Venn Knife! Versatile, Ethereal, Nifty, Nimble.
MK design, released in October 2024. The idea for the new knife originates from the brand’s 10th Anniversary. The Venn knife encapsulates a decade of knifemaking, showcasing the convergence between the knife’s creation process and users’ experiences. The result is a knife that embodies: Versatile: A highly universal outdoor blade. Ethereal: A design that is exceptionally aesthetic, with beautiful lines and proportions. Nifty: Very lightweight and compact, sized between the Scout and Nomad knives. Nimble: Extremely comfortable and efficient during tasks. Venn offers an incredibly comfortable handle, with the tang securely encased and screwed between two material scales. The construction ensures optimal proportions for durability and user comfort, providing a pleasant, insulated grip, even when working barehanded in cold weather.
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Venn Knife – Essential Component of Camping Set
Venn is more than enough for most outdoor tasks you do with a knife. This isn’t about survival use at all; it’s for tasks that most users need a knife for while enjoying time in nature. If we look closely at these statistics, it would likely show that many knives used on trips to forests, during hikes, on mountain trails, or in camping kitchens have a size around 20-21 cm (about 8″). That wouldn’t be surprising. After all, we mainly use a knife in these situations for food preparation and other small tasks. Venn fits this style perfectly. With a total length of 214 mm (8.425″) and a blade thickness of 4 mm (0.15″), it works great for peeling and cutting fruits and vegetables, preparing meat, and cleaning fish. This type of blade, regardless of the steel and grind used, also performs well for whittling sticks or making kindling for a fire. In this case, for cutting wood for a campfire, you might use an axe or a larger knife capable of batoning wood, which, along with Venn, creates a universal camping set.
The Steel: Different Steels Offer Different Possibilities In Use
Even though Venn is designed as an outdoor blade and not meant for heavy tasks, using different steels offers wider options for its use. For example, with steels like Elmax, Becut, or MagnaCut, it will be very versatile. Made from stainless steel like Vanax, it will show weaker resistance to overload but will fit well with fishing gear or in salty water environments. Steels with increased wear resistance like Vanadis 4 Extra or Vanadis 23 will provide better resistance to overloads and mechanical damage, while properly applied coatings (DLC) will minimize rust properties. In this case, when working with wood, you can do a lot more.
Shape Of The Blade And Grinds Diversity
Just like other MK knives, Venn is made with various blade grinds. One of MK’s favorites for custom knives is the hollow groove grind (GG/Groove Grind), which provides excellent cutting properties, especially for tasks this specific knife is meant for. The Venn grinds catalog also includes full flat grind (FFG), high flat grind, options with false edge and without, and other innovative grinds characteristic of MK, like the combined grind: flat at the tip for strength and better penetration, and hollow groove further along (typical for “Postapo” series).
Venn blades are mostly profiled in the versatile drop point style, with a more pronounced bulge closer to the tip. This design, a hallmark of most MK blades, strengthens the tip and provides a larger cutting surface for single cuts. Jimping is a standard feature on the spine just behind the handle, offering thumb support for precise cuts and adding a decorative touch.
Handle Shape and Construction Matter
Venn knife handle is a solution found in Sentinel knives from MK. Knife has a hidden tang that is hard to compare with traditional hidden tang designs. In case of Venn it combines a comfortable grip with nearly full tang durability (knives with a full tang running through the entire length and width of the handle). This hidden tang is quite wide, and the two scales are precisely machined to fit snugly and are securely screwed, not glued or pinned into one piece of handle material. The scales wrap around the handle, so the hand doesn’t touch the steel, which can be uncomfortable in cold weather or when working without gloves.
Keep in mind that steel enclosed in handle will behave similarly to steel in MK full tang knives. The scales can occasionally be unscrewed to clean and maintain them, although with MK’s stainless and rust-resistant steels protected by a highly durable DLC coating, the risk of rusting is very low.
