An Underrated EDC Brand Debuts a Crazy-Affordable Flipper Knife Jam-Packed with Value

This honest, hard-working cutting tool punches way above its weight class.

Closeup of Sencut Regnator knife on tan background

Published February 25, 2025

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With EDC knives, there’s always a battle between budget and value. Even with super-steel knives, their utility is offset by their high price.

The same goes for budget knives. You might save a few bucks going for something cheap, but that could backfire if the knife doesn’t perform how you need it to.

That doesn’t appear to be the case with Sencut’s Regnator. Even as exceptionally budget-friendly as it is, this knife looks like it’ll pay back the investment with interest (and then some).

Three Sencut Regnator knives on tan background — This budget-friendly knife is surprisingly value-packed and stylish.

Inexpensive, not cheap

Sencut benefits from the know-how of its parent company, We Knife. That’s pretty obvious in the Regnator.

Although not particularly fancy or showy, the knife has an extremely EDC-friendly utilitarian silhouette. That includes its grippy and ergonomic G10 handle, as well as its serviceable 9Cr18MoV drop-point blade.

It measures 7.93 inches. It’s sizeable but not too big for pocket carry. The blade makes up 3.48 inches of that total length, giving it a long belly. The handle covers the other 4.45, which is advantageous for larger hands.

It also benefits from dual deployments — ambidextrous thumb studs and a flipper — a caged ceramic ball-bearing pivot, liner lock and reversible tip-up pocket clip.

Sencut Regnator knife closed on tan background — The thumb studs, flipper and reversible pocket clip make it more ambidextrous.

Hollowed out

While 9Cr18MoV steel is respectable, albeit budget-friendly, it’s what Sencut has done with the shape of the blade that makes it special.

This beefy, 3.48-inch drop point has a deep hollow grind that’ll make it far more valuable than it might otherwise be. Allow me to explain.

The blade’s spine is thick and strong, allowing plenty of pressure to be applied down on the edge when cutting. However, the concave shape of the blade ensures that the edge is as thin and razor-sharp as you could want or need.

Better still, since it has such a deep hollow grind, that edge will remain razor-thin even through years of sharpening — instead of growing wider and wider, as it might with a flat grind. Ultimately, this is what helps set this budget EDC knife apart.

Coming soon

At just $47 in all three colorways, Sencut’s Regnator is a veritable steal of an EDC knife. While only the black-and-white version is currently available for purchase on the brand’s site, the other two should drop soon.

However, you can get all three on preorder through Blade HQ for just $40 to save even more money.