10″ Fixed Blade Tactical Knives with Sheath and Clip, Stainless Steel Survival Hunting Bushcraft Full Tang Non-Slip Handle Knife for Camping, Hunting, Adventure, Outdoors, EDC, Black

When you buy a knife like this, you need to ask yourself why? For me it has certain utility: a). Fishing b). Hunting c). Feathering d). Light Utility e). Limited Protection f). Foraging/Prepping. It’s not for chopping, and it’s not for batoning. It’s not a fighting knife. It’s not garbage.The last Gerber I bought was produced with 7CR13 steel in China, and the blade rolls from any type of medium to vigorous use. It didn’t come as sharp as this knife. It costed roughly twice as much. Gerber is a name from the 1980s that doesn’t sell with me – I really don’t like most of their knives, and I would easily replace a Gerber with a Chinese knock off made in the same factory. Gerber isn’t all that, and I’ll be honest – it never was. If you got a Mark II back in the 1980s instead of an Applegate Fairbairn or an Al Mar, you probably weren’t very serious.This knife is light but functional, arm shaving sharp with a CR13 (and I don’t know which CR13) steel which doesn’t roll or blunt as quickly as a Gerber. It is equivalent to a stainless Mora for roughly a little less or the same money. Is it worth it? You can spend $60 for the Gerber and have to work to get the edge this thing comes from the factory with to get the same utility.A bug out bag toss in knife which will not be a waste of space and come in handy.I’m not one to toss knives around as I’m a grown up and a knife is your last hope in a situation. It’s not a spear and shouldn’t be thrown at anything. I suppose you could throw this knife, but you’d be better served in tossing old spark plugs, hand sized stones, hardballs or bricks if you need to throw something to get out of a difficult situation.I give this item five stars as I give Mora knives 5 stars for what they are – if I paid $60 for the Gerber with the semi-dull edge which rolls they come with I’d be giving that a 2. If you don’t need a stainless Mora-esque utility knife, you don’t need this knife.If the blade were thicker and 2 – 3″ longer and made of at least 1075 carbon steel, I’d pay $6 – $7 more for it, but then it would be a Kabar alternative.The sheath is cheap but functional – I would prefer it in ODG or Coyote and I’d pay $2 more for a ferro rod.