Now the bigger question – how does this stack up against other survival type knives we’ve reviewed? It’s a fantastic knife – no doubt about it. The handle itself snaps into the sheath with a positive click, ensuring it doesn’t go anywhere unless needed. There are steel screws all down the sheath, with 2 lanyard holes to allow you to lash it toward the tip (this is probably what I will do, lash it to a pack or LBE vest. The sheath is as innovative as the blade itself, with a patent pending Tri-Composite system, it’s a Kydex sheath with a 3 inch nylon web at the top for securing it to your belt and is certainly wide enough to accomodate a riggers belt or GPM Kit Combat Application Belt – which we recommend. This is not the case AT ALL with the 5050 Survival Knife. The SOG Mini Pentagon comes to mind it’s a great backup or EDC blade, but the sheath is pretty flimsy. Sometimes companies make kick ass products, then skimp on the sheath a little bit. This can double as both a glass punch or defensive striking option, as the brunt of the 17.5 ounce blade and all the force behind it converges to a small tip would be devastating, I’m sure.Īnd last but certainly not least - the sheath. Then to the pommel, which instead of being rounded, has an aggressive spike almost with a diamond tip. The lanyard loop helps you maintain control for those applications, in fact, I put some paracord on my Cold Steel Kukri. There is a lanyard hole, which is a great addition, especially since this has the heft to be a machete or chopping knife. The grips are held on by sturdy steel hex fasteners, which look very high speed and undoubtedly hold fast.Īlthough burly, the edges of the handle are rounded as you get to the tang, making it ergonomic and well-balanced. In fact, it reminds me vaguely of a tasteful stipple job on a Glock.
Now to the handle: The full tang balances nicely throughout the handle, with G10 grips giving you a solid purchase, with aggressive but not uncomfortable checkering. Necessary for the loadout of this blade? Probably not, but it’s good to know you can cut through an iron bar without bending the blade. And if that wasn’t enough - check out what it can do to rebar: Just holding this thing in my hand, I believe it. With a flat grind bevel, the blade itself is designed to withstand “heavy, extreme use” according to FirstEdge. The 5.15″ cutting surface on this blade is razor sharp out of the box, and will likely stay that way since it’s got an HRC of 60-61. The specs: the full tang blade is constructed of Elmax Stainless Steel and is a hearty.
This behemoth tips the scales at over a pound for just the knife alone.
The 5050 Survival Knife from FirstEdge is the latter. There are survival blades that are robust, and then there are absolute tanks that hack, chop, baton, split, and whittle everything in their path.
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