Yocan Dirk Hot Knife

Buy the Yocan Dirk Hot Knife UK

The Dirk is Yocan's take on the electric hot knife, and the thing that sets it apart is the head. The ceramic tip attaches magnetically and the angle adjusts in 90 degree steps, so you can square it up to whatever you are loading rather than contorting your wrist around a fixed tool.

Three heat settings rather than one, which gives you a gentler option for softer concentrate and more heat for anything stubborn. It is a loading tool, so you do not inhale from it.

Key Features

Magnetic, Angle-Adjustable Ceramic Tip

The tip snaps on magnetically and comes away just as easily, so swapping takes a second. The head then rotates in 90 degree steps to suit the angle you are working at. The Dirk ships with the rounded K1 tip, which suits scooping, and the pointed K2 is available separately for chopping harder concentrate. Both also fit the Yocan Blade.

Three Heat Settings

Three clicks cycles between 2.6V, 3.2V and 3.8V, shown on the LED ring as blue for low, green for middle and red for high. Softer concentrate releases happily on blue; anything that has gone firm in the cold wants red.

Preheat, And A Safety Cut-Off

A ten second preheat brings the tip up gently before you start, and a fifteen second cut-off stops it running on if the button is held or pressed in a bag. One button handles everything else: five clicks on and off, three to change heat.

Pocketable And Properly Capped

At 111mm long and 14.2mm across the Dirk sits in a case alongside your device, and a protective cover fits over the tip for transit. The 400mAh cell charges over USB-C in around an hour from a side-mounted port.

How To Use The Yocan Dirk

1. Before first use, remove the plastic isolation tab sitting between the tip and the battery. The Dirk will not work until you do.
2. Take off the tip cover and click the button five times to switch it on.
3. Click three times to set your heat. Blue is low, green is middle, red is high.
4. Scoop your concentrate onto the ceramic tip, hold it over your chamber and press to release. Let the tip cool before capping it.

Compatibility

• Works with any banger, e-rig, e-nail or vaporizer chamber
• Takes the Yocan K1 rounded tip (supplied) and the K2 pointed tip (sold separately)
• Tips are cross-compatible with the Yocan Blade hot knife
• A loading tool with no airway and no mouthpiece. It is not inhaled from

Cleaning And Maintenance

Wipe the ceramic tip with a cotton bud and a little isopropyl alcohol while it is still slightly warm, then let it dry completely before refitting the cover. Lift the tip off its magnet occasionally and clean the contact face underneath, since residue there is the usual reason a tip stops heating evenly. Never immerse the body.

Features at a Glance

• Genuine Yocan accessory
• Three heat settings with colour-coded LED
• Ten second preheat and a fifteen second safety cut-off
• Magnetic ceramic tip, swaps in seconds
• Head angle adjustable in 90 degree steps
• K1 rounded tip supplied, K2 pointed tip available separately
• Tips also fit the Yocan Blade
• 400mAh battery, around 1 hour to charge
• USB-C side charging
• Single button operation
• 111 x 14.2mm with protective tip cover

What's in the Box?

• 1x Yocan Dirk hot knife with K1 ceramic tip
• 1x USB-C charging cable
• 1x user manual

The Final Word

The adjustable head is what makes the Dirk worth the couple of pounds over a fixed hot knife, particularly if you load into a deep banger or at an awkward angle. Three heat settings and a swappable tip are sensible additions. Do remember the isolation tab under the tip before you decide it has arrived faulty.