Knife review: Pohl Force Alpha One Outdoor

A change from my usual reviews of more gentlemen-like knives. The Pohl Force Alpha One is a well designed and very reliable survival/extreme sports folder. This is a closer look at the "Outdoor" variant (there is also a tactical variant with a semi-serrated black blade). Is this a convincing challenger to the equally tank-like Zero Tolerance knives? Watch and find out...
Note: You may notice that I had to shorten the video a bit to make it fit the YouTube limitations, but the essence is there. A bit of intro and epilogue were cut.
Update: meanwhile I learned that in october 2009 this knife will be replaced by the Alpha Two. Currently I don't know any details about this successor. The Alpha One may still be avaiable for a while from a few online dealers.

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• Knife
• review
• Pohl
• Force
• Alpha
• One
• Outdoor
• Dietmar

[chibraxial]

The alpha one has a bad design in the locking system area, it has a very weak "bottlenecked" piece of steel where it should be extra strong. That's why they discontinued the Alpha One series and released the alpha Two in the first place (then alpha three)

I just ordered a PF Alpha Three Desert, I have high hopes for this monster knife.

[MrDagon007]

@chibraxial A weak lock, really? Do you have a pointer to more information on this? I must say that mine feels very solid.

[teyacapan]

nice refined taste.

[MrDagon007]

@teyacapan Most of the other knives in my collection are much more "gentle". This is a stupid-grin-inducing exception ! And, totally indestructible !

[Prowler1]

beautiful monster :)

if your ZT will survive us & our grandchildren & 2 nuclear wars,

than it looks the Alpha One will survive the cockroaches surviving humanity & the alias that will inhabit the earth, afterword :)

really make me smile only looking at it :)

[MrDagon007]

@Prowler1 Yes it is with some distance the most "beastly" knife in my collection. FYI I am also interested in Pohl Force's much more EDC-able smaller brother "Bravo One Outdoor".

[PohlForce2009]

Hi Mr. Dragon007,

just found this review on my Alpha One folder. Excellent! I am very much impressed. You really found all the design aspects which I worked into the knife. Thank you very much.

Dietmar Pohl

[jnpsmith]

Brevity is a good thing, but, and this is especially key in your style of videos, don't skimp on the background and details of why a knife is the way it is and what role it plays in life. Now then...not hugely attracted to this particular knife, but nice review.

[sinan9393]

Hey, are you selling this knife, i mean if you used it it won't be a problem.

[reignick1133]

Wonderful knife review!

Concise , to the point , detailed and focusing on all points of interest , thank you!

[ivageivage]

your voice sounds like a wizard or something :) awsome

keep up the awsome reviews

[teyacapan]

@MrDagon007 power to you bro! we all have a wild hair up in there................. enjoy you rebel.

[virtuovice]

I first met the Pohl Force knife here. Quite a tank with excellent blade feature. Very impressive!! Thanks for sharing.