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Review on 🔪 Oerla TAC OLL-005 Fixed Blade Outdoor Duty Knife 420HC Stainless Steel Field Knife Camping Knife Full Tang Blade with Glass-Filled Nylon Handle and Waist Clip, EDC Kydex Sheath (Black) by Adam Jenkins

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Cool knife, not the best handle

I got this knife mainly because of the beautiful fantasy design and the 420HC steel for the blade. I really like the design of the blade, it's kind of a chopper mixed with kukri and the butt is thicker than I expected which gives it a good weight. But I don't like the handle. While the texturing of the scales offers good grip, it all feels too blocky, like the scales should be thinner. There is a curve at the bottom where the lanyard hole is, I think the idea behind this is to hold it in my hands while I chop, but for me the handle isn't long enough to make that curve comfortably make. I wear large men's gloves so my hands are small, but my pinky lands right on the lanyard opening when I'm not using the index finger hook. I rotated the point at the bottom of the handle so the curve is less pronounced, which I think is better. I always grind almost a bevel on the inside edges of the bowls to make them appear a bit more rounded. With all that said, I really like the knife and it will be a cool addition to the collection! The scabbard is pretty good too, I changed the shape of the top a bit but that's more of a personal preference.

Pros
  • Best
Cons
  • Ugly packaging