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Greatest all-purpose knife I've ever had
I've carried this knife daily for over a year and have used it for thousands of tasks in the woods and in daily life. I have never had a better survival/combat knife at any price point. - Monolithic construction is strongest possible design. The knife can be batonned through anything indefinitely and almost makes a hatchet obsolete. The tang junction is actually the strongest point of the whole knife, which is revolutionary.- Dimensions and weight are ideal for an EDC survival knife. It's about the largest knife that I can conceal under normal clothing and draw smoothly, but no larger. It's at the upper end of "combat" size, like a kabar, not quite a true Bowie knife, which is a good thing.- Steel and temper are ideal. The knife is easy to sharpen, yet holds an edge very well, and is seemingly indestructible. Corrosion has proven to be a non-issue due to the kydex sheath and blade coating. I'm usually a carbon purist, but 52100 has really grown on me.- The sheath is excellent, very secure, comfortable, and versatile. It doesn't dull the edge like some kydex sheaths do.- The factory edge grind and finish was very good and required very little improvement to bring it up to my standards.- Overall design is perfect both for wilderness use and combat. You have a straight hewing edge, ample belly for slicing food and skinning, and an acute but strong point for whittling and stabbing, no useless double edge or drag points. The full flat grind gives you rigidity with light weight, a broad batonning surface, and fine edge geometry. The design couldn't be meaningfully improved upon for any purpose.- You get a true crossgaurd, a rarity on full-tang knives. Most knives with guards have a structurally compromised tang. This provides complete security for aggressive thrusts, and the ability to stop or party another weapon such as a machete.For $70 this is possibly the highest value knife on the market. I got two of them. I think at this point I've put more use into this knife than into any other and I've had probably 50 or so knives in this general class from various manufacturers. It just might be "The One". I do recommend wrapping the grip with a tennis racket wrap though because it's kind of slippery otherwise.
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