Cold Steel Canadian Belt 4" German 4116 Stainless Steel Fixed Blade Drop Point Outdoor Hunting Utility Knife, 4.5" High Impact Polypropylene Handle, Durable Secure-Ex Sheath Included

This is a good, inexpensive copy of the Grohman Canadian Belt Knife shape. I have an original Grohman knife, and there are some differences. Both knives have the same shape, length, blade profile, and a very close handle shape. The Cold steel blade is stainless and of a good quality to hold an edge. The black handle is of polypropylene, the kind of plastic yellow rope is made of, as opposed to the original's rosewood handle. The design of both is ideal for cleaning fish or game, and general use. The lanyard hole is handy to secure the knife when it is essential to keep it, and the notching on the blade back makes it easy to work with when the handle is wet or covered with blood or fish slime. In home testing, both make a good kitchen knife, and the shape works well on the cutting board. The shape is designed for use, and not to look "hot" in a catalog or display case. But the more you use it, the more you like it.If you are a collector, skip this knife and spend the 65 bucks for the original. The Grohman has about 1 1/2 times the thickness of blade, a full tang, and a finer finish. The Cold Steel is not the pride of ownership model, and the original's rosewood handle looks and feels better. The original just feels better in your hand. If you are a working trapper or woodsman, get the original, it will fit your hand better, last longer, and work better.Why buy the Cold Steel version?Function It works well for the job it is designed to do.Price. If there is likelihood of loss, you haven't lost as much, and you get into the game for less. The original costs about $65.Weight. As an ultralight backpacker, I like the lighter weight of the Cold Steel. It has the same sized cutting edge for less weight. Ounces make pounds, and pounds make me tired.Stainless. My original is high carbon steel. For the rain drenched trail, like the Appalachian Trail, or for use around salt water, the stainless is a better choice. To sit in a tackle box with gear used in salt water, definitely use stainless.So while I "like" the original better, I use both knives as the situation requires. I am glad I bought the Cold steel, and consider it a good value.

It’s always nice to have an inexpensive knife that does what knife is supposed to do. This has a well thought out design (even though it doesn’t look like it). It handles most tasks that you would need a knife for well, aside from anything on the extreme ends of the spectrum. This is an excellent domestic knife or light duty outdoors knife.

I gave this a 4-star because of the sheath; but at $10+ dollars you can't ask for more worthy of 5-stars easily. This knife alone is worth more than what I paid for it, so I can replace that sheath with something better.This knife is for my 11yo daughter as her first fixed blade starter knife for when we go fishing, camping etc.So out of the box, this thing is sharp!!! It's not knife sharpener fanatic sharp, but sharp enough to get to work right out of the box. I love the knife design as it fits well in both her hands & mine as well; and I use Large gloves. This knife looks big due to the generous handle, but in reality it's a sweet spot size in my opinion. I think this makes a great first knife for kids to learn how to use knives, the design & size allows them/anyone to learn different knife applications easily.I strongly recommend this knifePros; Great all around usage knife, pricing, design and qualityCons; Sheath, but given it's price it's an easy resolution.

I purchased this knife along with the Cold Steel Pendleton Lite Hunter and the Roach Belly. I bought these knives because I've become a fan of the quality, value and durability of Cold Steel blades. I needed to find a knife I could put in the tackle box (that fulfills other basic utility roles in a pinch) and my wife wanted to see if any of these blades could live a double life with her in the kitchen. First, I will tell you that form, fit and function quality of these knives are excellent. I still can't find my socks because they blew off....these knives for ~$10 a pop just offer incredible value. I like the High Impact Polypropylene handles as they'll be impervious to moisture issues and will last. These sheaths seem odd at first but are durable. I'm happy to carry any of these three knives, put them in the tackle box, hunting bag or the glove box. In the kitchen....they did OK. I think the blade thickness was just too much for fine slicing but they made great choppers. This belt knife excelled at chopping and actually made it the furthest thru an apple prior to the blade thickness splitting the fruit (best of the 3 there). The offset handle of this knife really provides the additional clearance needed to excel in the chopping arena. In addition, the thicker spine allows my wife to place her hand there while chopping veggies more comfortably than your typical thin kitchen knife and the curvature of the blade just "rocks" right thru the food. My wife has taken this knife away from me and I'm not allowed to remove it from her kitchen knife block. Good work Cold Steel.......

If you hunt, fish, or camp, this knife is great to have around. I had always been curious about what the odd looking Canadian belt knives would actually feel in hand, and for the price it was the perfect way to find out. If I didn't like the design, I'd only be out a few bucks. Turns out that I really like the design, and it snaps very securely into its sheath. I would definitely recommend picking up one of these great little outdoorsman's knives.