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Pros: None
Cons: Blade Material, Blade Sharpness, Finish, Handle Material, Materials, Overall Quality, Sheath/Scabbard, Weight
Just about perfect
This knife is beefy for its size, with good, thick steel, and perfectly balanced. The overall mass of the knife gives it good chopping ability. The deeply sculpted, somewhat slim, micarta handle provides the best grip I've ever felt on a knife. Feels good in the bare hands, would feel good with gloves at 20 below. The large base (pommel?) is actually very useful--you can pound things without damaging the handle, and it helps give this knife its perfect balance. Also it provdes a hole for a lanyard, which I always want. The whole point tapers dramatically, almost making two knives in one: a very beefy, thick hacker/slicer for the first 5.5', then a fairly fine tip. This allows for careful detail work alongside the brute work of the 5.5", but I think you'd have to remember to be careful of the narrow tip when putting the rest of the knife through the hardcore chops. Still, this all makes for a tremendously useful knife. The sheath is good: solid leather, sewn and riveted. I collect, and use, knives, and have all my life, and this is one of the very best I've ever encountered, at any price point.
