This is a very well made solid knife. I took a defensive knife class recently and quickly realized that a fixed-blade knife is far superior to a folder. When I got home from the class, I ordered two of these: one for me and one for my wife. I gave her the 10-minute crash course in proper use and she carries every time she is running outside.

The sheath is mediocre. I sprayed silicone in mine so the knife comes out more easily. I bought a better sheath for my wife that securely clips to her running tights.

Although I carry this knife every day, it is not for EDC tasks. I have a folder on my for opening boxes, cutting food, etc. This Ka-Bar is for safety: from close-up bad-breath distance attackers trying to take my concealed handgun to escaping from seat belts in an auto accident.

This is a great self-defense knife, fits well in the hand, and is very intuitive. This knife is also virtually undetectable under a shirt. Only downside is the holster it comes with is rather floppy, especially on my thinner nylon belt. Although this issue is easily solved by unscrewing the clip, clamping your belt in between and screwing it back down.

The retention on mine is very heavy, just pulling on the knife may not get it out if you are a person with weaker hands, but pushing on the holster with your thumb (the intended way) helps to release it from the holster. This knife definitely isn't going anywhere unless you want it to. Also, all the screws in the holster come with blue thread locker on them, which is a nice touch.

This knife is also not for general use, the steel is not designed to be used regularly and the edge will not hold up for very long if you use it for everyday tasks.

Overall this knife excels at the use case it was designed for. A easily concealable, last-ditch weapon. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a great self-defense knife.

Cons: The screws are tiny and can strip easily if you over tighten them. also, the L shaped Torx wrench included is not double ended, and makes removing the screws take quite a lot of time. If I had to make an improvement, it would be larger screws, and a double ended tool to speed up maintenance/configuration changes.

Nice knife/sheath. Easily concealable and good for last line of defense. Definitely need a thick belt for the sheath to not move around/not require two hands to draw. I have a 1 1/2 inch thick gun belt and it fits perfectly. On my regular belt it's very flimsy.

The clip that comes with it sucks, I've pulled this knife twice and both times if i domt put my thumb on the clip/holster, the whole thing just comes off my belt.

The knife itself is nice

Best self defense knife IMO because it is easily conceaoed and because of the shape and size of the blade it is incredibly hard to have the knife turned on you. The weapon is crafted such that the handle is longer than the blade, giving the weilder more leverage than anything grabbing the blade and regardless of what the blade is stuck in you should be able to pull it out easily.