Well I'll give a little mini review here. Received my first Mad Dog, in fact two of them this week. A Mongoose and a Mirage X Micro, (both new). I have not put them to real "work" yet, these are just my first impressions. I'll start off by saying that the Mongoose was the dullest knife, (I'm not exaggerating here), that I have ever handled. Unacceptible for an expensive knife. It took me 2-3 hours to rebevel it and put a razor sharp edge on it, (started with 25 degrees, then finished it off with 20). Nothing impressive about the knife, it's a simple design but I like simple. Good flat ground utility blade. The handle is nice feeling and "tacky" but I have doubts about it's durability. In fact it's already wearing through, (one side), from just putting it in and out of it's Kydex sheath. I do like the dull grey hard chrome finish. Most people would say very "tactical", but I just think it looks neat. Great Kydex sheaths though. Again simple but effective. I Like cross draw sheaths alot, and this is the thickest Kydex I've seen to date. Now for the X Micro. A neat knife. This one came very sharp and shaves hair, ( thank goodness, because this one looks like it will be a bear to sharpen). Same design as the Mongoose, and same handle material. Looks great with the black blade, and can't wait to put it to use. Something about the "mystique" of this ceramic composite. Came with a nice neck sheath. Again, very simple, and very thick. Are they worth $200.00 and $300.00 respectively? Honestly, to me no, but of course I haven't used them hard yet to test their "legendary" toughness. Maybe I should hold off with that reaction until I do. But if you're looking for fancy and meticulous attention to detail, look elsewhere. These are "hewn out of rock, meant to be used" sort of knives. Again, nothing wrong with that.
