COLD STEEL Drop Forged Survivalist 8" 52100 High-Carbon Steel Clip Point Fixed Blade EDC Tactical Hunting Utility Knife, 5" Ergonomic Handle, Weather-Resistant Secure-Ex Sheath

Well worth the money! Love this knife. Great balance, very sharpe edge. Great sheath.

Hey guys, you have to push the knife hard into the sheath! It makes a loud CLICK when pushed hard. Push much harder then a normal sheath. The reviews with the guys with loose sheaths got mistaken. I also almost returned mine till I saw a review and saw someone having to pop loose the knife when taking it out. Mine was super loose also, no retention other than the handle loop. I assumed it was like that because of the reviews of loose sheath. But all you have to do is push hard and you get a loud CLICK, and it retains super well! I feel bad for the guy that didn’t know about this, that you’re supposed to actually like “push” it really hard. cold steel made it that way, so its secure because it’s a heavy knife. One guy in the reviews thought it was basically super loose and he heat blasted the sheath to shape it so it was bent in and he ground down the handles. I mean, poor guy I mean, wrecking your knife and all you have to do is push hard. I’ve never had a sheath I’ve had to physically push the knife into the sheath this hard before and its actually really good because this knife is so big and heavy. I’m very happy with this knife. It’s an extreme value. Also the handle being slippery or not grippy is not a concern at all for me, it grips very well. That being said I live in a dry desert so have not tested using it in the rain.

April 25 2026: UPDATE: Okay this thing is looking better every day. Feels better in the hand, better grip that requires no wrapping. So far holding a great edge, though too soon for 5-star. I will continue to use it and update later. Have used it for some batoning, but nothing else so far. March 2026: I had the previous version of this blade but finally broke it after 5 years of abuse. The description of this version of the knife attempts to portray this as the same as the previous version as far as materials and spec go. But this knife is noticeable lighter and thinner than my previous version. It is lighter of course which is not good. This type of knife is often used as a chopper and the weight is a big part of that. It is a very nice knife. It is actually better balanced and the handle has good grip. I had to wrap the previous version in paracord to keep it from hurting my hand as I beat on the blade. The reason for average rating is I will need to beat it up for a while and see if it holds up as well as the previous version. I broke it by batoning some hard wood. I did not notice that I had the sharp edge up as I whacked it with a 2lb hammer thinking I was hitting the spine as I had done for YEARS with no damage.

I am legitimately blown away by the quality and value of this knife. I have been a survivalist for more than 20 years and this is my new favorite knife. When it comes to survival knives, they have to be dependable because your life may depend on them. And this one hits every single mark, It's perfect! Perfect steel, perfect length, the drop point is perfect. It feels so good in your hand. The grip panels are as grippy as sandpaper yet still comfortable to the touch. Full tang is great and all but nothing beats one solid piece of drop forged steel. For the past ten years, I've used a Gerber Strong Arm in the field. Great knife but this one is SO MUCH BETTER and it's 25% cheaper! The only thing that falls short is the sheath, the Strong Arm sheath is slightly better. It's not bad but you can tell it's a bit on the cheaper side and it's not nearly as impressive as the knife itself. I may look into getting a custom leather sheath made in the future, but the one that it came with will do fine for now. I watched a ton of videos of people beating the crap out of this knife and it never even lost an edge. This is by far my best Amazon buy ever. This is the kind of knife that could last generations. I will be using it for the rest of my life and one day I'll pass it down to my son. I've spent entire paychecks on high-end survival knives but I'll take this one into the field over those any day. I really can't say enough good things about it.

Trust me, you won't be disappointed! This is quite literally the best knife I own. In fact, I'm going to sell my Ka-Bar Model 1214, because this knife is so much better, so much stronger, has better balance, an excellent hard polymer MOLLE sheath (if you prefer leather, that might be a negative for you), & is less expensive. This knife is actually better than $250-$500 knives. It came shaving sharp. I shaved off a bunch of arm hair, & it didn't even dull. It's the perfect length for a fighting knife, but it's also great for wilderness survival, food prep, batoning, etc. You name it, & this knife can do it. The thick spine, tough 52100 high carbon ball bearing steel, & drop forged construction, make it tougher than any knife I have or know of. I own an OKC SP10, which is a beastly Bowie blade of 0.25_in thick 1075 steel w/ a 9.75_in blade. I like that knife, & it's a beast of a chopper, but I'm 95% positive it will break long before this knife, due to the inferior steel & tang construction. I like the integrated hilt/hand guard, but I have very large hands. Those w/ small or average hands, might be bothered by the top guard height. The handle scales are great, & have a lot more grip than people think. If I get the Kratom grip of my Ka-Bar wet, it's more slippery than this knife under the same conditions. It doesn't seem to make sense, but it's true. Due to my huge hands, the grip feels small in circumference, but not in length. That's easily fixed w/ grip tape or heat shrink grip. Those w/ regular size hands won't have any problem. What's even more impressive, is that the balance is near perfect. That's difficult to do w/ a single piece of drop forged steel. I've heard the previous model, without the hand scales, wasn't as well balanced, due to the extra weight of the handle. I only have 3 gripes about this knife, & 1 of them I might be wrong about. I wish it had a choil or unsharpened section near the hilt, so I could choke up for shaving wood. That said, it's still easy to get my hand over the top of the hilt for that type of work. I also wish the pommel had a small flat section for crushing (you can still do it, it's just more difficult). I'm also concerned the Teflon coating, while nice, will make it hard to get sparks off a flint. I could be wrong about that, however, because I've seen people do it in videos.

