MTech USA MT-20-12 Fixed Blade Hunting Knife, Black Bowie Style Blade, Black Rubber Handle, 10-Inch Overall

Excellent quality blade. I bought this one with shear intent of putting this knife through the ringers to see how it actually stood up against abuse. I had all intentions of buying another to replace this one once I was done. I took this on three weekend camping trips to use and abuse it. I cut, sawed, chopped and stabbed all kinds of stuff. It came sharp and stayed pretty sharp after all the abuse. I did, however, bend the very tip if the blade when I was digging a hole for a fire and hit a stone of some kind. I used a heavy branch to hit the back of the blade to push it through my logs I was splitting for firewood. I didn't want to use a hammer or anything metal so that I didn't cause damage to the knife on purpose. I just want to see "normal" wear and tear through use. After the couple camping trips I took the knife out and cleaned it up and inspected for damage. Other than the bent tip of the blade I described earlier there were nothing more than scratches on the blade and handle where I dropped it a couple times. The handle is made of some kind of hard plastic like I have never seen before. The blade is made of 440 stainless steel and the knife is made in China, but this is one of the more reliable knives I have owned. I planned on buying another because of the price after I messed this one up putting it through some passes. Even after 3 camping trips abusing the knife as much as I could and every chance I got... to my surprise the knife held up and even stayed pretty sharp. After cleaning it up I plan on putting it back in my pack and using it over and over again... no need to replace it. I do plan on buying 2 more of these knives to put in my other back and in my truck. I was very impressed with the sheath!!!!!!!!!!!! You might be able to tell by the picture but it is an EXCELLENT sheath. The sheath is made out of Kydex, formed to the knife, with a very nice belt loop attachment to secure to a belt (up to 1 3/4" belt). The sheath also has 9 gromets to be able to use 550 cord to attach to your gear bags. The knife locks into the sheath with a loud click and is very secure, but it comes out easily enough when drawn. The knife does not catch on the sheath and the sheath does not damage the knife (vice versa). I would definitely recommend this knife to anyone thinking about buying a good sturdy knife at a decent price. (If) the plastic handle was to ever break, one could always replace the plastic handle with 550 cord.

Let me start by saying I'm not a big knife guy, but for some reason I've started on a knife kick. This is the first one I've bought in probably 7 or 8 years. The last one was a Smith and Wesson Extreme Ops folder. A nice little knife, but it mostly sat on my desk. For $16, I wasn't sure what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. It seems a sturdy knife, full tang, with a glass breaker on the pommel (at least it looks like it could be used for that). I mostly bought this for the cool factor, since it's a pretty cool looking blade. I'm not sure if the ribs on the spine could really be used to cut branches, seems like they would just catch and hang, but I haven't tried it. I'm not sure what the significance is of the little reverse hook at the base of the spine. It's not sharp, so it's not for cutting. If someone knows, please let me know. The handle is tight, no looseness that I can detect. Not sure how comfortable the grip would be after a half hour of use. I've seen a lot of references to wrapping it with grip tape or paracord, but I've never done that. The sheath is pretty no frills, but it does its job. I saw someone else mention they wrapped the sheath with paracord, using the grommet holes. I guess that's for survival use, so you have some cord to bind things to make a shelter, traps, etc. Though you could only bind half of it, otherwise you'd lose the belt clip. This seems like the kind of knife you'd have attached to the outside of a backpack. So far, happy with the purchase.

Ran it through the sharpener a few times and it is razor sharp, quit acting like babies and sharpen a dull knife if it is so, this is a great knife. I thought he handle was a bit small, even for my smaller hands, so I wrapped it in a roll of racket tape and it is perfect, SUPER grippy and tacky, organic and strong, super durable. I don't have a complaint or gripe on the knife. Great sheath as well, ONLY thing I would ask for is a removable belt clip, or a MOLLE compatible one. I will wake it work on the left front mount of my bag to function as a second chest mount on my 5.11 Tactical RUSH 24 and 72. All in all, GREAT buy and knife to have behind a BK7. For the dollar, you cant beat it, but still have yet to find too many under the $180 mark that can hold up to the BK's

I bought this for my spouse because he was looking for a knife with this sort of design that wasn't extraordinary expensive. Overall he really liked it. However, the belt clip broke off of the case after he wore it for a couple of weeks. He wasn't a fan of the belt clip anyway because it is stationary (rather than a swivel). In all reality he probably would have eventually broken the clip off on purpose so he could fashion it the way he wanted to (but he hasn't actually figured out how he wants to do so yet. haha.). I wasn't a huge fan of the case in general because it is a little bulky and hard plastic like material. He didn't mind it. He was hoping that the back edge of the blade where it tapers would be sharped making it a double edge blade but it isn't. This wasn't a huge deal but was kind of a bummer. The blade that is sharpened is not excessively sharp but will certainly do the trick. The knife has a very solid, balanced feel and the sawback is definitely sturdy enough to really go at something. Overall, this is a pretty good knife, especially for its price point as similar knives he was looking at cost much much more.

Very high quality item at first impression, I have not had an opportunity to field test the knife but it comes sharp, feels good in the hand, and has a good weight. The hard shell sheath is very slim line, but offers a firm hold on the blade allowing confidence to mount or to wear externally without concerns of the blade coming loose under action. The ergonomics took me a day to decide if I liked it. The grip design forces you to grip in a very specific way, but I came to like it after a day of light use. I find it very naturally encourages you to maintain constant pressure to the cutting edge, but might be uncomfortable during alternate use. I would not use this as a brush knife or under conditions that I would have to strike with a swinging motion. Although it is a good weight and length to use in these situations, the grip ergonomics would be uncomfortable for me. I would recommend this for all normal use conditions and would buy again.

Nice knife. The blade is nice holds an edge very well. Comfortable and very good price. However the handle is garbage plastic and so is the sheath. I fits nicely into the sheath and locks in nice and tight but the sheath is garbage material and the belt loop is almost pointless were it's mounted. I cut the belt loop off and mounted it to my packs shoulder strap which also was a pain because I dosent have very good mounting points. With the exception of the handle and sheath it is a great hiking knife. And for the price you can't go wrong.

Great item

Awesome case great shape not to heavy and designs functionality is on point couldve been sharper but it works i wouldnt want to hurt myself opening the package