Recon 1 4" S35VN Razor-Sharp Blade 5.375" G-10 Handle Tactical Folding Knife w/Tri-Ad Lock, Ambidextrous Pocket/Belt Clip

Always like Cold Steel. Prices have risen too high, especially on fixed blades. Some tiny recent knives are sketchy. This is tough, old fashioned lock back. Thick grip. Sub hilt for forefinger to prevent slipping and cutting yourself. Great G-10 texture, full size. One of my favorite daily carry knives—from opening boxes to cutting clothes from someone injured to self defense in non-2A communist states where they can’t read the constitution. Great price on Amazon. Beat all competitors when I got it. You can see price history and time a great purchase that’ll last years.

I was blown away by feel of the knife in my hand: there's a nice tactile feel to the G10 material and the deep relief cuts in the handle invite fingers to wrap naturally and tightly in exactly the right place. I have only a tiny collection of knives, but I'm skeptical I will find a handle that feels more inviting and secure to hold. Its sculpted handle and angular blade and overall darkness make it look menacing. I found it easy to open, but not with one hand. The act of releasing the locking mechanism to refold the knife requires a significant and surprising amount of force. This makes the lock mechanism very safe against accidental re-folding - a significant positive quality that deserves to be considered in choosing this knife. I really like it; but I was a little surprised by it. There may be certain young or old individuals who are challenged by its stiffness and will need help re-folding it. The steel alloy of this knife is S35VN, a vanadium alloy powder metallurgy steel with high hardness and great edge retention. This alloy not quite as corrosion resistant as magnacut, a close relative popular in high-end knives. The black coating on the blade, though, obviates the corrosion issue. The alloy is also more brittle (less tough) than some other high end knife alloy steels such as magnacut. The quality of toughness is somewhat more important for a survival knife that will be struck hard with other objects in normal course of work. Toughness will likely not be very important until the knife is dropped and lands tip-first on a rock or until it is used to hack away at something else that is pretty hard. I've not tested it in these scenarios, just giving my understanding as an engineer and a viewer of many YouTube videos on the subject. I tried shaving hair off my arm with this knife right out of the box. In this very informal test I found it to be of comparable sharpness to other good knives; but not literally "razor sharp."

This knife has a high return rate. My guess is this knife isn't fidgety and people want fidgety knives. But I bought 3 of these knives and I love them. They one hand slow roll open with super smooth action and locks with authority. The lock is a triad lock. It will never unlock by accident. Once locked it's nearly a fixed blade. The G10 handle is high quality and feels great. It comes with left and right hand pocket clips so it can be carried left or right handed. The s35vn blade steel is a premium steel and comes perfectly sharpened.

Excellent craftsmanship with attention to detail. Rock solid lockup with zero play in any direction. Fits great in large hands and the lock strength cannot be beaten. For an EDC it is a bit bigger than I usually carry but that is a personal choice for the individual. I like the spear point too since I will test it against the clip-point version for handling and effectiveness. Razor sharp and comes with both pocket clips. Take the time to purposely work the action to simulate the "opening/closing" pivoting as it will make a huge difference on the "fluid" movement. I worked mine at about 400 times and then left the blade in the 90° angle overnight. Just be careful to pay full attention and keep your fingers out of the way while working it. You may need to tweak the 10 torx center screw a tad to keep it from gravity closing on your fingers.

Good knife for the money but it isn’t a bench made , I’ve put it through some abuse , held the edge for the first few weeks then needed a touch up, it’s comfortable in the hand and has a decent weight to it, the opening action on the knife is smooth but harder than you would think or want it to be , takes a bit of effort , overall for the price it’s a solid knife

Beautiful knife. RAZOR sharp right out of the package. The release is a bit stiff, but that’s totally normal for this model. Great size for bigger hands, plenty of grip. Zero complaints so far.

What an amazing knife made with great materials at an amazing price! The basics, good pocket clip but should be larger, smooth action, incredible lock up, great G10 handles, I like the lanyard hole (some may not), lightweight, perfect thumb studs, great DLC coating, no blade play in any direction and lastly, amazingly sharp. Even with high dollar premium knives I almost always have to put my own razor edge on them, but not this knife! This is an old stand by for CS and has been around for a long time. I am surprised that just G10 is strong enough to warrant the reputation this knife has for durability as it has no steel liners, but this knife is known to be extremely durable!

It really doesn't matter that so many folks think this hunk of junk is worth the wasted money. Down the line my opinion may change, but doubtful. Looks great, nice and heavy. The opening action is horrible... the struggle with the welded down tight to damn near immovable back lock is FRKN ridiculous. A serious waste of money. Day 7 ...such a POS knife. If you like the design and want an identical knife that is WELL WORTH THE MONEY, get a Cold Steel "Voyager"! Otherwise, you WILL BE kicking yourself in the ass for falling for they commercial hype, just like me. POS

Kommt sehr scharf, macht einen wirklich sehr robusten Eindruck, ist überraschenderweise sehr gut in den Hosentasche zu tragen mit dem Gürtelclip und kaum störend oder bemerkbar, dadurch dass auch nur ein kleiner Teil vom Griff raus steht fällt es kaum auf. Hält seinen Schnitt dank des S35VN Stahls echt gut. Es kommt auch mit einer sehr feinen und sehr spitzen Spitze, die ich durch Hebeln mit der Messerspitze abgebrochen hab (kleiner als ein mm) das Messer ist immer noch spitz!

Restituito perché chiusura difettosa.

Da gibt es kein schlecht. Die Messer sind einfach schön und scharf so wie ich es mag. 👍👍👍👍

Das Recon 1 ist ein brachiales Teil. Ich hoffe, es erfüllt meine Erwartungen hinsichtlich der korrekten Wärmebehandlung der Klinge und der Haltbarkeit der Klingenverriegelung. Nach dem Waffengesetz ist das Führen, ob mit oder ohne Daumenpin, des Recon im öffentlichen Raum zumindest hochproblematisch. Ich denke, um ein abschließbares Behältnis zum Transport kommt man dann nicht herum. Warum die Klinge schwarz beschichtet ist erschließt sich mir nicht. Der Klingenstahl ist an sich hoch korrosionsresistent. Was mich ein bißchen ärgert ist, dass nach diversen YouTube-Videos das Messer in den USA unter 100$ kostet, obwohl hergestellt in Taiwan. Hier wird es meist mit 160 bis über 200 EUR angeboten. Wie kommt sowas? Insgesamt aber ein tolles Messer von einer technischen Finesse, die Freude macht. Vielseitig anzuwenden, unkaputtbar, mit einem super Klingenstahl und einer innovativen, bombensicheren Verriegelung. Es wird einem nochmal schmerzlich vor Augen geführt, wie sehr der §42a die hiesige Messerszene technisch kastriert.

Einhandmesser, welches sich auch sehr gut und schnell mit einer Hand öffnen läßt! Auch im geschlossenen Zustand aufgrund seiner Robustheit gut als "Kubotan" nutzbar! Und hier kommt das Gesetz ins Spiel, man darf es nicht mitführen! Das muss jedem klar sein, der es erwirbt! Ansonsten ein perfektes Messer, scharf, robust...es liegt top in der Hand. Es kam bei mir schon sehr scharf an, trotzdem konnte mein Schleifer des Vertrauens noch etwas rausholen! Die ganze Serie ist toll....nur, wenn man es mitführt verstößt man gegen das Gesetz, zumindest in Deutschland, da hilft auch der kleine Waffenschein nichts!!!