BT Outdoor 9.5-inch Hunting Knife with Sheath

an excellent knife suitable for skinning of gutting

• How accurate was the sizing? exact
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. The bone type handle is very sturdy and fits perfectly. The blade is of excellant quality materials
• Was the product free of any manufacturer defects? yes

i bought this for my dad for his birthday. he absolutley loved it. he uses every time we skin an animal and it works really good

• How accurate was the sizing? good
• Please tell us about the quality of the product. very good
• Was the product free of any manufacturer defects? yes

Not the highest quality but for the price it's good. Did not come with the stone pictured.

I bought this knife largely based on the positive reviews posted here. I was not disappointed. The knife arrived in the mail fairly quickly (about 3 business days). Very glad since I wanted it for deer hunting in about 10 days. It was very sharp from the start. Construction seems to be pretty good for a knife at this price. BTW... the description here makes it sound like a folding lockback knife, but it is indeed a fixed blade knife as shown in the picture. In fact, this knife is VERY similar to the new China-made Schrade Uncle Henry Golden Spike knife which is sold for a bit more money elsewhere. I suspect it is manufactured by the same factory in China. It's only a notch lower quality as the older USA-made Schrades, but pretty darn close and at a much more reasonable price. (My first knife was a two-blade Schrade pocket knife that I got when I was 12. Unfortunately, I lost it around age 26.) During the hunt I shot a baby deer and used this knife to field dress it. I cut the hide, meat, and membranes nicely. Even the breastbone and pelvis cut easily (but keep in mind, this was only a very small deer). Not sure how it would hold up to cutting bones on a big buck. (Hopefully I'll have a chance to find out next year.) After the field dressing, the knife still feels as sharp as the day it came in the mail. The blade on this knife isn't quite as wide as a lot of other fixed blade knives which makes me think that it might do a good job for skinning as well. (Last year I used my fish fillet knife for skinning my deer.) I'll probably sharpen the edge just a bit before attempting skinning with it. The sheath appears to be well-made of thick leather and will do the job. I was a little disappointed that the color of the leather and stitching were more of an orange-tan than a brown-tan as shown in the photo. Even though this is a very nice looking knife, it'll never be a collector's item since it's made in China and the Dakota name doesn't carry real prestige. It will, however, serve its intended purpose (as a functional hunting knife) quite well.