Cold Steel SRK Black 6" Dark Earth Fixed Blade 18

Always love a cold steel product , good solid blade , and sharp out of the box . I got mine with the green handle, which looks good and is comfortable to hold. I always like leather sheaths, but secure x has been growing on me , with a good fit for the knife , always quick delivery from Jennie.

I never got round to buying an SRK until now, despite having a USA made carbon v Master Hunter for probably 30 years. Glad I remedied that as this SRK is spot on, exceptional at the price, the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is the sheath, very tight, and not the retention, It takes a bit of effort to push the blade home, on the other hand it's not going to fall out, but it could do with being a fraction wider. The knife itself can't be faulted at the price.

I don’t think there’s anything to say about this one other than it comes ready and rearing to go the edge is lovely and sharp SOTB the quality is a head scratcher for the price as this piece will definitely out live you ( in the good sense) it will take such a brutal testing like it’s nothing !! The grip is very comfortable to use for a long time and you can baton it till your arm falls out the socket. Well if it’s good enough for the Buds SEAL trainees that should give you some idea of its quality. If you want a piece that will take a kicking and keep on ticking then look no further.

I love this knife. I've got 4 colour variants of the Recon Tanto which I think are all awesome. I'm now getting the matching SRK's and SRK Compacts to have complete sets. As mentioned in the other review there is a design issue with sheaths. Internally on the spine side are 3 ridges that mean the spine of the knife doesn't sit snug against the spine of the sheath. Instead the blade is forced to cut into the sheath. The knife is perfect. The blade is razor sharp and the Kray-Ex handle is comfortable and very grippy. I've got another SRK that had the same issue with the sheath. It is easily fixed by removing the ridges across the spine with a sharpened long shaft 3 or 4 mm screwdriver. This is something Cold Steel need to fix but it's not enough of an issue to merit deducting a star. The SRK (SK5) is a great knife and I will definitely be buying the other colour handle variants.

I love the SRK, having several that I use in the woods. I would have taken a star off for the awful sheath, but I think it's a one-off manufacturing fault as it's not a problem on my other SRKs. On this one the channel is too low so the blade cuts into the sheath, so I'll make a new one.