Knives DC53 Steel Tactical Fixed Blade Knife with kydex sheath for Men EDC Outdoor Camping Survival Hunting (White stone wash)

Honestly not a bad little blade. Takes a mean edge. The edge comes sharp, has good geometry. Pair it with an ulticlip or multiclip and it's a nice little edc that punches above it's price point. Dc53 steel does seem more corrosion resistant than d2.

Initially had issue with sheath retention but seller resolved issue which was nice. Seller said they redesigned the sheath so maybe the new ones are better. This knife is actually a good bargain. I've edc'd this every day for about 3 months under hard use conditions (i work in heavy construction) and these are my findings:The Pros:Ergos are pretty nice. I have XXL hands and have plenty of grip space on the handle. It's a tad long for edc horizontal carry but I make it work. I've been most impressed with the DC53 steel. It's my first experience with this steel and I'm already a fan. Great toughness and edge retention. It came stupid sharp out of the box and it's very slicey. I was concerned about chipping or the tip snapping off with it's flat grind but I beat the snot out of this thing and have had zero issues. My last beater knife was D2 and DC53 puts it to shame. D2 has lousy toughness and very prone to chipping, this is a far better budget steel option. While I had an issue with retention on my first sheath, its great to see it's a fold over taco style. Why more knife companies don't use this style is beyond me. I took the bulky tek lock style clip off and used soft loops which is my preferred way of carry.The cons:It's not stainless and has a strange staining appearance. It doesn't patina like your typical carbon steels like 1095, more like a milky residue that doesn't come off. Also, while the jimping texture is fantastic (some of the best ive seen), its really only functional if your hands are the size of a hamster's. Very little contact space for the tip of your finger/thumb. Would like to see longer tracks of jimping for it to be more functional. Maybe one long track vs 2 tiny ones would have served it better.Overall, for a knife under 30 bucks, I do recommend giving it a try.

Knife is good. Sheath is unusable, plan on having a new sheath made for it because the one it comes with has basically no retention.

In a blade world — Dark Ages Melee, Big Choppers & Machete, compensatory belt danglers, fixed work and duty edges, Companion fixed, gentleman’s fixed, locking folders, and small slip folders . . . I was expecting a heavyweight paring knife at 2oz. maybe, and 1/16th” thick.What I got was a full tang mystery chinesium that feels good, if slick, in the hand, around 5oz., a ‘Mini-Companion about 1/8” thick. Decently sharp out of the box with a perfunctory edge not of my choice — So, re-profiling…A respectable factory Full Flat Grind with secondary bevel of 35 to 40 degrees inclusive . . . Far too oblique for my interests. In refining the flatness and finish on the knuckle side I noticed that the steel (mystery chinesium) seemed harder as I got below the factory grinding.I think s30v skates over abrasives. I think s35vn will burr up but does not form a wire… 14c28n is easy to work… and m390 will work WITH you but requires a great intention as you sharpen it.This mystery from the west pacific produced a heavy wire burr after I got down to harder metal on the side I was focused on. This steel might be very polishable. I think this would make a really good neck knife if a bit heavy. The sheath is as simple as rocks and well imagined and shaped — also light in weight. The belt or strap hanging doohickie fastened to the back of it is way to big and bulky — no doubt has virtues I will never discover — but its klunky.If I am off-trail with a chopper as sharp bludgeon and a “woodcrafting” companion next to it — this would be great as a ‘fine work’ scout-draw or neck knife — or as a field expedient paring knife that could open a coconut.An excellent size for small hands, I have re-worked mine with a waxed polyester cord wrap that fixed the slippage and fits my hand without strain.After I live with this a bit there could be other observations. I can see myself buying more of these…Two days later and I have finished my preferred profile. The steel noticeably gets harder after you ‘skin’ the blade with your new edge.In this application I want a single plane on the knuckles side, a full flat grind with essentially no other bevel — this will take some time.I used the same method to flatten and polish the thumb side that finishes with a radiused edge for something like a 25°ish inclusive angle concave on one side and flat on the other.I refined the good try factory 90° face on top of the spine — leaving a bit of a burr on the knuckles side for wood scraping, sharp with no burr on the thumb side for ferrocerium striking.This one is not as hard as an aogami-steel, nor as finely grained. In this case, it is softer than s30v with a keenness harder to achieve than m390 ( these are all reference points that are NOT statistically valid and subject to the variables of manufacture and the vagaries of my impressions.

Nice tactical style bird & trout shaped knife, sheath & blade steel are good, fits on a 1.5 inch belt, small useful lightweight cutter.

This knife is sharp and everything I wanted in a fixed blade. It is small enough to carry around but not to small to handle task.

Just buy it! Not perfect but for a knock off, it just works. Nothing worth complaining about for the price.