LionSTEEL M4 Fixed Blade FatCarbon Glow in the Dark Carbon Fiber Handle Scales, Full Extended Tang Construction, M390 Steel Blade, Triple Stitched Leather Sheath, KAVISO Exclusive

Bought this on Amazon a couple of months ago based on Dutch Bushcraft Knives' review. Out of the box, it is the sharpest knife I have seen. Easily shaves hair like crazy. Used it on a couple of camping trips so far, paired with my Becker BK9. This knife is relatively small and compact, but I am finding smaller knives to be more and more useful, especially for cutting and slicing most things at a camp site. Have not done any batoning with it, but making feather sticks and food prep are easy for this knife to handle. The spine, while rounded, still retains a sharp edge for throwing sparks off of a firesteel. The leather sheath is fantastic...really great quality. I actually had a scout carry sheath made for it, and like the original better, mostly due to size. Edge retention is nuts. My Becker needs to be at least stropped after almost every use, but this one I have yet to see degradation in its sharpness. Used it on a bunch of feather sticks, and some wood carving with very hard wood, and the edge is still able to shave without stropping. Give it a few strops, and its just nuts how sharp it is. Its a good thing the edge retention is so great because this steel is SUPER hard, and takes forever to sharpen (or put a convex edge on haha). The steel and size, along with how comfortable and natural feeling the handle is, of this knife are really what make it what it is. I have since given it a secondary convex edge, which only very minimally improved performance...its already an EXCELLENT knife right out of the box. Going to be buying the M5 sometime this week, too.

Not too shabby. Santos wood style. I unboxed it, only to find out that this particular one,the sheath does not button up with the knife inserted. That was the only issue. I would say it's 2-3mm from being in the correct spot. Tried as I might, I couldn't get it to snap in place. I returned it, and during the long wait for my refund to buy a new one I decided to get Benchmade's AИOИIMUS in CPM-CruWear from a knife-focused website. Oh, man. Almost $300 with tax, which makes the LionSteel M390 a great deal. It's up to you.I think the ergo is nice. Some people say when really using a knife with jimping can cause some discomfort. I wouldn't know. Never done any bushcrafting. I can tell you as a professional technician and construction worker, prolong use of a knife with jimping can wear on the hand and fingers depending on your grip; but, short use of it may add some precision to your work. The M4 blade does not have jimping.I think all these super steels are great. Really it's starting to be "splitting hairs."

This knife is amazing and beautiful. It must be seen in person because pictures and videos do not do it justice. Perfect size for EDC if you like carrying a fixed blade. No flaws in the finish. Handle is extremely comfortable. Some report uneven grinds, but the grinds on mine are even on both sides. It wasn't as sharp as I would like out of the box, but about 20 passes on each side with a strop gave it a razors edge.One thing to keep in mind is you may need to add some water to the button strap to get it to close. Mine would not close because the strap was too short, but adding some water allowed it to stretch enough to close.Not much else to say about it since anyone looking at it knows what they are buying. I highly recommend this knife, to me it is perfect.

Its as close to perfect as I've found. Have seen videos that show the tang is hollow to save weight so if you plan on beating it to pieces its going to fail but for knife specific tasks its amazing. Perfect ergonomics for me. Still haven't had to sharpen after plenty of projects and cutting cardboard etc. i liked it so much i bought some other lionsteel knives and theyre amazing too

So, after a thorough internet search for the perfect fixed blade camping knife in the 3.5-4.5" size range this is one of the two that I settled on (the other was the Bradford Guardian 4). Overall I think it's a terrific knife. The blade is Bohler M390 which is arguably the best knife steel currently on the market (as of 2019). The blade profile is great for a general purpose knife, with enough of a rounded belly that it will be good for skinning. It comes with a high-quality leather sheath.My only complaint about the knife is an aesthetic one: the wood handle has a texture applied to it that IMO significantly decreases the beauty of the wood. Of course you can argue that the texture is functional, increasing the grip of the handle. However, if grip is your priority then there are much better handle materials like micarta and G10. Wood is less grippy, less durable, and higher maintenance that these alternatives. The reason to put wood scales on a knife today is for the aesthetics. So it makes no sense to offer a wood handle then damage the beauty with a bumpy texturing. It's not necessary as the vast majority of wood handle knives don't have this.I'll note that the knife does actually come with the option of G10 scales, and I handled the G10 version as well before settling on the santos wood version. It was interesting to me to feel that the G10 scales made the knife noticeably heavier than the wood ones. I'm sure the difference was less than an ounce, but it was easily noticeable. I wound up choosing the wood handle over the G10 because even with the texturing I still preferred the look over the G10, and the slight weight difference was also in favor of the wood.Clearly I've put way too much thought into this ;-)Anyway, great knife overall.