Terrain 365 Element Alpha-HD

This is one very special knife. Using a dendritic cobalt alloy is pretty ground breaking, and has really worked on this one. I have used my knife in sea water, and it completely unmarked. It feels extremely robust. it cuts well, and is extremely comfortable to use. Great piece of kit. Thanks HH

It's a very nicely crafted bit of kit this. If it's not steel, it certainly feels lovely.

I purchased this knife, intrigued by the cobalt construction and because it looked great (and is claimed as completely rust proof-- it is NOT STEEL, so this is a very credible claim) Positives: Nice feel and weight. Real heft to it, as it's not a huge knive Great para wrap handle, very nicely finished with it seamlessly merging into the lanyard The knife cuts well, but for tasks better suited to serrations (cutting rope, or fibrous materials like seat belts) . It would also probably be a great skinner/hunting knife (though the paracord handle would be hard to clean) Nice kydex sbeath The less positives: I really wanted to love this knife, but sadly I just don't. It has a very irritating grind, making it hard to sharpen and almost like an axe to cut everyday objects, like paper or boxes etc, because the blade body is so thick near the edge it leaves a huge hole in what you're cutting.... Why didn't they do a flat grind/casting? I just don't get it. The finger choil jams into the side of my forefinger and starts cutting it very slowly, by jabbing it the corner of the sharpened blade. I want to outline here that I have slim hands, not big hairy lumberjack hands; so I imagine it could be a lot worse. I've tried grinding mine down a bit to round it off and (very) marginally shorten the blade... It's made it better but still really unacceptable design. The finish of the blade stock is nice, kind of rustic, but they could have at least machined down the casting seams left from when it was removed from cast. They are ugly and not great for comfort. For a £250+ knife this is pretty outrageous. In conclusion: I love Heinnie and their service was impecible, as ways, so I feel kind of bad saying this... However, when you consider the numerous flaws and the high price, this REALLY isn't a good knife. Unless you were planning to scuba dive in mild acid, I would not recommend this knife to anyone. I wish I had spent the money on one of the new carbon fibre spyderco native 5s :(