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Kizer Hyper Brings Two Steels, Two Handle Materials

July 17, 2023

The Kizer Hyper is an incoming model from the company, another everyday carry model decked out with a futuristic, technical look.

Kizer ran the Hyper’s blade right up under the three-inch mark. At 2.99-inches, it should make the Hyper a legal carry in many places. The blade shape is a modified wharncliffe, with raised tip and a hint of belly; ideal for daily cutting, it brings to mind a larger version of the Feist’s original blade shape (although this is not a Justin Lundquist design, coming to us instead from Kizer’s in-house crew).

There are three different Hyper models on the way, but really they can be divided into two material categories. The first difference comes down, as it so often does, to the blade steel. The “premium” Hyper comes with Elmax steel, a proven powder metallurgy recipe from Bohler-Uddeholm. We put quotes around “premium,” not to disparage Elmax at all, but because the steel on the other two Hyper models is a fine steel indeed, S35VN. Is Elmax arguably a “better” steel than S35VN? Sure. But in an everyday carry role they both boast long edge life and high corrosion resistance, so the “premiumness” here is pretty relative – in fact, it may come down to the difference in handle materials.

So: the Elmax Hyper’s two-part handle scales are made from titanium, half black half white. The two S35VN models are made from aluminum handle scales, in blue/red and red/black configurations. Kizer is also offering a purple/green scales set separately, so users can swap out the standard issue ones as they please. All versions of the Hyper have the same button lock mechanism, a type of lock that is quickly becoming a favorite at Kizer, appearing on other recent stuff like the Original XL and the Clairvoyant.

The Hyper is set to be available this month.

Knife in Featured Image: Kizer Hyper

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