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Pros: Weight, Handle Material, Overall Quality, Blade Material, Sheath/Scabbard, Materials, Finish, Blade Sharpness
Cons: None
First impression- Great!!
Mine just arrived this morning, and won't go out into the bush until New Years Eve (camping). This is a just out of the box impression. I have lots of bushcraft knives including a Casstrom, Jacklore bushcraft, and my own shop made brand Bear Paw. For my first L.T. Wright I purposely bought his low end knife to see what he can offer in a $100 knife, and I'm impressed. Now, fit and finish is NOT as good as his more expensive knives, you can see where he saved money, but none of that is where it counts, he went for function. The scales are pinned on, instead of fisheye bolts, no liner, and of course the 'rustic' steel finish covers a lot of time saved in grinding and polishing. The scale to metal joint is not perfect, but is good. The knife arrived razor sharp and very carefully ground centered tip, and plunge line. The sheath is, I believe, the same one that comes with his more expensive knives, and very, very good, and you get the dangler included. There are some good $100 bushcraft knives out there, made in China, or Spain, and there's of course Mora, will will never let you down, but NONE of them are a made in U.S.A. knife from a highly respected custom maker. They managed to pack the quality, pride of ownership, and great name into a hardware store priced knife!