Heckler and Koch Nitrous Blitz

Reviewed 12/18/2013 by RB

-Price Paid: $93.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for 3 months

Comments:

Hear me out on this. It has a good blade geometry for stabbing through whatever needs to be stabbed through. It has an alright steel but nothing especially spectacular. The handle is flimsy. The serrations are good. Blade came sharp and centered. Good lock up at about 40% and doesn't stick when disengaging. Very light knife and good for small hands or those who are looking for precise cuts.

Onto the bad. For the price, there really are better options. The G10 is slick. The black coating from benchmade notoriously comes off to easy with real use and this knife is no different, which leaves the knife looking pretty bad pretty quick. Ther was a small amount of horizontal blade play. The nitrous assistee opening is literally the worst assisted opening mechanism I've seen, and that includes cheap Chinese knock offs. I'm comparing to zero tolerance, kershaw, protech, gerber, and the other assisted opener by benchmade. The knife just doesn't feel sturdy and doesn't feel like it's made for rough use.

Now after saying that, it looks cool and stabs through cans and cardboard better than any knife I've tried and it keeps an ok working edge for awhile despite real usage. It takes a very good edge, easy to get razor sharp. I'd only suggest this knife for light use or to stab an attacker in the middle of the night, and for those two things, I think it would serve quite well. It's up to you if you want to spend 90 bucks on something that performs not much better than something that costs much less. If you want to go ahead and buy one, look me up and I'll sell you mine, scratched up crappy black coating and all.

Reviewed 12/02/2011 by WM

-Price Paid: $94.00
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for Greater than 1 year

Comments:

There really is no reason not to love the 14480 Nitrous Blitz. For those who don't know, the HK brand of knives are manufactured as a joint venture with Benchmade. As such, these are some of the finest American produced blades you're likely to ever come by. That said, this knife also has Benchmade's Nitrous assisted opening system, which is frankly the best assisted opening mech ever produced. It uses a laser cut titanium liner system which has a pair of tortion bars that kick the blade out into the open position when the thumb stud is actuated. The result is an assisted opening mechanism that's increadibly fast (faster than some autos), easy to use, doesn't use springs and is increadibly durable. I carried a 14480 every day for about three years, used it realatively heavily and I've found it to be increadibly durable. The ergonomics are great too; if you can get over the tip down only configuration of the pocket clip, the knife is thin, lightweight, comfortable in hand and has perfect balance. It's a shame Benchmade and HK don't make this knife anymore, it really is one of the finest knives Benchmade or HK have ever produced.

Reviewed 01/27/2010 by David

-Price Paid: N/A
-Used for Every Day Carry
-Owned for 3 months

Comments:

My new EDC. I have several knives in my collection: other Benchmades, SOGs, Spydercos, Gerbers, etc. This is my new favorite. Very light. Rock solid. And I find that I like the auto-assist feature more than I thought I would. If you are looking for 3.5" folder you'll be very happy with this one.

Nice review found here:

http://www.policeone.com/police-products/duty-gear/knives/articles/1703919-HK-Nitrous-Blitz-Knife-from-Benchmade/