Perkin | Fixed Blade Hunting Knife - Black Carbon Steel Bushcraft Knife | 12.8 Inchs Full Tang Camping Survival Knife | Designed for Hunting, Camping, Outdoors, Bushcraft | Free Leather Sheath |

This is a well crafted knife. It’s very comfortable in the hands, and looks amazing. The leather sheath does a very good job of securing the blade. The blade did arrive a bit more dull than I’m used to, but a few passes through the sharpener solved that issue. I am concerned that the blade seems a little on the thin side. While this helps make the blade light, I’m concerned as to how well it will hold up under heavy use. Time will tell.UPDATE: I used this knife extensively on a recent camping trip, and it held up very well. I was especially impressed with how sharp it stayed through the abuse. I even tested it with some batoning to split up some fire wood with no issues. Some of the oxide coating started to strip away from the blade, but that’s to be expected. This is my new favorite backwoods knife.

I just received the Perkin hunting knife , it has a bolo-ish style to it , which will make it more practical as a camping , woods knife . It does not have a clunky fill to it and I believe will work well for light chopping needs . Ever try to chop with a straight blade [ k bar ] ? It seems to be a handy tool , ready weapon if need be . The blade is sharpened 21/2" opposite the cutting edge as a combat knife would be , no false edge here .The blade came sharp [ shaved hair off my arm with a few passes on a butchers steel ] whisper sharp . I've no doubt with regular maintenance I will be able to keep it deadly sharp . Just the right length over all , ideal blade length , blade width . A bonus dummy cord hole drilled into the handle , Not clunky , awkward , as some bigger more expensive camp knives . The one draw back is the handle is small to my hands [but I have large hands ] which is easily over come with racket tape and I don't care for dangle sheaths , again easily over come with a ridged belt loop attached [ high quality sheath by the way , my compliments ] I will add a pouch and 6" ferro rod and I will have a great survival/woods/ combat knife . I am happy with my purchase . If I want to fell a tree , split logs I will use the right tool not a knife that isn't meant for that purpose .

Just received the knife and I am happy with my purchase so far. It looks nice, it’s very sturdy, and it’s feels right on the grip. Planning to take this camping. Can’t wait. Will update review if any changes.

Revision: On further inspection this is not a knife, it is not sharp, nor is it tempered, it has not been heat-treated, and the fit and finish is lacking,

I received my knife on time. I was very surprised how sharp it was after reading all the reviews. The only thing that I was not crazy about was the walnut grips. They are very smooth and I had a little trouble holding on to them. The problem was solved with a Wilson grip wrap.Now it is perfect .

I have no idea what kind of steel the knife is made from but it's definitely NOT 1095 - my guess is some kind of cheap stainless. How do I know this? because after removing the cheap coating of the knife its proven impossible to force a petina on it. 1095 rusts, this knife doesn't, it appears to be made from a cheap stainless steel.The knife has a finish on it similar to duracoat, I don't like this because if you use a stone to sharpen it will gunk it up and its generally not a very nice finish at all. I thought this was done for purposes similar to the k-bar knives to protect the high carbon steel blade, it appears not.Would I buy it again? no way, not for this price.It should not be advertised as a type of steel it clearly isn't, this is deceptive and I feel scammed by the false assertion that it's 1095 steel. I would NEVER have bought this knife had I known this.

Strong/sturdy/capable knife. Decent for bushcraft, but the coating makes it difficult to strike a firerod. Otherwise, an excellent addition to my kit.

i recieved my package sooner than expected. my knive was in very good shape with no blemishes. i really like the way it fits my hand. just a real nice looking knive love it.