KA-BAR 1213 Black Straight Edge Knife Hard Sheath

This is without a doubt one of the best edged weapons you can buy. This is not a tool or a toy, this knife is a weapon and it has one purpose. Pay no attention to people banging on it with hammers in youtube videos. Ones does not split logs with a combat knife. This is the modernized version of the original, combat proven classic. It also doesn't hurt that it's American made. As others have said, Kraton does have an odd feel at first, but it has serious advantages. The handle has an excellent feel to as far as grip ability. It almost feels like it sticks to your hand, which is a darned good thing in a situation where you would draw this weapon. Going through basic drills I didn't have any feeling of loss of grip due to sweat buildup. I very much like the way the grip is weighted, puts the balance point a little below the guard. The blade was quite sharp right out of the box. Good, hard steel with an excellent finish. For most folks, it needs next to no attention from that point. For a sharpness snob like me, I gave it a little time on a velvet stone, of the kind used for razors a long time ago. It really doesn't need any extra sharpening. The sheath is wonderful! Kydex sheaths from custom places cost more than what I paid for this knife with this sheath. It's almost like you got it for free. It retains the blade well and has an additional nylon strap w/ a steel button for further retention. The sheath is made in such a way as to give you dozens of options for hanging it from your gear. There are slots along the outer edge of the sheath that allows for rigging and tying in to your carrying system. Everything from sling to inverted to companion rigging is possible with this sheath. Cut in some nylon webbing and you can rig the darned thing to anything. Nothing comes close for the price. Not for the knife and especially not the knife and sheath as a set. This is a no-brainer purchase. Read more

Full tang, great sheath, i look and feel like Rambo when I hold it. Read more

I am very particular about my tacticle equipment. I place life and death applications to everything I buy and put high levels stress on items to be assured failure is avoided when I really need it. In particular I've read many reviews on this knife. The picture doesnt serve justice to the quality of this knife. The knife I received is an authentic. First the knife. It has a sturdy handle with excellent grip. I dont like the ribbed grips because they dont always fit every hand size. The grooved out handle provides solid hold in all my tasks thus far. I have split small pieces of wood and it never failed to cut anything I would expect any knife to do. It has a sharp edge but only because I sharpen al my knives daily it didnt bother me sharpen it the day after I received it. I feel this a multi use knife that includes cutting cord and removing a hide from a deer. It has an awesome contour from the base of the knife to the tip. This knife would with no doubt be used as a self defense weapon if you were an avid knife handler. Now the shealth. Although mine had a couple small scratches on the backside, that is not a concern of mine since its a knife I use daily. If someone wants a scratch free sheath buy the knife as a collector piece and keep it under a glass protected case to only look at. This sheath is wicked. I try to test my equipment to just under the point of breakage before I need it to be reliable in a high stress situation. The sheath has holes placed in it along the side. I managed to tie 25ft of paracord on the sheath and pulled it tight as f*^$! If this was a cheap quality I would have undoubtedly cracked it. I ran 5 miles with the knife secured with the snap and would find it very difficult to loose the knife. And finally the strap can be secured to Molle packs. I dont usually take this much time to write a review but I did because of the quality and time it took to make such a fine product. Thanks And the knife came before they said it would from amazon Read more

Love the knife. Wasnt as sharp as my bk9 was out of the box but a few swipes on a ceramic rod got it close to razor sharp. Seems tight in the handle and pretty solid. Kabar is always a favorite. Read more

Why did you pick this product vs others?: Great knife. Priced right. Used it to tear down cardboard boxes. Very sharp. Read more