Condor Bushcraft Basic Heavy Duty Work Knife - Medium

Ths Seller was outstanding. Smoky mountain Knife works is awesome. great timely delivery. as to the Product. the steel is goo the sheath is better than expected. but the treatment of that Steel and the edge geomety are for crap. It will take me several days to remove the chip in the blade from the factory and the edge coulld not cut warmed butter. for an inexpensive knife i expected some difficulties, but no this much. This is not Amozons fault. they deliver a purchased product. I Lay this at Condors Feet for shipping such a problem item. Trained in Soligen. he must be the supervisor. Smoky Mtn Knife = Great Amazon = Great Condor = needs help

The following applies to all of the Condor Bushcraft Basic knives, of whatever length. To understand these knives, start with the word "basic." Generally speaking, Condor knives seem to be stamped out of one large, uniform sheet of steel before taking on their typical saber grind. For its higher-priced offerings, Condor makes more of an attempt to differentiate each model, but still every edged tool Condor makes from knife to axe to sword has this unmistakable stamped-from-a-sheet feel. The lower priced line of Bushcraft Basic knives are no exception. While it is easy to joke about this at Condor's expense, the fact remains that these stamped-out tools work pretty well for their price and task. The Bushcraft Basics come from a basic high-carbon steel, which is protected on its unground parts by a durable black damage-resistant coating. They sport basic rounded wooden handles that clap on either side of the tang, and are polished together to prevent the full tang protruding from the wooden handle in any way. Still, the obvious full tangs on these knives make serviceable hammers on hard surfaces like rock. I have personally used the tang on one to successfully knap out a rudimentary stone hand-axe. The saber grind ends in a rounded point on each knife, which is stronger than a sharp tip but less handy for detailed carving. As the saber grind is a basic flat grind, it is a straightforward task to sharpen, repair, and touch up the cutting edges. One can even get a functional edge from a sufficiently hard and even stone (e.g. one found in a river bed was just the right mixture of course and homogenous for me). The different lengths of blade in this line serve a variety of purposes outdoors: Carving, feathering, shaving, whittling, skinning, and chopping fresh wood, to name but a few. In summary, these knives are basic, and basically serve their purpose without many surprises. If you have the know-how and the right setting, these knives are all you may need for bushcrafting, fire making, and survival in the wild.

Ok, who priced this little gem at just $21!?? I've used this out in the bush and on a few camping trips with impressive results. You do need to run your stone on the edge a few times, but the 1075 high carbon steel holds it's edge very well and feels great in the hand. This rugged knife can chop wood and do fine carvings as well. I love Condor's leather sheaths. They are as close as you get to hand made. Get this knife if you want a solid little bushcraft knife. More in this knife at hoosierbushcraft.com , my site.

I had heard comments about Condor quality control in the past, so I was skeptical to try this out. I don't know why I waited so long. If they had problems, they must have fixed them: I've purchased six of the same knife since then, to give to grand kids and friends. One of them sent me a picture of them standing on it, wedged in a tree. It came hair popping sharp out of the box, and the grind was good and even. I resharpened it the other day, and it took me 52 minutes LESS than my spyderco (out of S30V). The carbon steel holds and edge great and is easy as pie to resharpen with my little norton stone. What more can you ask for ask for a $20 Carbon steel full tang work horse.