The Heretic Wraith is the flagship folder from Heretic Knives, now in its fourth generation as the Wraith V4. It comes as a hard firing push button automatic and as a manual button lock flipper, both slim, full size knives built around a 3.625 inch blade and machined in the USA.
The Wraith V4 Auto is a side opening automatic that fires hard at the press of a larger, aggressively textured button, then holds the blade on a solid button lock. It is full size but carries in a lighter weight class than its length suggests, and it is a hard hitting option among our automatic knives.
The Wraith V4 Manual keeps the same frame and blade but opens by flipper, with the button lock placed to fall naturally under your thumb or index finger for a smooth, flickable action and rock solid lockup. It suits anyone who wants the Wraith among our folding knives without automatic deployment.
The Wraith V4 measures 8.69 inches open and 5.07 inches closed, with a 3.625 inch blade on 0.17 inch stock and a 0.61 inch handle, at about 6 ounces. Choose a clip point, drop point, tanto, or bowie in CPM MagnaCut, and our comparison of every major knife steel explains its toughness and corrosion resistance. The earlier TE-A tanto autos run Elmax with carbon fiber or jade G-10 bolsters.
The contoured aluminum handle wears grip tape or traction inlays front and back with little exposed hardware, in black, blizzard, and DLC tactical finishes, some with blue titanium pivot collars. Collector builds add hand painted cel shading in cotton candy, shipwreck, toxic green, yellow, red, and turquoise, including the Wraith Auto Bowie. For a larger Heretic button lock, compare the Heretic Pariah.