Ka-Bar TDI Pocket Strike Fixed Blade Knife vs Schrade Extreme Survival Large Fixed Blade Knife

Believe it or not, the best knife I have is a Tac-Force TF-578 (a $12 knife) and the only reason I want to replace it is the clip puts the blade down in my pocket and it's not reversible.

Let's be clear here... This knife is definitely one of the best bargains going! I don't think you can get a more heavy duty knife for this price guys

And you can see were someone had used the sheath it had rub marks below the belt clip wear it would rub against the leg/pant. Even the knife, sheath, manuel paper thing and the baggy with screws in it were not properly in the container.

-Extra, removable mini cargo pouch on the sheath. I'm HUGE on more pockets, and this comes through! CONS: -THE SHEATH!! Now although the knife itself is absolutely fantastic, the sheath leaves a bit to be desired. First off its just nylon with a plastic insert for the blade. Not a high quality nylon, but in all fairness

You want to keep control of your weapon, holding your weapon with your strong side. And yes now you really. This looks like a karambit, but that's not...

I had a small Schrade folder from when I was a kid, but I haven't seen any since, so I thought I would test it out and if I hated it I could just exchange it towards one of the Beckers. The knife arrived beautifully, protected well in it's box, even though some textbooks in my order crushed it. The blade steel was clean and spotless, almost a bead blasted- gunmetal gray tone. Heavy, as expected, with a beautiful curve to the blade that resembles the kopis style on my CS Spartan

You can use these rivet holes on the sides. You could put some loops on there to mount it vertically on a belt or horizontally on a belt. Retention is...

rubber handle is not flushed with the tang, you can feel the metal edges when holding. heavy, solid and sturdy. surely will last

I ended up cutting and grinding my knife handle down, and cut the sheath down to make something more usable. But, for the money, there are better options.

The edges of the handle do not come flush with the tang of the knife and when you look closely along the top of the sides of the handles you can see small dimples from the molding process. If you use gloves, which I do, the handle defects will not be a problem. However, it would be nice if the handles were defect-free. Another defect is found in the blade itself

Okay, so like I said, I did all the homework on this on October 19th, 2020. It's now October 21st, 2020. So the price on this is current as of October...

1095 steel, for the price this is a plus since this steel is pretty good for outdoors/survival tasks, will need to be taken care of to avoid rust though. Looks and feels tough, very thick spine, don't think it will suffer any damage when chopping or battoning. Price!, for the size and steel material this is a great price point. Ok now for the CONS: The balance feels a little off, I can't quite describe it but it just something you have to feel for yourself