If you haven’t visited the Blade HQ YouTube channel, KnifeHQ, you’ve got to check it out! Our YouTube guys do all sorts of awesome field tests, bug-out videos, interviews with top-notch knife makers, and more. One of their recent videos that I thought you all might be interested in was a speed test between a selection of automatic and OTF knives. I was surprised by some of the results. Take a look at this video to see how the OTFs fared.

 

 

So to recap, here are the OTF knives that were tested in order of fastest to slowest.

 

1. H&K Tumult (fastest overall)

2. Piranha Excalibur

 

3. Microtech Scarab Executive

 

 

4. Smith & Wesson SWOTF2

5. Lightning

6. Benchmade Infidel

 

7. Asheville Steel Paragon Para-XD

8. Schrade Viper

 

 

Were you surprised by any of the results? I know I sure was. It just goes to show that you don’t necessarily need to pay top dollar to  get top-notch action.

Which OTF surprised you the most in these speed tests? Which OTF will you be buying next?

 

Remember: get all your OTF knives from Blade HQ! We’ve got what you’re looking for!