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Pros: Blade Material, Blade Sharpness, Finish, Handle Material, Materials, Weight
Cons: Overall Quality, Sheath/Scabbard
Good idea but the devil is in the details.
My review of this knife is as a last-ditch neck knife. Caveats: I am not a weightlifter and, unfortunately, I was not able to serve in the military (thanks everyone for your service). I would say I am of only medium hand and arm strength. Pros: The design is nice looking. The grip imparts a locked in feeling. With the sheath the total length is just about 6" so it isn't too long to be used as a neck knife. Anything longer I feel is too long, as the end of the knife starts poking into the top of my belly and after time becomes annoying. (I'm 5'10", 168 lbs, slim build). The blade came pretty sharp, not the worst I have received. The cons: 1. While the sheath holds the blade with absolutely no rattle, the sheath grips the blade way too tightly. While wearing this as a neck knife, and pushing against the thumb ramp, the knife doesn't come out of the sheath until the 2 ends of the cord are just about to come out of the little gombus holding the two ends of the cord together. The only reason the cord doesn't come out is because the ends of the cord have been heated to prevent fraying and are a little bigger than the diameter of the cord. The thumb ramp doesn't seem to help at all. If you look into the sheath, you can see there are two raised bumps that hold the knife in the sheath. The bumps are clearly too tall/too close together. The bumps are already wearing the coating off of the knife after pulling the knife out of the sheath maybe 20 times. Which tells you how long the coating will last. I don't think this will work as a last-ditch neck knife because you might not be able to get it out of the sheath without using 2 hands. 2. The knife is not very comfortable to hold. The edges of the handle, while chamfered, are too sharp. Crowning may have solved this problem. The most uncomfortable area is at the curved portion of the very end of the handle which your pinky finger, which sits outside the handle, will push against with a strong grip. Perhaps this area could have been improved by making the back of the handle more of a flattened shape rather than a curve. Lastly, if you have big fingers the very end of the handle that curves back around and ends up pointing towards the front of the knife might dig into your ring finger. I doubt this knife could be used for a very long period as it will become wearing on your hands. I might still keep it because I would only use it as a latch ditch defense knife and I only paid $20 for it. If I keep it, I will have to sand down the sheath retention bumps and maybe put some tape on the end of the handle. Not sure.