Petzl Spatha 18

This is absolutely not a reflection of HH. It arrived quickly and was nicely boxed. Let’s get on to the trash, shall we? The handle is the most vile, nightmare inducing, flimsy plastic you can possibly imagine. It’s like someone thought a pen lid would make a good handle for a blade. Speaking of which, the blade is dull, brittle and has these odd little teeth. Ah, and just before you think “well, the locking mechanism looks kinda cool”, WRONG! It’s smooth plastic and if you use the blade, your fingers WILL slip on to the teeth and then it’s bye bye ligaments.

Cheap plastic handle, uncomfortably stiff locking mechanism and a very dull edge. Managed to snap the blade in half with only medium duty work. If you can get hold of the old version I would highly recommend it but this newer model is terrible.

For £20 its never going to set the knife world alight but hopefully I never have to use it but knowing its there and capable of cutting me free if need is the peace of mind I need. Thank you Heinnie Haynes for quick delivery.

Very poor edge, noticeable roughness. The hinge ring is rough on the inside too. A little stiff to open and very stiff to unlock, a strong press is needed on the button. It's very light, the serrated edge is good and the inside of the thumb hole is nicely finished.

Attach to pack forget about it but knowing you got something there could be a life saver. Good Strong solid knife, good serrations for purchase on ropes. For posted £20 its a really good bit of kit Got the yellow so its easily visible on my pack

I love my knife - it's the only one I carry it on my climbing rig - the biner fits nice through the hole and it gets the abuse, but it's cheep and cheerful, and the nice serrations have helped me a couple of times when I've needed to trim a piece of rope. niceone pezzle.

let down by a poor quality feel handle and rough edges on the metal internal liner to the rotator. Also went to rust after one outing in the boat. A shame