Ergonomically designed handle has two undercuts on the bottom side that fit fingers of almost any hand perfectly. Gripping and holding the handle in any way is very comfortable. Handle features a milled pattern typical of MK knives, which provides a non-slip surface and improves grip. Handle is equipped with a G10 guard formed from the profiling of the handle scales, preventing your hand from slipping onto the blade.
Interestingly, at the end of the handle, there is a pin for attaching an additional lanyard, shaped from G10. It can serve as a safety measure against dropping the knife during use or as a grip to help pull the knife from its sheath. This solution also helps secure the knife from getting lost, for example, by using paracord or a line.
Handle Materials for Comfort, Durability, and Collectible Value
Venn handle scales come in a variety of materials. The most durable are certainly the G10 composite scales, which also offer a wider range of color options. Micarta is also used, slightly less durable but considered by some to be more elegant and more comfortable in hand. Carbon fiber is another option, both in classic form and in the exclusive FatCarbon variant, which is highly valued by collectors. The same goes for stabilized wood, which is also favored by enthusiasts. Many of Venn models feature a combination of all these materials on the handle.
Kydex And Holstex For Convenience And Divercity
Kydex and Holstex are both used in Venn sheaths, offering convenience and variety. Kydex is known for its durability and practicality, providing a secure hold and easy access to the knife. Holstex, on the other hand, adds more style with its textured surface and variety of finishes, while still maintaining excellent strength and functionality. The sheaths on Venn knives come with original modules, typically featuring a textile or leather belt loop in some versions. These modules are removable, and the sheath is compatible with the Adjustable Angular Buckle or Buckle for MOLLE Systems, both developed by MK Knives & Tools, allowing for customizable carrying options.
General Specifications
- Type Of Blade: Fixed blade
- Construction: Full tang
- Blade Steels: Elmax, Vanadis 4 Extra, Vanadis 23, Vanax, MagnaCut, Becut, others
- Blade Steel Finishes: Handmade horizontal satin, vertical satin, stonewash, glass blast (bead blast), “Postapo” stonewash, sandblast, DLC
- Blade Profiles: Drop point
- Grinds: Full flat grind (FFG), high flat grind with no false edge, high flat grind with false edge, classic hollow grind, groove grind (GG – hollow grind), double grind (combining groove grind in the middle with flat grind + false edge), “Postapo” grind (groove grind + flat tip grind + double-sided fuller), different types of fullers depending on the realization, no fuller blade, and others
- Handles: G10, Micarta, custom Micarta, carbon fiber, FatCarbon, stabilized wood, or a mix of these materials
- Additional Construction Features: Jimping, notch, lanyard hole
- Sheaths: Kydex or Holstex with nylon or leather loop depending on the realization, Kydex additions, steel screws
- Dimensions:
- Overall length: 214mm | 8.425″
- Blade length: 91 mm | 3.58″
- Blade height: 29 mm | 1.14″ (at the widest point)
- Blade thickness: 4.0mm | 0.15″ at the thickest point of the spine
- Handle length: 123mm | 4.84″
- Handle width: 26mm | 1.02″ (at the widest point)
- Handle thickness: 15mm | 0.59″
- Weights:
- 140 – 180g | 4.93 – 6.35oz without sheath; depends on the specific realization
- 220 – 240g | 7.76 – 8.47oz with sheath; depends on the specific realization
- Contents Of The Knife Set: Knife, sheath, sticker, patch, warranty card, care and maintenance instructions, certificate of authenticity, manufacturer’s box
- Design: Marcin Kampka
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn – Examples of Custom Works
Venn “Angler: Perch” with Fishing Lure
- Blade: Drop point profile with Fine Groove Grind (FGG), plain cutting edge
- Steel: Elmax (60-61 HRC), bead blasted
- Handle: OD green & black G10 in Perch fish pattern
- Sheath: OD green Kydex & green additions
- Set: Knife, sheath, titanium spoon lure / blue color, aluminium box for lure
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 60g | 2.11oz without sheath, 83g | 2.93oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0044
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Angler: Perch” with Fishing Lure
- Blade: Drop point profile with Fine Groove Grind (FGG), plain cutting edge
- Steel: Elmax (60-61 HRC), bead blasted
- Handle: OD green & black G10 in Perch fish pattern
- Sheath: OD green Kydex & green additions
- Set: Knife, sheath, titanium spoon lure / brass color, aluminium box for lure
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 60g | 2.11oz without sheath, 83g | 2.93oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0045
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Angler: Perch” with Fishing Lure
- Blade: Drop point profile with Fine Groove Grind (FGG), plain cutting edge
- Steel: Elmax (60-61 HRC), bead blasted
