If you are curious, the two indentations in on the blade are the steel type. We started using a simple 5 bit binary code to mark our steel so it can be easily identified during processing. The two dimples are 11 binary or 3 in decimal which is our code for Damasteel.

The world needs more Nick shabazz

Brightens my day whenever I see a new upload. Keep them coming 😀

For me 1200 bucks is an insane amount of money to spend on a knife... but.... as a society we have some people spending that much on a smartphone every other year that ends up broken in a drawer or a landfill an nobody gives it a second thought. If you think about this knife as a heritage piece that will last you a life time suddenly it doesent look so bad. That is if you dont lose it :D

Beautiful workmanship.

Oh and happy holidays, thanks for everything nick

Nick, your Morpheus is the best looking knife I have seen yet - anywhere. Beautiful workmanship and color !!

I always enjoy your content Nick, thank you.

Fantastic looking knife.

The Holts make my favorite knives. Absolutely stellar makers

I holted in on this the end. Love to see you here again. Nice review. I really appreciate your humor and you can lough about or with your self Mr exxon shabazz

I love the knife and your review.

Got one for my birthday this year, and it is precision machining personified. I opted for a more plain version, which is my preference, but it’s still the most I’ve spent on a knife.

Thanks for *another* great video! A new Shabazz review always makes my day just a little better! I'd love to get your take on how this compares to the Holt Haptic, and which you prefer. I'd also love to see a video comparing this to other comparably priced knives in this tier (e.g., Grimsmo, Herman, Shiro, Skiff). In any case, thanks again, and Happy Holidays!

From my small amount of experience in a material science lab, I have never seen a Rockwell hardness indent be that big. Usually for something as hard as blade steel you will be using a small diamond indenter.

Deployment sound is nice.

Nice knife !

Nice vid Nick

Nick are you going to do top 10 budget etc for 2023? I always look forward to that quite a bit.

Nick can we pls get a lil temperance 3 review in k390. Older for sure but i cant find any in depth reviews on it. I highly recommend it and think others should see it too.

For the strataspheric price some internal milling could be done, Grimsmo. All summed up great functional art knife.

holy balls, those are 2 of the nicest holts I have ever seen...

I found with my Haptic that standard blue Loctite could break free in use - in fact the factory Loctite broke free after about forty deployments. I suspect the elastomeric thread locker is a response to that issue.

gorgeous. I have the basic trim level. cheaper, but still gorgeous. action is INSANE

those are speed holes, they make the knife go faster

Hey Nick this is the guy with the screwed up CRKT redemption. I received my replacement and thankfully it's dead on. You going to be doing the review of this beast?

How does that compare to the Grimsmo Rask?

Have you affected your science coworkers carry because of what you carry? Been waiting to feel like I am safe spending on a Morpheus. Keeping a knife budget.

The two holes are for the detent nub and ramp. But when it’s open. So there not even a touch of double clutch.

I've been flirting with the idea of selling off some of my collection and buying either a Holt or Herman. What do you think is the better option? Do i stick with made in the USA or purchase from Poland?

Why do you torture me so! That is beautiful :)

How long did it take

Those are definitely not indentations from hardness testing. My *guess* is that they may be there for fixturing during manufacture.

I spent a couple years checking their website periodically and nothing was ever available. So I decided for that much difficulty getting it it’s not worth the price.

I wish the bearings were ceramic but there should be no problem swapping to Skiff or something if someone wishes to swap.

If you aint first you're last

Maybe they missed the first two times when making the detent hole . . .

You need to try knife sheild not only does it protect the steel but it cleans sticky stuff off super easy. Made by kpl

Has anyone ever seen you and mixedmollywhoppery in the same room?

Looks exactly like every other thing

I get that everyone puts skiff bearings in their nice knives for improvement. But these higher end knives should be using higher end bearings. Why do your best on every part of the knife and put in the cheapest bearings available. Kinda like buying a premium car and putting Walmart tires on it. Well it still rolls and good enough, send it

For younger people

For those who aren't as fluent in 1980s ( i feel old using 19) eco disaters. In '88 or about the oil tanker Exxon Valdiz had a massive oil spill in Prince William sound Alaska, a sensitive marine ecosystem.

$1200! What's the difference between a $1200 knife and a $200 knife, aside from $1000?

Not a gem? (I would have thought so after watching the review)

Just here to watch you disassemble a $1000+ knife. If anyone can do it properly it's you.

I just got a Boker Barlow in Jute Micarta from Germany. I can get a 4 finger grip and it weighs in at one once. That will do 99% of your cutting tasks. That being said your knife is beautiful but, as you say, you have to be mad to punt up 1200 dollars for a knife that really doesn't flick any better than a Ganzo.

1200$ huh? Oh... I guess I really don't need to eat for a year

Might be good that I'm not wealthy. I'd have way too many knives. As opposed to just too many knives.

Don't care what it's made of no knife is worth that much to me cause at the end of the day it's a tool not a gold ring or diamond necklace

Not worth it