Havalon REDI
The Blade Trader
The Havalon REDI is billed as the company’s first EDC, but don’t let it keep
you out of the great outdoors with it. Here you can see both the included
plain and partially serrated blades.
In the past few years, hunters and anglers have been discovering Havalon replaceable blade systems and apparently like what they saw. Their Piranta folding knife, released in 2005, introduced hunters and anglers to the ease and precision medical scalpel blades offer when dressing game or cleaning fish — and when one blade was used up, a new one could replace it within seconds. Once the concept took off, Havalon added larger models, multi-blade models, and more recently a multi-tool using their scalpel system. We bring you here the Havalon REDI, the company’s first scalpel-based EDC.
The REDI uses larger and thicker replaceable blades than normal scalpels. Two 3.0″ Drop Point style blades come with the REDI — one is plain edge and the other is partially serrated. The AUS-8 stainless steel blades are proprietary to the REDI and the thicker steel allows them to be re-sharpened. The REDI is treated to a beefier new slide locking system, which keeps the blade positively locked into place at all times. A liner-lock inside the frame keeps the blade assembly rigid when deployed. The REDI’s 4.4″ handle, available in green or black, is nicely sculpted reinforced nylon with checkering for enhanced grip — and there’s a tip-up pocket clip on the backside, positional for right- or left-hand carry, to keep the REDI at the ready.
The Havalon REDI’s sliding blade-locking system is much beefier than those found on typical replaceable scalpel blade knives.
Why You’ll Like It
Kept within its parameters, the REDI will serve you well. This is not a knife you can beat up. You do not want to stress or twist the blade laterally — or any blade for that matter. This said, the REDI is a straight up slicing machine. Although it’s billed as an EDC, I suspected it could dress decent-sized game and a spokesman for the company confirmed he had indeed used the REDI on his hunting trips. While not an exotic steel, AUS-8 stainless is time-proven to be a very competent and easy-to-sharpen steel, and refills are readily available from Havalon. Better yet, the REDI checks in at a very affordable $54.99, which includes a 2-pack with both a plain edge and partially serrated blade. At this price you can get your feet wet with a versatile, replaceable blade knife without shucking out a lot of dough. Thumbs up to that!
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