Video Overview

Jerad at Neeves Knives opens the WE Knife Co. Suisei and stays on one idea: a carbon fiber inlay set into the blade. The video title spells the name Suisei. He tries the word out loud and lands closer to Sweezy. The knife on the bench is the dark graphite stonewash build, model WE25086-3, with a Bohler M390 blade and a matching carbon fiber inlay in the titanium scales. He flips it, checks the lock, and then walks the grind, the clip, and the hardness number on this coated blade. Thanks to Neeves Knives for reading the finish name off the knife instead of treating every dark blade as the same model.

Items & Gear List

• WE Knife Co. Suisei WE25086-3, dark graphite titanium, black and white carbon fiber inlay, Bohler M390 – View at WE Knife Co.

Editor’s Insight

Thanks again to Jerad at Neeves Knives for staying on the knife in his hand. The captions and his first guess say Sweezy. The video title and the maker page both say Suisei, so that is the name here. He points at a designer mark and does not say the name. The product page lists designer Dew Hara.

The inlay is the point. Carbon fiber sits in the M390 blade, and the same look shows up in both titanium scales. Jerad calls it a floating inlay. He can reverse flick off the texture, but he says that flick is tight and not what the inlay was built for. A thumb flick does not work for him. He thinks the inlay is permanent, and he does not pop it out.

Shape is where his words and the page split. He calls the blade a thinly ground sheep’s foot with a swedge and a deep hollow grind. The maker page lists the grind as hollow, which matches, and lists the blade type as reverse tanto, which he never says. The page also lists a 3.28 inch blade, 7.83 inches open, 4.55 inches closed, and 3.55 ounces. He does not measure those on camera.

The flipper tab sits low and makes a pocket for a light-switch flip. A push on the corner works too. Jerad says the light switch is the more comfortable of the two. The lock is a stainless steel liner lock screwed into the scales. The page calls that a nested liner lock. If you barely unlock it, the blade can hit the detent ball and stop. Push the lock bar all the way over and it clears.

Ergos are fine, not great. The titanium clip has no chamfer where it goes from thick to thin, and it sits toward the spine, so it pokes his hand in a hard squeeze. Choking up gets his hand off that spot. The page lists a flamed titanium back spacer and a caged ceramic pivot. He calls that spacer a lightning anodize.

The plunge starts high and tapers almost to the edge. An internal stop pin rides with the blade, so the pin stays out of the stone. He says you can sharpen this one a lot. He does not see a DLC label. He guesses PVD, then reads dark graphite stonewash, the finish name on model WE25086-3. The page lists dark graphite stonewashed M390 with black and white carbon fiber. He calls this one mostly blacked out.

Hardness is the argument he has made for years. The page and his read both put this coated version at 58 to 60 HRC. He wants 60 and over so the M390 does more work. He says most WE Knife Co. knives he has tested landed over 60, and some recent ones landed under. Heat-treat quality and the hardness number are not the same thing. This Suisei is M390, not MagnaCut.

The description link opens the WE Knife Co. homepage with tracking codes, not this product. The shop lists four Suisei finishes. This post links only WE25086-3, the dark graphite knife he reads on camera. He does not review the other three, so those pages stay out. The WE25086-3 page had an add-to-cart button when this post was written. The description posts code NEEVES15 for the maker link. This post does not compare shop prices.

Closing Remarks

Watch Jerad at Neeves Knives flip the Suisei before you decide the inlay is only for looks. He shows the light-switch flip, the clip hot spot, and the lock-bar reach. The link above is the dark graphite WE25086-3 page, the finish he reads on camera. The description link opens the WE Knife Co. homepage, not that product. Other Suisei finishes are separate pages, and this post does not link them. The product page had an add-to-cart button when this post was written. Hit play, then say whether a carbon fiber inlay in the blade is a detail you would actually carry.