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Absolutely outstanding! The micarta handles are, in one word, beautiful!
By teugene on Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2015
If I could, I would give this 10 a full ten stars--it is that good! I have several Schrade knives and with the possible exception of the 42, this 10 is easily the best constructed and best looking. Those micarta handles are gorgeous! They not only look great, but they feel great, too, so much better than the TPE handles on some of Schrade's other knives, with the ringshaped molding. The fit and finish on this 10 is as perfect as it gets. By contrast, the 9 I own is rather shabby, with uneven grinds and somewhat ill-fitting scales (true, more cosmetic than really important, but it shows a lack of commitment to quality control in the factory where the 9 is made). The 10 (and the 26, which is the same knife but with the rubbery handles) seems to me to be an ideal primary knife. It's on the large side, but not too big. It's hefty enough, but not too heavy. After watching the youtube videos, I am convinced that this might be the best general outdoors knife that Schrade offers; again, with the possible exception of the 42 (which is a thing of beauty, but considerably smaller). The jimping on some of Schrade's knives is too aggressive, but not on the 10--it's just right, like everything else about it. As a modest collector of "survival" knives, including KaBar, Cold Steel and others, I have come to appreciate the excellent products that Schrade is now offering at good prices. The 10 is absolutely outstanding! If you are looking for an all-around, able-to-do-most-everything knife, then you should look at the 26. If you are sold on it, then do yourself a huge favor and spend the extra $7 to get the 10. You will never regret it. (The only downside of this schf10 is the sheath--it's pretty crappy! A knife this good deserves a better sheath, but you'll probably have to make it yourself. That's what I intend to do.)
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Not a bushcraft knife... not a chopper... why did I buy this ???
By Medic.WV on Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2014
I really wanted to love this knife before I even received it... heck, I even went so far as to order up a custom kydex sheath for it before it came in! Unfortunately, there are enough little issues with it to prevent it from taking a permanent place on my hip as the "one and only knife". I'll run this down as a "Pro's & Con's" list for you: Pros: - Stout! You will not be able to break this knife. - Great looks! The lines are great on this knife... just a beautiful visual design. - Decent Stainless Steel - Micarta handles & lanyard hole - Fairly thick and usable sheath - lower cross-guard to prevent forward movement of the hand - And of course, the price! Cons: - Handle is a bit too short for XL-glove wearing hands like mine. It "barely fits"... which is not a good choice for a field knife. - Finger groove: It is too big (the bump is too far back, resulting in a non-ideal hammer grip (your middle finger will be on top of that bump, or you will not be fully choked-up on the handle, your choice!) - Weight: It's just too heavy for such a short knife... no need whatsoever for a 1/4" thick blade on a 5" bladed knife... way to much weight "wasted" in the handle, and arguably, the blade. It's the same reason why the ESEE-5 is not a good seller. - False Edge: half the blade is a false edge, which looks really cool, but results in a less then capable batoning platform; combined with the short overall blade length, this can only do inefficient batoning on smaller limbs. - Blade design: Sure, it looks REALLY cool, but that fat-ish recurve has historically been for a large chopping blade, for good reason! You can not sharpen this short blade with a stone! That's a big failure for a "survival/woods" knife. And even though it has a good belly for cutting, the wide blade significantly limits the usefulness of this blade for precision work. - Edge grind: /Joke on: How many Chinese workers does it take to screw up an edge grind on a Taylor brands knife? Three: One to setup the machine wrong, one to spend 10 seconds grinding it wrong, and one quality control guy to never show up to work because his uncle is a communist party boss! /Joke off. While the grind was centered, it was about 35 degrees on one side, and 20 degrees on the other... way too far off to be worth trying to correct it yourself, without at least having a $70 Work-Sharp belt sharpener available. I might be a bit picky about getting a knife with an even grind, but this was way past just "picky", and closer to "Cold-Steel Machete" mis-aligned grind. - Jimping: While they tried to provide good jimping, they failed. the Jimping is too wide to be very useful, and they should have brought the jimping all the way up the thumb rise; without it there, you can't get a great thumb forward grip. So there you have it! Like I said, I loved this knife so much before I received it, based upon reviews here and on Youtube (and it's great looks), that I ordered a $55 kydex sheath for it from Cleavland Kydex. After spending the weekend with the knife in the forest across the street doing bushcraft tasks with it, I canceled that order and ended up sending this knife back to Amazon. My suggestion/take away: There is no such thing as a "one knife" solution. If you REALLY need a chopper for doing a lot of wood processing get a KA-BAR Heavy Bowie or BK9, an Ontario SP50/51, a Kershaw Camp 10 or a CS Trailmaster. I think if most of us were honest though, at least with ourselves, we would realize that we don't really need to do much if any wood processing. Therefore, I think most hikers, campers and preppers should go with a true bushcraft knife from Mora, Condor, Schrade, Becker, Tops, etc...just search Amazon for Bushcraft Knife(Even after replacing this knife with a cool and pricey TOPS Bushcraft BOB, I still find myself going for a simple Mora Bushcraft for most real bushcrafting/field cutting tasks... I tell you, once you use them, you will be hooked, and they are under $20! They are not fancy, nor "tacti-cool", but the old experienced field guys who see me with it just nod and say "Mora huh? good choice.") GET OUT THERE AND PRACTICE THE FIELDCRAFT TASKS! Just like owning a gun; without practice, your performance under real-life pressure will be compromised! Build some shelter, fire and spears so you will have confidence if you ever need to do it for survival. Check Meetup dot com for Bushcraft/Prepper groups in your area who hold weekend meetups and get some practice in and get a chance to compare gear with your bushcraft brethren!
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