Cold Steel Recon 1 vs Victorinox Hunter Pro Alox Lockback

Let me push cuts here, really testing out the ergonomics more than anything else in the edge geometry. You know, how is this flat grind? Compare that ...

It has a little um, thumb hole there so you could open it, open it up with one hand and you know, quicker. But you know that makes it illegal in um, a...

In short, it's overbuilt for box cutting and package opening--but it will certainly handle those kinds of tasks. But for what it is, a rock-solid folder and a huge hunk of very sharp S35vn, it's a great knife. What this knife is not: it's not a toy. If you need a fidget toy, this is not your best choice

Hunter Pro Damast The Hunter Pro is a Victorinox product that falls outside of their bread and butter Swiss Army knife format. Designed to be a simple, do-all outdoors or possibly a large EDC folder, it has a 3.8-inch blade rendered as a sinuous modified drop point. The edge profile is one gentle curve from base to tip, providing the Hunter Pro with plenty of cutting horsepower

The build is so so. The blade is so poorly ground and dull that I would not buy again. Extremely difficult to sharpen and get a good edge. Every other Recon 1 I've owned (this is my fifth) was razor sharp and perfect

So you're going to look at something that's probably going to make a better knife for forcing things apart. So say a cheese cutting knife. This is goi...

I think I've had pistols that are smaller than this knife. It wasn't the length that got me, it was the height. Just too big for a pocket. Having said that, the handle was great

One nitpick is that the handle is riveted together. That’s fine for a $30 knife, but given the price tag of this model hovers around a hundo, I’d like a knife that can be disassembled and cleaned. Especially if it’s geared towards hunting.

In my search I was looking for a knife with a light weight, low profile, and with a thinner blade for slicing, not a bush beast to baton and chisel with. I wanted a good steel, a 3 1/2" - 4" blade, and either G10 or micarta scales. The search lead me to purchase the Recon 1. My first impressions are as follows: 1) It's a well built, quality knife with great attention to detail

It’s large, and I think that was necessary given how hefty the knife is. The clip’s spring tension is good, and the knife is held in place, but this is a knife that you will notice in the pocket. I’ve never been a belt and suspenders guy, but the Pro Hunter has me thinking about it.