmo is going to bring them to a production line, well the AD20.5 anyway. Slightly smaller knife, knife steel isn't as good, grivory handles, but still $150 vs $425+ is a gigantic difference.

Not gonna lie this video made me cry because it reminds me of the cold steel prolite I think and that just reminds me of that Especial Espada on the give-way I ain't never did get... and I been really upset cause I felt like I got tricked

To expensive ! 😫,nice review!

They have them in Aus10a for $150 on WMK.

I would get one for my collection but too thick and heavy for my EDC

The lawyer in me demands I point out that its impossible to not let the quality control of the knife you received effect your review. After all, that's the knife you're reviewing. If all of the knifes they send out have some problem, buy they send you a perfect one, then you don't know of the problem affecting all the others. Still love your reviews though.

It seems comparable to Snecx’s Super-Lock

Great review- Way to much money - Id really like to see the blade more refined and higher end materials for the handles for that kind of money- ridiculous weight and money- hope they improve

Yep..a little spendy for my blood., by a long shot. But I’m glad you really, really like it Nick, even if you don’t know why.

yep i bought one on DLT as soon as i saw them, they were all gone soon after. Kinda wish i would've gotten one of the crazy colored ones though, i went with boring black. regardless of size best knife of 2020. Also I the knife doesn't feel that overly heavy to me. It doesn't try to pull my pants off at all and sometimes i even forget it's in my pocket.

Size comparison Delica, more like a Dragon fly near the AD 20. Well/over built knife.

Coming next MT DOC and Socom Elite

If you're a benchmade bugout guy, I recommend the titanium version of this guy to carry.

So I guess another 5 years until we see the AD-25

Half of these comments say 3 weeks ago?

Managed to score a G10 one in 3V from knifecenter today! Unfortunately without the thumb hole/cutout though :(

My grail knife. Going to sell all my frame locks to fund for one one day.

You said crkt shark need a link all I can find is 2.5s

Nick, no one, and not you had mentioned that the clips on these suck! What's with that huge unsightly design? What happened to the esthetic, low profile ones? Cold Steel wasn't known for their discreet clips either - but for the money, these should be a bit more understated perhaps?

CAN'T FIND ONE ANYWHERE.....ARE THEY STILL MAKING THEM?

I want a counter for how many times Nick says "Thick".

14:21 OUNCHES? Ouch that's a lot of ounces LOL 😂🤣

I wanna see the guy who played the mountain in GOT hold that lol probably would look like a normal sized knife

Nick please talk the Demkos into doing a law man-sized version...

The premium on the shark lock seems greedy. Especially considering it was inspired by the superlock to which its inventor purposefully did not patent. Insulin in America vibes

Looks like it’d be huge in the pocket. But I think it’d be in my hand the whole time. I’ll take one. Edit: who am I kidding. I’ll take two.

Cant want for you to checkout the ad20.5. Everything u love here but smaller and thinner and cheaper

This knife should be compared to the ridiculously big Cold Steel Voyager lol

Soon enough the Demko AD20.5 will come out ... smaller and budget friendly...