Reviews and Ratings for KA-BAR Jarosz 7503 Turok Fixed 6.25" 1095 Carbon Blade, Brown Ultramid Handles, Celcon Sheath

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KA-BAR Jarosz 7503 Turok Fixed 6.25 inch 1095 Carbon Blade, Brown Ultramid Handles, Celcon Sheath

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Cody B N
Bigfork, Mt

Oct 29, 2017

Pros: Overall Quality, Blade Material, Sheath/Scabbard, Finish, Blade Sharpness

Cons: None

Another Classic Ka-Bar In The Making

This knife is quite the slicer, and fits the hand really well. Sheath retention is almost too tight, but is better than being loose. The top half of the blade has a swedge that can easily have an edge put on it. It is purposefully designed this way as Jarosz himself intended the knife to be a combat/utility blade. The knife came with a sharp edge from the factory, and didn't take too long put my own personal angle on it. The sheath holds the knife with no noise if rattled. A lot of synthetic material sheaths are noisy buggers. Not so with the Turok, but you have to have decent coordination and strength during the break in period. This knife was put into my survival blade rotation, because its design is very similar to other no frills, full tang blades. And at the price, it is a near un-beatable blade value for quality, USA made cutlery.

Slvrhawk
Simmesport, Louisiana

Nov 24, 2017

Pros: Weight, Handle Material, Overall Quality, Blade Material, Blade Sharpness

Cons: None

Beautiful Companion

This knife does it all. My total outdoors knife.

Steve
Dayton, OH

Sep 04, 2021

Pros: Weight, Sheath/Scabbard, Blade Sharpness

Cons: Handle Material

Good in some areas / bad in others

In my opinion this knife is close to being good, but falls short in some key design areas. Perhaps that is why it never became more popular? Handle material is too slick / lacks grip. It is basically has smooth plastic / polymer handle scales. Would have been better if the knife had micarta or quality kraton scales. In addition, the knife design itself also leads to a knife that is difficult to keep a good grip on..... something that is important for both a utility and tactical knife. The knife grip finger grove is not deep at all, but very shallow. So, combined with the slippery handle scale, it is very easy for your hand to slip forward and your first few fingers to slide up the blade. Unfortunately, I learned this the hard way..... not ideal to cut your fingers open in the field. Pushed knife forward and hand slipped right off slippery handle, over shallow finger groove / guard and onto and up blade. There is also no jimping of any sort on the back of the blade and no finger choil..... again, all these things mentioned above combined make the knife hard to keep a grip on. Sheath is great although retention is a little much. I like the blade design minus the things mentioned above. Good steel, razor sharp.