Smith & Wesson Karambit 8Cr13MoV Steel Thermoplastic Sheath

It's a great knife. Good grip, solid retention in the sheath, and very sharp out of the box.

This is a quality product. I'm leery of products carrying a prestigious brand name. Apparently these guys did procure usage of the Smith and Wesson name and logo legitimately. It is an impressive low cost blade. A skinning knife or bushcraft knife it is not! So Amazon's "star" question about comfort is way iff base. To borrow a phrase from concealed firearm carry, "Having a handgun on one's person should be "comforting" and not necessarily "comfortable"!" So, as a neck knife, you won't fet blusters the one time you need it to slice a carotid artery or puncture a lung or heart and/or. disembowel someone, all of which constitutes the primary purpose of this knife. I will not use it to cut cardboard as that destroys my stropped edge. This knife came sharp from the box and I stropped it to razor sharp. I will order another and dull the edge for deployment practice as I've lightly sliced myself in practice several times in deploying it from under a short. It is wicked sharp and the curved, rebated top makes that pijnt needle sharp as well. Double edged carry knives are illegal in Hawaii and I may shorten the blade avlittle to avoid "cop confusion" as to the exact length of blade as there is a lot if "non-sharp" length that a rookie cop might interpret as "blade length"! This was a close as I could find in a modest price range with a Karambit retention ring and a useful blade design, although a little too long to realistically pass muster with squad car cops in Hawaii (beat cop? What's that?) When I'm in a wheelchair, waiting for ParaTransit pickup, I'm often in places with few people and twice in the last two months felt in danger of attack by a street person or a low life. Each time they changed their mind when about 5 feet away - probably because I was ready and didn't project alarm or fear. Anyone that will rob or attack an elder or disabled person in a wheelchair deserves to die on the spot and the world will be a kinder, gentler place without them. I have utmost confidence in this knife!

Correct terminology: Reverse Kerambit. Perfect ergonomics. Beyond perfect. A masterpiece of design in every regard. Someone deserves recognition for this. Well made. Surprisingly good steel at this price. Esthetically beautiful. The bad part, the sheath. It takes two people to pull this knife out of the sheath. I see no way of fixing this sheath as designed. A deal breaker. I returned it. However, the knife itself serves so well in the self defense role. Index finger through the loop, point down and edge forward, the defender needs no skill nor training: intuition and the design of the knife will carry the day. I may purchase this knife again. If I do, I will use a hack saw to remove the retention portion of the sheath, and I will put an UltiClip Slim 3.3 belt clip on it (available on Amazon). The knife will have NO retention, but it will carry high and concealed, and draw like lightning. I might do that. If you want to try that too, you will not find a better self defense knife at any price on the internet.

The blade came a little dull, but quite sharp overall if that makes sense. For the price the quality seems great, would recommend.

It is a bit of a struggle to get the knife out of the sheath. I found if you push the handle forward ( away from the blade ) as you pull the knife up and out, that removing it is easier. Arrived quite sharp and a good weight as well as a good fit to my average hand. Hope you can enjoy it.