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Pros: Blade Material, Blade Sharpness, Finish, Handle Material, Materials, Overall Quality, Sheath/Scabbard
Cons: Weight
Odd Knife
My Comments• I purchased this on a whim. Knife design is kind of silly. Not practical for much of anything. It is different and that's what sold me on it. I fell for the looks which I do like. Not sure what TOPS was trying to market it as. Not a good, true Fighting knife as it is too small and has no finger guards.TOPS said the blade is Tactical Gray but it's actually black. They said blade is 4.5 " but mine is 4.125". They said knife is 8.5 " but mine is 8.250".• I wish it were longer. Handle is a little too short. Scales are 4” but feel crowded due to the finger choils. Overall knife size is 90% of what I would like it to be. I was thinking of this as a boot knife but it is a little short for that IMHO. Handle shape is a chunky feeling rectangle with flat sides and multi-finger choils on lower edge.• Blade stock of 0.190” is too thick for its length which makes this knife heavier than what it looks. It has a Tanto Chisel Point tip which is my first knife with that design.• Knife is built well like most TOPS knives. Had it come with a leather sheath, I definitely would not have bought it because TOPS grossly over oils their sheaths and that fouls the micarta handles.• The Folded Taco style Kydex sheath is nice but the retention is WAY too tight. Must figure a way to loosen it up.I knocked off a point because the handle is too short and girth too small for such a heavy thick blade and the sheath retention is way too tight and doesn't have a thumb ramp for extraction.
