CondorTool & Knife Undertaker Knife - 1075 High Carbon Steel - Full Tang Hunting Knives with Sheath - Walnut Handle - Hand Crafted Welted Leather Sheath - 10.2in Blade - 24 oz

This knife is my favorite Condor knife, which is saying something because Condor is my favorite brand. They routinely hit the mark with quality blades made with quality time tested materials. Some of their products may have handles that are a bit chunky, but that's nothing a little time with a grinder or a little more time with a file can't fix. And to be honest some of their newer products the steel seems a bit on the thin side, but not this one.This Bowie is one of the very few large and wide Bowie style blades you can find on the market made of a decent steel. 1075 is tough as nails and can still take a razor edge. The balance of the blade is exceptional. The point of balance being about 2 inches above the crossguard, makes this blade lively in the hand and feel very light for it's size. The thickness of the steel is enough to be reliable without being too thick to slice nicely. The geometry of the tip gives it a wicked point. The sturdy no nonsense crossguard does it's job of protecting your hand well. The wood scales with brass pins are both super secure and beautiful in their simplicity. Overall this is a perfect classic big Bowie that would make our ancestors proud.The only downside of this product is the sheath. As has been mentioned in other reviews the sheath is made of quality leather and stiched well. The rivets are secure and look nice. All the quality you'd expect from Condor. The problem is the throat of the sheath is just a bit too narrow for the full swell of the belly of the blade(the widest part of the blade). You can get it into the sheath alright but drawing the knife it would stick every time, and have to be kind of wiggled out. Now, for me at least, a good sheath is make or break on a fixed blade knife. When I first received this knife I was enamored with it, but the sheath just wasn't functional. If you can't draw your knife at a decent speed with one hand it's just not functional. I searched high and low for a replacement sheath to no avail. Unless I was willing to spend more $$ than I paid for the knife to a local leather worker it just wasn't gonna happen. Then after much search I found my savior here on Amazon.HOW TO FIX THE SHEATH:A miracle product called FOOTMATTERS Professional Boot and Shoe Stretch Spray. It cost less than $10.00 for a bottle. When it arrived I took my sheath and doused the problem area in a liberal amount of the stuff. Then I carved some wooden shims into the shape I needed to stretch the leather. (I used 3 shims, 2 shaped kind of like half of a classic heater shield and then one as a longer narrow spike to hammered down between the two haves to create the pressure/tension needed to stretch the leather) After the shims were in place I doused everything again and left it to sit and dry. After it dried I used pliers to pull out the shims and tested it. The Bowie slid in and out with ZERO resistance. Worked like a dream. Which was kinda crazy because the sheath didn't look any more stretched out. Also it didn't damage the leather or even the stiching at all. At that point I gave everything a good coating of mink oil just in case the leather stretcher had dried out the leather somehow, and left it to sit over night. The next morning I wiped off the excess mink oil and checked everything out. Knife still slid in and out easily and the sheath didn't shrink back or anything. It was kinda crazy how well this stuff worked. Anyways hope this helps someone out there enjoy this quality knife.

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I have bins full of knives new in the package. It looked neat, I bought it. Looked at it, put it in the bin with the others. I'll never actually use it, I just like collecting things. Sometimes the only thing that gets me through the day is looking forward to whatever inebriated me ordered two days ago waiting for me on my porch. I find my trauma is temporarily soothed by buying things I don't need and putting them in what little space remains. It brought me temporary joy. It has fulfilled its purpose.

I needed a new full tang bowie knife for backwoods work where a hatchet or axe isn’t handy or when for whatever reason I don’t have a skinner knife handy. I do really like the modest personality of this knife. It’s not a showboat like the W49 or Wild West Bowie. You wouldn’t be called flamboyant walking around the deer camp with this. It’s definitely a workhorse bowie. I’ve been using it these last several months chopping the brush that the chainsaw can’t quite reach. Great chopper. The thick blade loves to chop. It’s not too heavy on the belt either. And as the occasional hog slayer, I wouldn’t be afraid to move in on a hog with knife either.One of the most common complaints people have about this knife though is how tight the sheath is. This is true, but I can tell you that after a few days out in the bush, (unsheathing and sheathing) it will loosen up.I had to take off one star because I was not thrilled with the sharpness of the edge it came out of the box with. Many others agree. I’ve had to spend some time with the whetstone on this one. That wasn’t at all the case with my beloved Hudson Bay reproduction (also by Condor).$100 is a great price for such a tank of a knife that will last you your whole life.In closing, the Hudson Bay remains my favorite for “do it all” bush knife but I won’t be kicking this bad girl outta bed ever. I just recently received the Nessmuk reproduction from Condor so eventually I will be writing a review on that too.

The fit and finish isn't great the edge was sharp but rough mill marks like it was sharpened with a grinder also the tip isn't very pointy but I suppose that's not the purpose of a bowie all in all I would find a different brand with better quality control this knife has great potential but mine was poorly executed. Also deep detents in the bevel which could lead the a bad break later

I love this knife! Small but very ergonomic handle that is surprising grippy without use of tape or glue spray. The blade came razor sharp out of the box however, I really had to work the knife in and out of the sheath just to break it in. After some time and lots of beating on the sheath to loosen it up the knife is somewhat easier to draw when and if needed. I still have quite a lot of work to do. Light weight is and understatement and I'm very confident carrying this tool/knife for EDC. As DBAD demonstrated on YouTube hacking and slashing on downed pine trees that are very soft to begin with I wouldn't recommend this for wood spilting. It's a blade for self defence not logging. Use an axe for that. I have full confidence this knife will dis embowel someone if used as directed for its intent and purpose. Jim Bowie would be very proud to carry this if he were alive today.