This is a brand new version of the survivalist knife from Cold Steel (mo# 36MH), that at the time of this writing is hard to find for purchase. I purchased Amazon-Prime fulfilled by Blade Shop. I only found 2 sellers online & prices ranged from $70 - $72 Note that this model is actually medium-grey in color, not black or dark-bronze, & for some reason is much lighter in real life than any of the pictures (including mine) convey. Even though it's not stainless I would rather it was a plain steel finished blade, but apparently dark coatings sells knives..... I weighed mine at 14.4oz similar to another reviewer (not the 18.3oz still shown on cold steel's & other websites). The balance point is right where the guard meets the blade & feels very natural (handle-heaviness was one of the things that kept me away from the earlier version (mo# 36MC): The champagne colored version of this monolithic knife with its hollow-handle style never appealed to me, both in color & handle-design. The previous version had handle material removed & still the balance point was too far back for my liking, also this handle style made it slippery & uncomfortable to grip IMO. The super grippy & very thick plastic palm swell inserts on the new version have solved all those issues: No handle wrap needed! I have large hands & it fills my grip nicely. I measured the spine-width at exactly 7/32", a little less than the 6mm spec which to me is a good thing as it (& the new handle design) helps brings the weight down: 1/4 pound less weight on a knife this size is huge! It brings it very close to the weight of its sister blade the Recon Scout. It's appropriately heavy for it's intended use, but I wouldn't want it any heavier. I found the fit & finish very good: the blade was true & I could detect no alignment issues by eye. The blade arrived sharp enough to easily shave 1/4" peels off paper which for a blade this thick is quite impressive. It has a needle-sharp point. The clip's "edge" is ground flat so it's not the slightest bit sharp: probably makes sense for this type of knife as it's more suited to batoning than back-cuting IMO. The knife slide easily into its sheath, but also snapped in tightly at the end. While sheathed I could not jerk he knife loose while upside down, but there is a little rattle toward the tip. Different size knives do different things well, but I bought this knife as a super heavy duty bush-craft / camp / do-it-all knife. I can beat on & not worry about because both the steel-type & knife-design are built to take it, & it's cheap enough that I wont feel bad while doing it! As a survival knife if I had only 1 knife to pick this would be it. All in all I highly recommend this knife!!

I bought the 8" knife and the 6" knife. Both arrived in pristine condition. The handles could be a tiny bit bigger to fit my farmer hands. Nice, sharp blade. I would have given them both 5 stars but the sheath that comes with them must have been designed by a committee of college grads who just could not put the bong down. A good old fashion leather sheath would be a whole lot more practical than the piece of plastic crap that came with the knives. You have to slam the knife into the sheath or it will fall out. The little snap strap is difficult to connect when the sheath is sitting on your belt. But I'm very pleased with the knives themselves. They are worth trying to locate a leather crafter to make decent sheaths.

Let’s start with the basics, this knife is one solid forged piece of spring steel. That right there should tell you everything. Any other details are just details. This thing is a beast and will last generations if not lost. I casually collect and use varying brands and designs of outdoor survival and combat knives and tools. I have knives that are much more expensive that I would trust less than this one. For the price you pay, you get probably three or four times as much actual real world value. Amazing deal to say the least. From chopping down small trees do women, using a baton for splitting firewood, hand to hand combat against a grizzly bear you name it. I’m pretty sure this knife will take it and ask for more. The only detractor for me and this is purely cosmetic and personal opinion, but the color is weird. It’s a bluish gray color almost like an overcast, rainy sky, type ofpurple. I don’t particularly love it, and I don’t know why they picked that color. Does not affect the knife performance in any way shape or form just an oddball note.

Dieser Stahl erreicht je nach Wärmebehandlung eine Rc zw. 60-67! Deshalb habe ich, was ich eigentlich nicht mache, lange gelagerte Buche betoned....! Da bei solchen Klingen es gerne mal zu Ausbrüchen an der Schneide kommen kann, zumal hier noch zusätzlich ein Schleifwinkel von 20 Grad angebracht ist. Was für Outdoor eigentlich die maximale Grenze sein sollte, da die Schneide dann zu fein ist. Ich habe auf meinen sonstigen Outdoormesser 23-25 Grad Schleifwinkel um die Schneide robust bei harten Einsätze verwenden zu können. Hier habe ich nun eine Rc von 60+ bei 20 Grad Schleifwinkel......und das Messer hält das Holz Spalten problem aus und hat anschließend den Papiertest noch bestanden. Nein, dies ist keine gekaufte Rezension

Wenn ein deutscher Gangster-Rapper und ein Paarhufer ein Kind kriegen würden wäre es dieses Messer. Massiv und Scha(r)f. Es liegt gut in der Hand, lässt sich super führen und ist ab Auslieferung sehr scharf. Das hohe Eigengewicht und die Länge der Klinge eröffnen ein breites Spektrum an Einsatzmöglichkeiten

Ein Stück Stahl, robust und sehr Scharf

Das Messer ist sehr gut verarbeitet. Die Farbe ist leicht gräulich, nicht wie im Internet wo es schwarz aussieht. Military eu. Hat auch sehr schnell geliefert. 2 Tage von Polen bis zum hiesigen Paketdienst, UPS. Dort hat es dann leider 4 Tage gelegen.

Top Produkt von Cold Steel. Zu diesem Preis bekommt man echt viel Messer. Ein echter Klopper und sehr scharf. Klare Kaufempfehlung.