Eafengrow EF124 Fixed Blade Knife 14c28n Steel Blade Coated Black Titanium, G10 Handle Fixed Knife for Outdoor Camping Hunting Survival EDC Tool Knives with Kydex Sheath(Army Green)

I am a knife collector with over 200 knives to my name and I have to say this knife greatly exceeded my expectations. It is well made, has good balance for a fixed blade. The factory edge was properly ground for a working knife and out of the box I was able to shave with this blade.In short, I think this was a good value and am considering another knife from this manufacturer.

I've owned and used fixed-blades for decades, ranging in price from several hundreds of dollars to less than $10. And while I expect a high degree of quality from expensive knives, I have occasionally been very surprised by the quality of less expensive, and even "cheap" fixed-blades. I liked the design of this knife, so I decided to give it a try. This is my initial out-of-the-box review of the knife, I haven't used it yet.General Info:The knife is very well made. The fit and finish are excellent. Looking at the knife in person one would not expect that it cost only $40. The knife is reasonably lightweight.The Blade-The Good: the blade is well ground. It's "sharp" out of the box, but not "hair-shaving sharp. After a few strokes on a fine hone it easily shaves swaths of hair from my arm. It has a wide flat grind with crisp, even grind lines, and the sharpened edge is consistent from end to end.I was concerned that with the wide flat grind that the tip would be ground paper thin, and while it is on the thin side, it's not too thin for me. This isn't a knife for chiseling through cinder block walls.The blade stock is thicker than advertised. It measures over 4mm, just a fraction under 5mm.The Not-So-Good the blade is shorter than advertised. From the foremost tip of the handle to the tip of the blade the measurement is 4 and 11/16ths of an inch, 5/16ths short of an even 5" (see photo).The Handle-The Good: The handle is real G10, as advertised. It's very well made. Very grippy. No gaps between handles and tang. And they are securely attached by three sets of screws and threaded tubes.The Not-So-Good: The handle is rather small. If you have large hands you're not going to like this knife. If you have medium hands you might not like this knife. I have smallish hands, and my hand just barely fits with all 4 of my fingers wrapped around the handle. It's just enough to be acceptable to me, but even I would prefer the handle to be a little longer.The Sheath-The sheath is awesome. It's one of the best kydex sheaths I've ever received with any fixed-blade. It holds the knife securely and TIGHT, and has no slack or rattle. It's very well made. No cracks, no badly set eyelets, nothing sharp. And the belt fastener works great. I was not a fan of the original "tek-locks" but I like this push-button design.Because the sheath holds the knife so tightly, it requires a really firm pull to draw the knife, and a hard push to re-sheath it, but that's the compromise you have to accept to have a sheath that holds the knife so dependably secure.I wanted a knife that I could carry inverted (tip-up), and between the light weight of this knife, and how securely the sheath holds the knife, I could easily carry this knife inverted with no fear of it falling out of the sheath. I tried to force the knife to fall out by shaking it upside down as hard as I could and the knife didn't budge. The quality of the sheath alone make the $40 price a great deal.More General Info-The Tang: As you can see from the picture, the tang is skeletonized. Some may not like that, they might think it makes the knife weaker, but I strongly disagree. Those cut-outs give the knife a reasonable weight, without them, not only would the handle be several times heavier than the blade, but the overall knife would be excessively heavy for it's size. I'm very glad the manufacturer bothered to make those cut-outs. The balance point for this knife is about 1/4" below the top handle screw.Disassembly: Although this knife can be disassembled, it's a little tricky. There are three flat-head screws on each side of the handle that thread into threaded tubes running through the knife.To disassemble the knife, loosen all three screws on one side of the handle until they are just about to fall out, then tap them in with something plastic or wood (I used the plastic handle of the screwdriver). Tap them all the way in to push the threaded tubes out from the handle scale you are removing. The tolerances between the tubes and the tang and handle scales are tight, so you won't be able to just lift the handles off after removing the screws.The screws had no threadlocker and came out easy. In fact, they were a little loose. So not only should you tighten them when you receive the knife, but a little threadlocker might not be a bad idea.The tang was coated with oil under the handle scales, as was the rest of the blade.The Orange Handle "Liners":I thought that I might make black G10 liners to replace the orange ones, but the orange portions of the handles are not liners, the handles, both black and orange, are one piece of G10. The orange cannot be separated from the black. I'm not really bothered by the orange, if people really don't like them they can always use RIT dye and blacken them.So that's it. My overall verdict is that I will be keeping this knife. It's not perfect, but I like it, and it has enough going for it to make it a keeper. If a smallish knife will serve your needs, this one is a great deal for $40.

Bad @$$ mf. For under 40 $ you get a great war belt knife. Extra Cool points while wearing

Well made.Strong.Heavy duty knife.Comfortable in the hands.Sharp.Heavy made sheath.It does everything i want a knife to do

The media could not be loaded. I really want to give this knife a better rating but can't because I wear a size large glove so my hands are not that big, but I had to use my Dremel to reshape the back of the handle because it was poking me and would blister. I mainly bought this knife because of the steel used and the sheath but would not buy it again or recommend it for a Bushcraft or survival blade unless you are willing to make a modification, I do like the removable scales, and the blade seems to be quality, it just needs to be a bit bigger. But if you have smaller hands this might be a great knife for you.

A very good design and sheath. Feels good in the hand but quite heavy as it uses 5 to 6 mm (about 3/8 inch) of steel which makes it strong but noticeably heavy. Overall good for the price.

I thought about returning this knife because of a sharp corner near the lanyard hole (on the G10 Handle).This was uncomfortable on the heel of my hand (could cause an injury with heavy use).Disassembled the handle and filed off the pointy bits. Pretty easy, problem solved. Nice knife, very nice sheath.

Awesome knife! Sharp. I just wish you could click the sheath around to carry it horizontal on the back of your belt.