SchradeDelta Class Wolverine Fixed Blade with 65Mn High Carbon Stainless Steel for Outdoor Survival

After several weeks of using this knife, I have to put this out in front of my initial thoughts on this knife. I do really like it, took off the belt loop, made one of leather, carries nice, despite blade edge discoloration it holds a good edge ( I beat on some tin and aluminum cans with it and it had no visible edge deformation). its as near perfect as you are going to get for the price. if you are willing to put a little time into the knife to fix the little imperfections it will give a lot back.Initial thoughts:only complaint so far is that the sheath, significantly dulled the blade, which is really annoying because i just put my whetstones away from honing the edge...... the 'Fix" for the sheath is as follows. A thin strip of tooling leather, silicone caulk for the adhesive, was slid into the sheath along where the edge of the blade rides. used leather because it was available, and a material that should not dull the blade....caulk to hold it in place for the same reasons. Similar to how I "fixed" the sheath for my BK2, which has been effectively "fixed" for two or three years now.The blade of the knife: I was able to strop the knife back to sharp enough to pretty finely featherstick a piece of dried silver maple... everything seemed to have worked out pretty well. Will update if things change!Update: had the knife for about a week now, have not used it beyond sharpening...visible discoloration / beginnings of rust on the sharpened bevel....stored out of sheath...not in a bucket of water! I was hoping to use this knife as an edc....but if its beginning to rust in my dry as a bone house in the middle of winter with the forced air heat blasting, there is no way this knife will survive hot humid PA summer (Just an opinion at this point)

First off let me say that the reason i cary this knife is for personal defense as an EDC, so i wont be chopping trees with it. With that being said i feel like it fits the bill way better than most people's folders/assisted knives. Its bigger but not obnoxious ( than a folder ). And in addition, there are no locks to fail on you. The 65nm steel is the same steel used on my Chanceinhell machette by CTKT which is a steel chosen for toughness, so as long as you use it as a knife i anticipate 0 failures. The balance of the blade is also on point, making it fun to twirl or transition from blade up or blade down with a little practice. The sheath locks the knife in place with little rattling, and the ferro rod provided comes with a striker so you wont need to file the blade or mess up the edge using the knife to strike it. I love it so much im hesitant to use it for dumb shit only because i want to preserve the finish on it. Definately a great buy! Now for people who arent nerds about knives let me tell you that this is not a stainless, so dont be letting it get wet or stay wet. Clean it and oil it after repeated use and keep it dry when you can to prevent rusting. If you have 100, 200 or even 500 dollar knives in your collection i would still recomend this knife. For $27, you wont cry if the cops take it or you misplace it, and you will know that you have a solid piece on your hip.P.s. i have medium size hands so this fits me well. A person with large hands will not appreciate this knife as well as the handle scales are on the thin side.

This knife is good looking and is well designed.The handle is a little flat, but the grip is good.From some of the descriptions I thought the blade coating would be rough feeling but mines not. The only disappointment to the knife for me is that it's not heat treated very hard. I sharpened it and it's on the soft side.I have other aus10 knives from Cold Steel and they are considerably harder. I had to work to get a razors edge on it because it rolled so much. I used a leather strop on it and looked under a magnifier afterwards. The burr did not want to break off cleanly indicating a softer heat treatment. But other than that I like it and the sheath. It's a nice handy size.

I ordered this after receiving an SCHF57 and wanted something bigger (couldn't bring myself to return the smaller knife as it's a great knife as well). Well made knife and sheath just like it's little brother. It came sharp enough for this type of knife with a nice symmetrical grind and has only been stropped to maintain the edge after a good bit of carving. I did initially hit it with a ceramic rod and strop for a screaming sharp edge. Love the feel of the G10 scales and heft of this knife. Like a few reviewers said...the sheath was so tight I could barely get it out at first, thought it might have been accidentally glued in. I fixed this by pulling the knife slightly out of the sheath and setting it in the Florida sun for awhile. Bring it in to cool down with the knife still slightly out of the sheath. Now it's perfect, with good retention and still no rattle. If it's still too tight for your liking.....repeat the process. This is my 3rd Schrade in a few months and they've all been well made, outstanding value knives. I could care less where it was made and am thankful to be able to buy such a great knife for so little $$. I'll just spend the money I saved in a nice AMERICAN restaurant with my English girlfriend. In a SHTF situation if I only had room for one knife, this is the one I'd take. Thanks for another great knife Schrade and Amazon !