A useful survival knife, the fixed MTech MT-588BK is small yet effective tool. It measures 4.25″ in overall length with a black finished stainless steel edge blade. A large thumbhole is also included within the full tang blade for easy gripping. The stainless steel handle is a short and simple black grenade design with a lanyard hole. For protection of both knife and wielder, the item includes a black neck sheath with metal clip and beaded neck chain.
Good designed blade for its purpose, but sheath needs help. This blade is designed for one purpose: Get The Frack Off of Me. For that purpose, the blade design is actually optimum, being to jab when the assailant is in close contact rather than to slice with a swing. This is a blade for the off-hand while the primary hand is fending off the assailant.While I’m pretty satisfied with the blade, a big problem is attaching the sheath. The sheath holds the blade tight as it should, but yanking the blade out of the sheath is going to break…
For the price it’s ideal. I really like this. You can’t beat it for the price. My only complaint about it, is that it’s tough to get back into the sheath, and the sheath is plastic. Pulling it out takes some force, but if you’re wearing it like a necklace, and in a situation where you absolutely need it, you’ll get it out no problem. Putting it back in, it rubs against the plastic pretty bad, and I found small shreds of plastic when I took it back out. I don’t think it’s that big of a deal, but I wouldn’t want the…
Comfortable fit in hand