Kershaw Cryo II Review

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I decided that since I have a small knife collection, I should review them so others (if they find this site) can read and see if any are for them. Who knows, maybe I will save someone a little money by preventing a bad purchase. This is the first review and will be on my newest knife, a Kershaw Cryo II which I purchased from Amazon just before Christmas. The reason I added this knife is that my favorite knife has come up missing and rather than buy another (hopefully I can find it), I took the opportunity to try a highly rated and less expensive knife from a different manufacturer.


The first thing to know about this knife (for EDC folks) is that it is fairly heavy. The handle is stainless steel and this knife weighs in at 5.6 oz ( compare this to my SOG Flash II at 2.8 oz or my Jeep emergency knife with glass break and seatbelt cutter at 5.3 oz) and you have a weighty knife in your pocket. Closed it measures just at 4.75 inches, fully opened and it’s at 8.5 inches.

It feels well built, and time will tell how it holds up. I typically rotate my EDC knives every 6 months to a year. I like my knives sharp, my SOG Aegis that this is replacing (until that one is found) has to have been the sharpest factory knife I have ever had. This Kershaw is sharp, but nowhere near as sharp as the SOG. The one issue I have with the Kershaw is that it uses Chinese steel which is not the best, it seems to be a good quality, but I’ll have to wait and see how it both holds its edge, and takes a new one with sharpening.

I like the titanium carbo-nitride coating (whatever that means), it looks nice and provides a quality finish to the blade. I also like the fact that the clip can be moved to either end. Currently it sits on the front right where you grab to open the blade (do not like this placement). The other nitpick I have is how the assisted opening blade doesn’t actually open all the way. I realize this is a $31 knife but if you say assisted opening and I flick it, it should open. I should not have to further press on it to get it to lock open. Maybe this is just too new and stiff, but I doubt it.

My SOG knives that are spring assist open all the way to lock with a light flick. I have read about this with Kershaw online, sometimes it can be the lock screw is too tight, sometimes you have to send it back to them to have it fixed. Again, I realize I am comparing this to my SOG Aegis ($57) but it you say assisted open, it had better open all the way every time.

In conclusion, this seems like a nice knife. It’s a bit heavy for my tastes but I picked it due to the reviews being so solid. I wanted to see what a less expensive knife (trust me, I have cheaper knives than this) would be like when compared to one significantly more expensive. A lot of this will depend on how it holds up over the next few months, if the blade can stay sharp, if the weight is not bothersome, etc. I’ll update my review accordingly.















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