Elk Ridge - Outdoors Fixed Blade Knife - 9.5-in Overall, Mirror Finished Stainless Steel Blade, Full Tang, Wood Handle, Leather Sheath - Hunting, Camping, Survival - ER-052

recently purchased a number of knives with a very specific criteria. no "tactical", no paracord, no giant bowie, no folders, just a nice sized, natural handle bush knife, for CHEAP. all were in the $10-16 range. this was one of them.to be honest, not the best knife made. no, it wont contend with a $300 custom knife, but for under $20 this is a lot of knife. nice fit and finish, came sharp, didnt really punish them, but in the limited amount of trials i gave the blade seemed to hold a decent edge. at the end of the day, id take 20 of these over one $300 knife hands down. actually, id just get one and spend the other $285 on something else.and for the record. im giving this same review to all 8 of the knives i purchased for this "experiment". all seemed to hold edges well, some better than others, the fit and finish was better on some than on others, but easily acceptable on all, and all well worth the few dollars they cost.** addendum to this knife only, imo, this one had the nicest sheath of the bunch. dosent affect the function of the knife any, but if its a concern to you, this is probably the budget knife you want.

This is a great hunting or fishing knife! Yes, the handle is somewhat small, however after putting it on my belt. I realized that is part of what makes this such a great knife. It rides on Your belt like it is not even there. The smaller handle unlike the normal large handle does not stick out and make it bulky while You are wearing it. Yet it is not so small that it is not fully useful while in hand. In other words it is a trade off, but it also makes this the most comfortable knife of this type I have ever worn. Yes it has some minor flaws that only become apparent .......when VERY closely..... scrutinized. None are noticeable during normal handling without over eye balling. Mine came sharp enough to shave forearm hair with. I feel You must consider these faults along with the price You are paying to be fair. I will gladly take these with this price without complaint. Make no mistake this is a comfortable, sharp, useful knife at a GREAT price. I will order several for gifts this year. Also the sheathe is nice, and I love how the snap is operated from front to rear(to unsnap). That really makes it easy to unsheathe while on Your belt. I also rubbed it with canola (cooking) oil and a paper towel and it made the sheathe look fantastic! Pull the trigger on this one.

I like it, not enough for five stars, but I like it. One of the other reviews said it was smaller than expected and I can agree with that, but that's not a negative. It is a very handsome, well built, sturdy and sharp piece of steel.There must have been a leather shortage when they made the sheath because they used precious little of it. You really have to jam the knife into it and then force the snap to shut, but it does shut firmly and securely. That's really unimportant. I have yet to buy a knife for the sheath.This is a good addition to my collection of fixed blade knives. It sports a full tang and a very nice wood or simulated wood handle and the weight of the knife feels just right for its size. I too am a big guy with big hands, but didn't feel as though the knife got lost, there's plenty of gleaming, sharp blade to prove that I am holding one.I don't know how this knife or any of my knives would stand up under hard use because I don't use them that way, I collect knives for my own personal viewing pleasure. I don't hunt, crawl through rain forests, fight crocks or whittle so if you are looking for a review for that kind of stuff, this ain't it.This is a sharp knife that comes in a skimpy leather sheath. It is not a toy and should not be within the reach of children.

I worked as a butcher for several years, my job was to skin the animals. Pigs most of the year but when Deer season came we shut down domestic side and people brought in Deer. I would estimate I've skinned around 400 Deer and after I left there I needed a knife to skin my own deer and knew what I was after.I've skinned 6 or so with this knife and it's perfect, the steel is hard enough to stay sharp/hone up as needed, but it's soft enough my old school whetstones and some spit will sharpen it to popping hairs off my arm in just a few minutes, people get too worked up over some modern super steels they can barely sharpen without wearing out a fancy diamond whetstone and even at that it takes more time.Blade shape is the classic bowie knife, the point is out of the way so you don't accidentally pop through skin, but when you need it to make a hole it's there with a twist of the wrist. I've had no problem jointing tails with this knife either.Sheath is comfortable to wear on the belt, don't jam your dirty knife in it but that goes for any leather sheath.

After sharpening the blade I noticed a crack where it's suppose to be sharp.. and after a couple years of use the handle started to come apart

I have quite a collection of knives, from cheap to more than 50x the cost of this one. But when I go camping, this is the knife I take. Due to it being inexpensive, I wasn't afraid to stress this knife when I first bought it in 2014. I was pleasantly surprised with how it held up to batoning firewood on multiple trips. I ended up gifting it to a young man who accompanied me on a few of these trips. That lasted a few months until I bought another one.