Hello everybody,
I'm trying to decide what fixed blade to buy for military use. While I do like the Grohmann knives, I'm looking for something a bit different. Right now its between the CRK Pacific or the ZT 0100. Although the Pacific looks like a beauty, I have seen very negative reviews on the quality of the knife. What do you think I should get? If you have other suggestions, feel free to share.
The Pacific is next on my list of top shelf fixed blades. I won't hesitate to buy one, if I don't like it, send it back!
You could buy five or six Ka-Bars for the same price. Or four and get a custom sheath made.
I just don't see the point of using a $300 knife, especially in the military, when a $60 knife can do the same thing.
A stick tanged knife with a crappy heat treat cannot do anywhere near the "same thing" as a properly designed and built knife. Do a google search for "broken Kabar" and there are loads of pictures, videos, and testimonials from people who were
actually using their knives and ended up with the blade in two pieces.
Old Kabars were differentially heat treated, with a softer tang than edge, and resisted snapping under use way better than their modern descendants.
You could look at the Bark River Bravo I if you don't have time to wait for a custom.
When I got my first Bravo 1, and used it a bit, I sold most of my other "user" fixed blades because they couldn't compare to the sharpness, utiltiy, and "feel" of the BRKT.
I think it was the convex edge that ruined things for me. After batoning a weekend's worth of firewood, my Bravo 1 was still shaving sharp. It boggles my mind how a 0.20" thick "survival" knife could be, and stay, so very sharp.
If the only fixed blade knife I had was a Bravo 1, I cannot think of a single knife chore I couldn't do, and enjoy, with it.
This one is always with me in the woods:
