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Ask Michal. It is for sale. And it is a beautiful dagger indeed. Thank you for watching!

Michael is a magician, exquisite blade

I might check for you if it still available. Have you tried on their website?

I just received #170/300 in the mail today. They are still available on Lionsteel's website and are shipping immediately. When I ordered there was a 15 day wait, but now the wait shows 24 hours. It took 3 days to get to Miami from Italy. The total was $277 charged on my credit card with exchange rate figured in. Fantastic deal imo! These will sell out quickly and then you'll be sorry you didn't grab one, so hurry up.

What a great combo! The Handy is fantastic! A shame we can’t upload pictures here. I would love to see your Gianghi!

Concordo! E grazie

Grazie mille! Tommaso merita tutti i suoi complimenti

Not really. I know what you mean. There are similarities. But maybe I didn’t a good job underlining the differences. Blade length, guard, pommel, weight distribution towards the tip of the blade and of course the finger choil :)

Full tang (KC-01) vs stick tang (T6), 90 degree spine on back of handle, slightly higher edge and different tip geometry, 2 lanyard holes for better customization, sllight bulge in spine between handle and blade area. In general a better overall design.

Thank you. I appreciate it. It is not always easy to find the right balance in a review. Remembering even my limitations…. :)

It is a very good knife for the price! Well designed and well constructed. Are you involved with off grid knives?

@@IsitAKnife I just made a trade with another content creator for a Off-Grid Caiman XXL that I will be testing soon. It is my first Off-Grid. Stay tuned!

È un prototipo. Ma gli chiederò. Guarda anche l'intervista completa dove parla di backlock, di come usarlo e perché gli piaccia 🙂

@@IsitAKnife vista. Davvero ottima

no offence taken :) just for info, the knife was bought with my money :)

Well….I wouldn’t go around bragging about it but…hey, your money your choice 🤷🏼‍♂️…you know how the saying goes…”one man’s meat 🥩 is another man’s poison ☠️ “….to me Er is poison through & through…I owned 3 in my life and had trouble with 2 of them from day one…(Sartre and Shrapnel)….they just didn’t seem willing to CUT…funny enough for tools called knives…but again, enjoy your meat 😉…I found my meat in Lithuania (TRC KNIVES), just a different game compared to ER (…and prices range from 250 to 500…yes, definitely not cheap but world class quality is there….not empty marketing as applied to our Tuscany friends creations).

TRC, like ER, is expensive, you are right about that, but TRC makes fantastic knives and they perform very well. They are in no way "underperforming" nor do they have a low price to quality ratio as you seem to indicate. Expensive? Yes! But they are some of the best quality knives out there. They have some real attention to detail in their designs making them perform fantastic. I've never owned an ER so cannot comment from experience there, but from all the reviews I've seen, I'm thinking TRC is on another level.

@@topfueljunkie100 yes. TRC is definitely making amazing knives.

Let me know your opinion! (Both good or bad :) )

@@IsitAKnife My black micarta KC-01 arrived today! (#170/300) It looks and feels amazing. I really really like it although have not had a chance to use it yet. I'm going for a vacation in the woods in New Hampshire soon where I plan to put the knife through its paces. Thanks again for your video, I would not have known about this knife without it. The KC-01 has a lot of improvements that make it better than the T6. Highly recommend.

@@retirementOwl give me a feedback even a video (isitaknife1@gmail.com) that we might upload here. Enjoy the knife and your vacation! Ciao!

Thanks for your feedback! I am not sure on the survival vs bushcraft. Regarding the choil I think it is exactly the opposite. In my opinion a collector who is less into the functionality might not like it because of aesthetic reasons. What is the best blade for bushcraft and for survival (shape, size, steel) in your opinion?

I agree re bushcraft Vs survival -- this is definitely a survival knife. Disagree re the finger choil though, I think this knife is large enough to warrant it.

Thanks! Please let me know! I hope to have on the channel even a different point of view from a professional designer, the great Tommaso Rumici. Ciao!

I agree

Lionsteel Is a very hard competitive brand!

What were you thinking? Like everyone else, you thought their styling cues and grind lines were hella cool. So overpriced, though. I love them, but will never own a genuine one.

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Let me know what you think about it. Even if you say that I was totally wrong about it :)

@@IsitAKnife no way man. I own multiple Lionsteels and they are all superb! I will be 100 percent happy with this blade i assure you.

Thanks. I have been too busy to try to sharpen it again. Once I'll try I will follow your advice. I agree with you that it is a very interesting material.

I doubt carbide would do much. It should be similar hardness to carbide. Diamond is the only option.

I agree! Not sure why it is not more popular. It is truly amazing. I hope to interview the designer in a month or so…

@@IsitAKnife I would like to see that interview!

Ahahaha. The reason you don’t like it is because of aesthetics or function?

Function. Because it's a weak spot at chopping and it's uncomfortable to hold. If you pull the edge right at the guard you don't need a choil. -my opinion-

@@Messer-Martin I think that all Mr. Molletta designs take that into account (the weak point). That’s why you always see a thick blade. But it is a fair point (and I will ask him next time I meet him). In terms of comfort, I guess I have small fingers, so it is always more difficult for me to do fine work with just the blade.

I would love to see two versions ( like the work tuff gear Kodiak and grizzly) one with and one without a choil.

I know for a fact that some bought it from their website.

I just did

I know for a fact that some did get it from their website.

I just ordered mine

No. The philosophy by Molletta is that the spine should be comfortable for your fingers and that it should not be used for the fire steel. The heat generated is high enough to damage the blade over time and reduce its dependability.

@@IsitAKnife Yeah he is right. I hate showing a spine to test the ferro rod. It does do minor damage to the spine. I only do it one time to show testing. Subscribers get upset if i don't show it. I think moving forward I wont do that anymore.

I got my KC-01 via DHL today. The butt of the knife has a 90 degree spine that's just over an inch long and it throws sparks on a ferro rod very well. The rest of knife has a comfortable rounded spine, so you get best of both worlds. This is one of the big improvments over the similarly sized T6 which has a slim stick tang in the handle. The full tang on the KC-01 gives a lot more edge real estate on the back of the handle making sparks a breeze. @isitaknife

I think it is an honest question. That only you can answer. However I think there is no shame in collecting or aiming for better knives as long as they don’t take away the food on the table. Or there is another angle. Save money and instead of buying many Tramontina, you buy just the KC-01 (or another knife). The only thing that I am sure of, is that the KC-01 is the best knife for the money now in the market.

@@IsitAKnife Well, that's quite a statement. You should probably know that a huge part of the Western cutlery market is based on bullshit for customers who, for the most part, will probably never fully use their purchase. I would love to see this knife pushed to its limits by JoeX.

No influence. This is the link www.lionsteel.it/en/allproducts/_/shop?q=KC-01 ciao!

Grazie!

I know what you mean and I generally agree with you. Having said that, there is a quality disparity between the 2 knives. It all depends on what you want to settle for. If you look at one of my video, I review a handmade knife which is 89 euro and it is a very good knife. I love it and I even use it as a reference when I want to analyse a knife :) Ciao! :)

I didn’t think about that knife! Great suggestion. I haven’t tried it, so take my opinion with that in mind. The design seems less attractive and the build quality not at the same level. Have you tried it? The sharpness of the spine instead is a big no for me and even for Mr. Molletta. The way it is now is more comfortable and we need to stop ruin the steel by using the knife for the fire rod :) with the KC-01 I didn’t have any problem using the pommel for that :) and finally, if it was to become the best T6 possible, then they should make the handle of the KC-01 a solid one like in the T5 (the upper part naked and the lower part with the Micarta). Let me know your thoughts. Ciao!

Yes, I have the AK 6.5 and a T5. I’m probably a bit less “ Design” oriented and lean more towards “Tool”. I’m not a fire steel guy but am accustom to using a spine for scraping. The T5 is an interesting knife but I’m afraid I’m going to break the handle most every time I use it. I mostly use the T5 sheath for other knives. I agree the fit and finish is better on the T5 than my AK 6.5, but after a few good uses the differences are usually gone for me...Why I haven’t tried the T6 or M7 is the handle design, and my experience with any sharp pommel has led me to reshape or grind it off.

Yes I’m cursed with being attracted to pretty girl’s...but I’ve yet to find one that’s marriage material...lol

@@dlrmon1 ahahahahah

The T6 in K490 is fantastic and it has some history which I hope to show in a future video. You have really great knives! Good idea on the convex for the T5 which to me is a masterpiece.

The T5 is absolutely brilliant and is one of my favorite knives, which is why I have two. The TRC South Pole is also absolutely great, I also have a version with a secondary convex edge. In the same range as the T6 and KC-01 is the TRC Apocalypse, also an absolutely top knife. What I particularly like about the T5 and T6 is the handle, it's just great and the handles are some of the best I've ever had in my hand. If Lionsteel released a special edition of the T5 with MagnaCut, I would buy it immediately.

@@achimgeist5185 I think you have mentioned some of the standards for the industry….

Ottimo commento!!!...

Sorry for the late reply. Dimensions: I think that it all depends on what we mean for survival and for how long and what scenario. For instance the Fallkniven F1 was born as a survival knife and the dimensions are smaller. Lionsteel makes many smaller blades. My favourite is the T5. With the batoning you are absolutely right. And probably we have a similar age. I grew up with a menara to chop and split wood :) but as you say it is a good field test for the steel and the general build quality/toughness. In the video on the decathlon knife I mention what you are saying about the batoning and some implications for the industry. Ciao and thank you!

@@IsitAKnife you are right i am soon to be 48🤷🏼‍♂️ if we speak pure survival,I want a lage knife,I love large knives. For me a large knife starts at 9" up too maybe 14" blade length. A medium is for me 6.5 too 8" lenght. I like for bushcraft a lenght around 4.5 too 5.5" lenght i can go smaller too. But when out in woods and camping out for the night. I have a saw,axe the smaller bushcraft knife and a neck knife or a pocketknife/folder. But when I just is out for some hours i tend too take only a large knife and a haversack/small backpack. I subbed off coarse,greetings from Norway🔪🐻‍❄️🇧🇻

Indeed. And please don't make us look up your nose. 😜

A me non fa assolutamente male…se passi da Opicina vieni a vedere la mostra! Quei coltelli saranno tutti esposti insieme ad altri. Ciao e grazie!