- Handle: OD green & black G10 in Perch fish pattern
- Sheath: OD green Kydex & green additions
- Set: Knife, sheath, titanium spoon lure / bronze color, aluminium box for lure
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 60g | 2.11oz without sheath, 83g | 2.93oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0046
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Camp Ant” with Ferro Rod
- Blade: Drop point profile with Fine Groove Grind (FGG), plain cutting edge
- Steel: Elmax (60-61 HRC), bead blasted
- Handle: Brown custom micarta with black G10 liners
- Sheath: Black Kydex & brown additions / Ferro rod holder + rod
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 71g | 2.50oz without sheath, 97g | 3.42oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0035
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Camp Ant” with Ferro Rod
- Blade: Drop point profile with Fine Groove Grind (FGG), plain cutting edge
- Steel: Elmax (60-61 HRC), bead blasted
- Handle: Brown custom micarta with OD green G10 liners
- Sheath: OD green Kydex & brown additions / Ferro rod holder + rod
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 71g | 2.50oz without sheath, 97g | 3.42oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0036
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Camp Ant” with Ferro Rod
- Blade: Drop point profile with Fine Groove Grind (FGG), plain cutting edge
- Steel: Elmax (60-61 HRC), bead blasted
- Handle: Brown custom micarta with coyote G10 liners
- Sheath: Coyote Kydex & brown additions / Ferro rod holder + rod
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 71g | 2.50oz without sheath, 97g | 3.42oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0037
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Wood Spirit”
- Blade: Drop point profile with Fine Groove Grind (FGG), plain cutting edge
- Steel: Elmax (61-62 HRC), bead blasted
- Handle: Marple Burl stabilized wood & OD green G10 liners
- Sheath: OD green Kydex & coyote additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 128g | 4.51oz without sheath, 196g | 6.91oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0027
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Fear The Bear”
- Blade: Drop point profile with Fine Groove Grind (FGG), double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: MagnaCut (59-60 HRC), bead blasted finish
- Handle: Pines Peak FatCarbon & black G10 liners
- Sheath: Black carbon pattern Holstex & green additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 147g | 5.18oz without sheath, 218g | 7.68oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0039
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Fear The Bear”
- Blade: Drop point profile with Fine Groove Grind (FGG), double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: MagnaCut (59-60 HRC), bead blasted finish
- Handle: Black diamod Micarta & green G10 liners
- Sheath: Black carbon pattern Holstex & green additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 139g | 4.90oz without sheath, 207g | 7.30oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0042
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Wood Spirit”
- Blade: Drop point profile with Fine Groove Grind (FGG), plain cutting edge
- Steel: Elmax (61-62 HRC), bead blasted
- Handle: Moldy beech stabilized wood & black G10 liners
- Sheath: Black Kydex & green additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 133g | 4.69oz without sheath, 201g | 7.09oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0025
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Fear The Bear”
- Blade: Drop point profile with Fine Groove Grind (FGG), double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: ELmax (61-62 HRC), bead blasted finish
- Handle: Light gray polycarbonate (PC)
- Sheath: Black carbon pattern Holstex & grey additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 124g | 4.37oz without sheath, 191g | 6.73oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0030
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Fear The Bear”
- Blade: drop point style groove grind (GG), flat grind tip, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Vanadis 23 (~61-62 HRC), black DLC coating (~90 HRC)
- Handle: Coyote G10 with earth brown inserts
- Sheath: Coyote Kydex plus brown additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 149g | 5.25oz without sheath, 217g | 7.65oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0033
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Postapo”
- Blade: Drop point profile with 2-Step Groove Grind, double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Vanadis 23 (~62 HRC), black DLC coating (~90 HRC)
- Handle: Green Canvas Micarta plus coyote G10 inserts
- Sheath: Coyote Kydex plus OD green additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 139g | 4.90oz without sheath, 208g | 7.33oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0021
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Postapo Dark Matter”
