Cold SteelOutdoorsman Lite Durable Lightweight 4116 Stainless Steel 6" Fixed Blade Tactical Outdoor Hunting Knife, Textured Kraton Handle, Hard Plastic Sheath

I purchased this knife originally 2 years ago, and more recently purchased 4 more. This knife is not a super steel, super design. It is designed for light to medium kitchen and camp tasks. The bone breaker will not work for deer or elk, but has functioned well for cleaning the many dozens of chickens, ducks, goats and rabbits that I have. Additionally, it is lightweight and easily concealed using this sheath. https://a.co/d/eJudUHE by Tourbon.In the last year I've taken to carrying it as added protection and have truly realized it's purpose in my carry gear.I do not baton, I find that silly. I am a lifetime outdoorsman raised by a Ozark/Appalachian bred outdoorsman from a family of do it yourselfers. We spend more time in the out of doors annually than most youtubing "survivalists" do their entire lives.I have used this blade to cut smaller branches into wedges to aid in splitting larger wood. And of course mainly rely on my belt axe for that purpose.While I've never "fought" with this blade, I have a bit of experience with blades in combat and would absolutely use this in that capacity. I tested 2 of these blades to destruction, the first finally broke after I put all my weight (201/5 depending on day) laterally on it after I got it stuck throwing it. I did that on purpose to see what it could take. The blade geometry aids in the strength of the tip as well.The second sat in salt water for almost a week, and had a very small amount of rust, it is a very rust resistant steel.It takes a hair popping shaving edge easily, and with regular touch ups comes back easily. It does not keep this edge like some higher grade high carbon steels. Again, this blade is a light/medium utility blade. Personally, I have touch up stones/diamond sharpener (work sharp makes a great one for 30$) on or near me all the time, anyone spending time in the woods should.Cost versus benefit, it far outweighs the cost.Replace the sheath with the one I inserted, it's worth it. Even if you don't, it's still worth buying.For sub $30 this blade should be in everyone's tacklebox, hunting kit, car and home.Seriously, I've cleaned fish, chickens, rabbits, goats, and ducks with it and would use it on deer or larger if it was all I had. Keep it sharp, and clean it off, it will work for many years for you.It grips comfortably, and is a great size for defensive purposes as well.Ive trained and practiced in muy Thai, bjj, escrima for over 3 decades now, I train with this blade regularly. Cold steel also has a rubber tanto you can cut down an inch to mostly match this blades geometry for training without getting cut.During training using an oak log I've driven the point in close to an inch several dozens of times and slashed hundreds of times, ive not seen any observable issues. I do not generally pry with blades, and any blade designed for prying I rarely carry because it's almost always too heavy.Again, I currently own 5 of these blades, 3 purchased on Amazon and all in 4116 kruppe, they use cryo quenched/cryo tempered and it works.Buy it, and buy 2 more, then look at others with similar blades that cost 4 times as much and know your blade will accomplish 90-99% of what their super steel blade will. Again, it may not hold an edge as long, but it takes an hair popping edge easier than super steels all day. (And yes, I've shaved, and shaved bits of hairs with it)Pictured is the blade ive carried for a few years now, it has wear and I love it.

Great product, very pleased. Very sharp, absolutely a great product at a great price.

So I opened the box with my Outdoorsman Lite about an hour ago. I'm waiting for my SOG Aura Camp to arrive and whichever one I like best will be on my belt whenever I'm hiking/camping or on my family's land (in the sticks). The second best goes in the bail-out bag. I'm mostly a folder guy. I'm still learning about fixed blades and what I want in one, hence my purchase of "high-value" knives right now.Initial impression is that it's a SWEET knife for the price.Size: It's bigger than I thought it would be, but not terribly over-sized for my purposes. I have small hands and I would love it if they took .5-.75" off the handle, but the balance is great so maybe its better this way.Blade: The blade is sharp, but not scary sharp (almost though) which is about perfect for an outdoor-type knife, IME. I will try to remember to update once I put this thing to use and see how it holds its edge, especially with the steel used. Thickness is just about right at .1" or 3mm, not ridiculously thick but strong enough for its purpose and no unnecessary bulk. I doubt I will ever use the bone-breaker on the back but don't mind it. I do wish the jimping was more aggressive.EDIT: So I tried using the knife for some detail work around the property and I sliced the heck out of my finger on the bone-breaker on the spine. Since I think people would want to choke up on the blade for detail work alot more than they would want to break bones, I think that feature sucks. I wish it the spine of the blade was just squared off. I really don't like the bone-breaker now. Just wanted to add that while I try to stop the bleeding. :)Handle: See above for my thoughts on size (too big for me). Grip is fantastic, materials provide very positive traction, even when I got my hands wet. The hilt/cross-guard or whatever it's called is just big enough to do its job and keep your hands from sliding up to the blade.Sheath: The sheath is the reason this knife didn't get 5 stars. For the money, the sheath is good. The materials seem to be of decent quality. But, the knife rides too low in the sheath. I either have to pluck it out of the sheath with my index finger and thumb, or if I want to try and get a decent grip on the knife out of the sheath, my pinky and ring finger and palm. It just doesn't feel right drawing this knife out of the sheath. I really wish they would have allowed the grip to extend another .5" out of the sheath. Obviously, they put it that deep for retention purposes but it doesn't seem to be a problem. Maybe the sheaths loosen alot (all sheaths do to an extent IME) and Cold Steel put the knife in so deep for that reason. Once again, I'll try to update after some use and time.Overall, I think this knife is well worth the price of admission and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for an inexpensive outdoor fixed blade. Once again, good job Cold Steel!Edit #2: After a weekend of frequent use, I still love the knife and I still hate the sheath. I de-sharpened the "bone-breaker" on the spine of the knife so I could do detail work without slicing my index finger. Planning to enhance the jimping, just trying to decide the best way to do so. The knife is very light in the hand, love it.The sheath on the other hand, not so good. The mouth is looking really torn up after 1 weekend. Its the friction from the handle that's tearing up the cheap nylon. My SOG Aura Camp showed up a couple days ago and the sheath is leaps and bounds better. I think I like the Cold Steel knife better, but give me a weekend in the woods using the Aura and I'll get back to you.