Condor Tool & Knife, Primitive Mountain Knife

This puukko style is perfect! One of the few full tang puukkos i know of and the only one thats under $100. This Knife is beautiful. This is the 7th condor knife ive owned. I understand that condor hasnt always had the greatest quality control but this year they have really seemed to step up their game this year. The bevel IS PERFECTLY EVEN which is not something condor is always known for. As always the sheath is very well made, and designed. The only 2 things i believe other buyers should be aware of is that the hand is a little flat for my personal liking and that the lits for your belt will not fit a 2inch belt, neither of which take way from the quality of the knife. Good freakin job Condor and Matt Graham.

To start - I am a big cross-draw fan when carrying my knives. The way this sheath sits on your hip, it is not the mosto comfortable cross-draw I have ever had on a knife, but I like how deep the knife sits in it. Nice and light knife and obviously very sturdy. I think it was listed as 1075, but it is actually 1095 - which I was happy to see. I have used it a fair amount with fairly heavy use, and it has had no issues.

Other reviewers complained that the belt loops were too small, my sheath fit my thick handmade belt with no problem. The micarta handle is nice. The knife arrived kind of dull, but I like to put my own edge anyway. Thick spine, scandi grind.

I just got it so not a long term use comment, but I like the design of the knife. The blade is not super thin as some commenters have mentioned, abut the width of most knives this size, just not overly large. Also the thin handle is something that I like, it is still wide enough to provide some good grip it looks like, though time will tell. Mostly I want to comment about the sheath. I work at a desk allot and as a result, I tend to carry a few extra rations around my mid section, if you catch my drift ;). That being said, the sheath is not a problem for me. I can seat it somewhere between the 4 and 5 o'clock position and it is just fine. You could even turn it to carry it around at the six o'clock position a bit scout style and it would be no problem. The knife sits nice and deep in the sheath and you could do inside or outside of the belt, you can also reverse the sheath and carry it with it canted the opposite way if you like, for lefties or if you just like stuff all weird like I some times do. Comments that you have to be a supermodel to carry the knife I think are just not true.

It is possible to push the knife so far into the sheath the tip of the knife deforms on the rivet. After sharpening I cut roughly a one inch section of leather shoelace folder it in two and using forceps inserted it in the sheath so the knife can't bottom out on the rivet.

The sheath is well made but the slots are so tight your belt has to be paper thin to get it through. After I finally fished my thinnest belt through, I found that the knife sits so high the handle stabs you in the side. If you are NOT a flat stomached, six pack bellied, super model, forget about carrying this on your belt. Knife is average at best with a very ugly handle. I guess "primitive" describes it though. Sending it back but have to pay to do so. Ugh.

Lather sheath is a work of art. The heat treatment on the 1095 takes a wicked edge and keeps it for a long time. Fit and finish ain't that great but that's perfect... you ain't shy when it comes to using it that way! Great buy!

I've been using this knife for almost 2 years. The design is super comfortable in my hand with no hotspots and feels really similar to my Lt Wright Lagoon and Kamrat. The handle and blade is wider with a straighter point vs the curve which makes it even easier to sharpen but it's easy to sharpen any Scandi grind. The sheath can either be super comfortable or terrible I tend to wear mine in a crossdraw setup at 10-11 o'clock but sitting down the handle can jab into your side. This knife is honestly a great deal because it's basically a full tang Puukko that lacks some of the pretty flair of a higher price knife. The price is slowly going up. The design isn't for everyone I personally love it but my wife hates it because she prefers a Mora style handle on a Puukko.

Soy coleccionista de cuchillos y Cóndor es uno de mis favoritos, este cuchillo tiene un filo impresionante tipo Scandi que corta cualquier cosa perfectamente, la funda es pequeña pero ergonómica, cómoda y de buen cuero, solo puedo decir ME ENCANTA, ya lo probé con un tronco de encino y sin problemas, hice muescas de castor, saqué virutas de otro tronco y hasta batón hice y no le hizo nada por ser enterizo, les recomiendo este y el Bushlore ambos de Cóndor magníficos cuchillos, advertencia, limpia bien el cuchillo con agua y jabón para después aplicar una capa muy fina de aceite de oliva para evitar el óxido, tengo 9 cuchillos Cóndor y pienso seguir comprando más, los recomiendo ampliamente

Das ist wieder so ein Fall, wo ich gerne mal mit einem Produktentwickler bei Condor reden würde: Wieso nennt Ihr das "PRIMITIVE Mountain Knife" - und das Ding ist industrie-feldgrau beschichtet und hat einen Micartagriff? Und hat der Messer-Designer nicht mit dem Lederscheiden-Typen geredet? Die Scheide hält das Messer zwar - aber die beiden passen zusammen wie eine Glock im 1920er Revolver-Holster. Verschenkte Chance! Ich habe stattdessen 2 Wochen lang das Bushlore in der Pancake-Crossdraw-Scheide rumgetragen (bis ich Druckstellen am unteren Rippenbogen entwickelt habe). Apropos Bushlore: das Messer ist im Grunde eine schmalere Version davon. Nur teurer und, nun ja, schlechter. Vorschlag: schwärzt das Ding wie das "Huron"-Messer o.a. und macht den Griff aus irgendeinem Holz, das den hohen Preis rechtfertigt.