In July 2022, Kizer decided to take their much loved Begleiter and update it with a Button Lock. Designed by their in-house designer Azo, many have loved the Begleiter for it\’s slim profile and unique lines.

If you have bigger hands and think that size does matter for your knives then the Begleiter XL is for you. This is the XL version of the Begleiter 2. It comes in at 229mm overall length which is 20mm longer than the Begleiter 2 and has longer scale estate at 130mm vs 114mm. The 154CM blade is also thicker at 3.2mm vs 3.0mm.

Action on this bad boy does not disappoint. Flipper tab deployment is satisfying while the extra length and weight of the blade makes it super drop-shutty. The button lock mechanism works just as well on this big knife.