- Blade: Drop point profile with 2-Step Groove Grind, double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Vanadis 23 (~62 HRC), black DLC coating (~90 HRC)
- Handle: Dark Matter FatCarbon & charcoal grey liners
- Sheath: Gray Kydex plus black additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 141g | 4.87oz without sheath, 210g | 7.40oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0022
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Postapo”
- Blade: drop point style with 2-step groove grind (2SGG), double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Vanadis 23 (~62 HRC), black DLC coating (~90 HRC)
- Handle: Ruby red G10 * black G10 inserts
- Sheath: Black carbon Holstex plus red additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 148g | 5.22oz without sheath, 218g | 7.68oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0023
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Postapo”
- Blade: drop point style with 2-step groove grind (2SGG), double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Becut (~61 HRC), finish: stonewash
- Handle: Black Canvas Micarta plus orange G10
- Sheath: black Kydex plus orange additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 133g | 4.69oz without sheath, 201g | 7.09oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0018
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Postapo Zombie Blood”
- Blade: drop point style with 2-step groove grind (2SGG), double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Becut (~61 HRC), finish: acid stonewash
- Handle: ruby red G10
- Sheath: grey Kydex plus burgund red additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 140g | 4.94oz without sheath, 209g | 7.37oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0015
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Postapo Zombie Blood”
- Blade: drop point style with 2-step groove grind (2SGG), double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Becut (~61 HRC), finish: acid stonewash
- Handle: toxic green G10
- Sheath: grey Kydex plus black additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 140g | 4.94oz without sheath, 209g | 7.37oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0016
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Postapo Camo”
- Blade: drop point style with groove grind (GG/hollow), flat grind tip, double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Vandis 4 Extra (61-62 HRC), finish: black/Camo DLC
- Handle: OD green plus black G10
- Sheath: black Holstex plus olive additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 143g | 5.04oz without sheath, 214g | 7.54oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0012
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Postapo Jungle Wear”
- Blade: drop point style with groove grind (GG/hollow), flat grind tip, double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Vandis 4 Extra (61-62 HRC), finish: black/DLC
- Handle: black G10 plus Jungle Wear FatCarbon
- Sheath: black Holstex plus green additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 143g | 5.04oz without sheath, 214g | 7.54oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0010
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Postapo DG”
- Blade: drop point style with double grind (DG – Double Grind), double-sided fuller, plain cutting edg
- Steel: Vandis 4 Extra (61-62 HRC), finish: black/DLC
- Handle: charcoal grey plus toxic green G10
- Sheath: black Holstex plus grey additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 145g | 5.70oz without sheath, 215g | 8.46oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0009
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Prototype”
- Blade: drop point style with groove grind (GG/hollow), double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Elmax (59-61 HRC), finish: glass blast
- Handle: brown G10 plus black liners
- Sheath: coyote Kydex plus brown additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 144g | 5.07oz without sheath, 222g | 7.83oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0002
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Prototype”
- Blade: drop point style with groove grind (GG/hollow), double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Elmax (59-61 HRC), finish: glass blast
- Handle: coyote G10 plus ruby red inserts
- Sheath: coyote Kydex plus ruby red additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 140g | 5.51oz without sheath, 217g | 8.54oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0003
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland
Venn “Prototype”
- Blade: drop point style with groove grind (GG/hollow), double-sided fuller, plain cutting edge
- Steel: Elmax (59-61 HRC), finish: glass blast
- Handle: red G10 plus black red inserts
- Sheath: black Kydex plus red additions
- Blade thickness: 4.0 | 0.15″
- Weight: 141g | 5.51oz without sheath, 219g | 8.62oz with sheath
- Product code: MK-08.0006
- Manufacturer: MK Knives & Tools, Poland