KA1214-BRK USA Fighting Knife, Steel

This knife is slick...great overall product. Made in the USA. Its great and I would buy again since I have lost it in my mess of a garage...

If its good enough for the US military (and other militaries I think), its definitely good enough for me! I feel quality in my hand when Im holding this knife. Its a great survival knife which is attached to my bug-out-bag with the plastic sheath. The sheath is quality as well, and the knife locks securely into it without buttoning the strap.

Great

My husband LOVES this knife! Perfect larger knife for everything.

Love this thing. Its a great looking knife and you can instantly tell its going to last a life time.

The knife was sharp right out of the box, feels great in my hand, and it is well balanced. The hard sheath is a bonus, highly recommend mainly because it can hold up to weathering better than the traditional leather sheath. Shortly after getting this one I bought a green handle one for my wife with the green hard sheath. These knives will be great for carrying on our person while hunting and hiking around in the great outdoors. Long live the quality and history of the American Made KA-BAR Knife.

it holds up to its name and quality keeps its edge well to

Very rugged and reliable. maintains its sharpness and yeah, it looks bad-a**. Have taken it on many hiking and other trips, has not let me down

As the other reviews have already covered repeatedly, this is a great knife. I use it on my camping trips and it has been used to split fire wood into kindling because we didnt have a hatchet, as well as cut the meat and vegetables for dinner, since we also forgot kitchen cutlery on that trip. Its a strong, tough, versatile knife. With that said, the factory edge on the blade is horrible. Maybe the blade is intentionally honed with an angle from 30 degrees on the main blade to 45 degrees at the tip, but that makes it nearly impossible to sharpen. I had to fix the nearly 45 degree bevel near the tip of the knife with a metal file before I could even begin to sharpen it. It then took me well over 30 minutes of sharpening with the roughest stone in my Lansky sharpening set to get the blade to a consistent 30 degree angle, and I still see a few spots near the tip that need more work. But I was then able to progress to smoother stones and produce a decent, consistent, sharp edge. But it is now ready to go again and stays in my camping supplies bag.

I really like the handle on this knife, it is very solid and material feels and grips very nicely. The sheath is also constructed very well. Not as sharp as I would have liked it to be, but that is easy to fix.