Great quality product, exactly what I ordered, very sharp. Comes in a really nice case with a nice cleaning clothe and a cool sticker! Extremely happy with my purchase, money well spent.

I've been a custom knife collector for 35+ years and know a fair amount about knives and steel and Civivi knives are actually surprisingly nice for their price. They are made in China but the fit and finish is pretty good and the D2 steel strikes a great balance between edge-retention, durability, and ease of sharpening. They come razor-sharp"”literally"”out of the box. My son gave me one for my birthday and I bought this one as my everyday carry, pocket knife. I use it on my job to open dozens of boxes and cut packing straps. Cutting cardboard is extremely hard on edges but a few strokes on a good stone every few days keeps it hair-shaving sharp. These are great tools for people who need a knife but don't have hundreds"”or thousands"”of dollars to spend. I'm giving it 5 stars ONLY for knives under 100 bucks. It's well worth its price.

I've been carrying knives since I was five years old ( I guess that means for the past 40 years) and I've been partial to tanto blades for about 5 years now. I've owned good knives and bad knives and I have a pretty short list of knives I'd buy again. This Civivi is a knife I'd buy again. The blade is simple and sturdy. It easily takes an edge that allows me to shave arm hair (my own personal sharpness test). The opening motion is butter smooth and easy to open and close. And the handle is simple and smooth so it doesn't catch on anything in my pocket. It's my new favorite EDC knife.

I have been through a lot of budget knives and nothing has come remotely close the the Civivi Brazen. In day to day life, the only thing premium knives in this class do better it to be lighter.

This is a fidgeter's dream come true. The knife fires perfectly as a flipper. The pressure on the detent is just about perfect and when the detent breaks, this think is pretty much guaranteed to lock up. The same is true of the thumb stud actuation. When the detent breaks, the blade is going to glide smoothly and solidly into lockup.

Release pressure is moderate and the jimping on the lock release allows for a positive but not uncomfortable lock release. There is a light detent on the blade just outside of unlock, and a slight pressure on the back of the blade will send it into a solid rest in the frame.

Ergonomics are a personal thing but I have maybe thinner than average fingers for a 5' 10" man and I find the ergonomics to be very good.

The knife is fully ambidextrous with respect to firing the blade, and the pocket clip follows through with mounting options on both sides.

Workmanship here is exceptional for a knife that sells for half way to one hundred dollars. The fit and finish on mine is excellent. In particular, the edge grind is even on both sides of the knife and on both lengths of the Tanto blade. A lot of budget knives have uneven grinds where one side is ground deeper into the blade and this means that the edge is not centered on the length of be blade. This knife had that really good, tight and even grind that you see on much more expensive knives. In addition, the bevel grinds have very fine lines at the different facets on the knife.

The pattern on the scales is perfectly uniform and even across the width and length of the scales and the lanyard loop is well placed.

I have the Tanto blade. I was never really a fan of the Tanto design, but a while back I bought a Kizer Carbon Fiber Begleiter and I fell in love with the Tanto blade on that knife and thought I would go with it on the Brazen. It is the Tanto blade that (in my opinion) makes this knife live up to the Brazen name. Where the Begleiter blade is think and elegant, this blade has an aggressive and meaty look to it, though it is actually an excellent slicer. It just looks great in this design. Even if you are not a Tanto fan, this is one of the few Tanto blades that I see even Tanto haters rethinking that position (as I did when I bought the Begleiter, which is a ballerina to the Brazon's Boxer stance.

I love this knife. I have much more expensive knives that don't give me the pleasure of this knife and can highly recommend it. Anyone considering spending less on any other knife should seriously consider upgrading to this knife and you can spend more and not get a knife that is going to to anything any better than this knife.

Let's go do some cutting up!

The knife feels good in your hand and it opens very smoothly. Damascus looks very cool. Would've given 5 stars but the knife came in unsharpened, chipped and the tip was broke. The knife was worse than the pictures show. I sharpened it so I could actually use it.