SZCO Supplies 203340 Wire Wrapped Seax with Sheath, Stainless Steel, 15.5 inch

Caveat- I am not an outdoorsman and didn’t buy this for field use. I collect and display replica blades. That said, this ranks in quality with other, far more expensive, museum replicas I have purchased in the past. Good and solid with a sharp edge and visually appealing. Great buy for the price.

I'm almost disappointed that mine arrived in excellent condition as I had planned to make this a project piece, creating a new handle, welding on a beefier tang, and so on but the fit and finish of the one that arrived at my door was, for lack of a better word, perfect. The sheath is really nice and a very tight fit, and all of the parts are made and assembled well. The only thing I might do is take it to a bench grinder to put a proper scandi grind on the blade and re-heat treat it, and maybe add some bluing for a nice weathered look.

It looks even better than I had hoped! The wire wrap looks amazing and feels good in the hand, the brass fittings actually look pretty nice and the blade came a lot sharper than I was expecting.I haven't put it down since I got the thing. I absolutely love it! Haven't had a chance to use it yet which I do plan to do, but every knife I have ever owned from Pakistan, though cheap in price and normally not the best fit and finish, have all been pretty decent steel. They have all held an edge well and have held up to a lot of abuse. I put them through way more abuse than my good knives because there expendable and I have always been impressed. I am assuming that this knife will be no different. On top of that it actually looks really amazing! The only reason it isn't 5 stars is that the little silver highlights that hold the wire wrap in place are pretty rough. They have heavy tooling marks on them that weren't even attempted to be cleaned up and they are some what jagged and don't sit as flush as they should for being on a handle. I feel they could really hurt the hands after some extended use. However a half hour with a dimond file should easily flush them up with the wire better and get rid of the tooling marks. And the blade is a hair off cenyer. Aside from that the knife is pretty amazing! For the price I really don't see how any one cold possibly give it less than 4 stars in less they received a completely defective product. All in all I'd give it a 4 and a half if I could. I'm really impressed and excited to get out and use this thing! It's pretty well balanced and is pretty hearty in its build. Looks like I could chop through about anything with it and for the price I wouldn't think twice about taking it to a tree... or a brick wall. Lucky for me though I really don't think it would phase this thing.

This is a really nice piece and you cannot beat the price for something of this quality. There are minor scratches on my knife but they are on the pieces that keep the wire grip in place and it is a fixable and minor thing. There are no scratches anywhere else on the blade, or elsewhere. It has a nice feel, is an authentic and good looking piece, and feels good in the hand. It is moderately sharp out of the package, but I plan to make it sharper and possibly modify it in a way that makes it personally appealing and unique. This is a nice and affordable knife and I am thoroughly enjoying it and think that you will too. No regrets here!!!

1st use totally destroyed. Save your money, save time and look at the pictures. This thing should be banned because it's so dangerously fragile you could easily lose an eye or get stabbed. Itook this knife to an area in my city where pomegranates grow wild. After hand picking about 6 of the fruit, I found some really nice ones behind this patch of thick dried (dead) bushes. After easily breaking a few dime sized branches to get to the fruit I decided to test the chopping power of this 15" knife. The 10.5 inch blade snaped off at the handle took me a minute to find the blade (mostly due to bewilderment) and what I saw is just shameful, why anyone would weld a nearly 2 pound piece of steel onto a tang no thicker than a car key is beyond comprehension. THIS IS NOT A KNIFE! It's a decoration. I own kitchen knives from the dollar tree that can chop through a dead branch no thicker than a roll of dimes. It's a good thing nobody was behind me when testing this piece of junk on a branch no thicker than a finger. Don't waste your money. I wouldn't evenuse this for cosplay the construction is so shotty it's a danger to wield evenas a prop. Beware of prices too good to be true. Not to mention the cancer warning, who uses lead based materials any more? Jeff Besos is obviously a money grubbing piece if trash for allowing a product with multiple dangerous attributes to be sold on his market place. Shame on Amazon, Shame on Pakistan, and shame on the manufacturer for marketing a liability like this in the first place.

Very sharp. The handle is sturdy and the sleeve is good quality