Back in early 2024, Vosteed launched a knife called the Ankylo. While it was a solid design built with respectable materials, its best feature was a novel innovation from the brand: the Vanchor lock.
This button-actuated locking mechanism was housed in the knife’s pivot, allowing for reliable locking in a much sleeker package than other, similar locks. It has since become a personal favorite of mine — and similar designs have started appearing in the catalogs of other brands.
Now, the brand has launched a spiritual successor to the Ankylo, which I’ve gotten to test firsthand. Called the Vosteed Thunderbeast, consider this a Pokémon-like evolution of its predecessor: It’s bigger, badder and better than ever before.
Beast of burden
For reference, the spiritual ancestor to this knife, the Ankylo, was a substantial EDC knife, measuring 7.75 inches in total. However, the Thunderbeast blows it out of the water by adding more than half an inch, coming to 8.26 inches in total.
That said, it doesn’t feel as beefy as it sounds. This is due to a couple of factors. First, its design is quite sleek — even sleeker than its predecessor. The handle is slim and contoured in a way that makes it both easy to fit into your pocket and ergonomic in your grip.
