SO I finally recieved this knife in the mail. First impresssions are quite good.
It is a relatively heavy weight knife with a full tang and nickel bolsters. The handle appears to be some type of wood secured with nickel pins. Its never been used and the blade grind is quite straight. In terms of cutting edge, well, its grind is a hairline profile double ground with a sharp edge. NOt super duper sharp, but sharp none the less. THe sheath is quite durable and definetly real leather, but Im not sure if it was the original. Tang stamps are "frost cutlery" "surgical steel" and a "japan" etching that was buffed out.
Bad things about it:
The NIckel is tarnished but hey, thats cosmetic.
The handle pins holding the wood are loose in that I can move them slightly. None can be fully removed however.
THe edge on this thing is the most minimal attempt at an edge. It is extremely thin.
The flat on the front of the blade has strange pits that are extremely superficial but still completely polished.
Over all, I like the knife because its a fixed tanto. THe blade is well ground aside from the edge and is a little over 1/8th inch thick. It feels good in the hand and even better on the wallet.
As to overall quality, Id say the the previous statements about it being a good digging knife are rather false but then again, I dont have any better knife to comapre it to. At the very least, its not a peice of crap paki knife.