Smith & Wesson Extreme Ops CK32C 8in S.S. Karambit Folding Knife with 3in Hawkbill Blade and Stainless Steel Handle for Outdoor, Tactical, Survival and EDC

I really like this knife, it comes really tight, so if you want to be able to flip it open, you'll have to loosen the screws; however, that's not a big deal. It obviously doesn't have auto-assist, but I got a heck of a deal on it, it's super sharp and I've gotten compliments on it. I own quite a few S&W M&P knives (and firearms), I think they're great quality for a much cheaper price than Benchmark, which I always used to buy, but unless you can get a really good deal on one, I'd go with S&W but that's my personal opinion on the company overall. The various S&W M&P knives I have are all different styles. I've owned Karamabit knives before but this thing is absurdly sharp, I stupidly cut my finger opening it and it was a light graze. That's something that rarely happens to me when I buy a new knife. I highly recommend this, the design is pretty cool honestly, I'd prefer a digi desert camo, but that's just me. Cool knife though and definitely a great self-defense knife due to the nature of Karambits and how sharp it is.

This works as your regular folding knife, just a karambit.I will note, it is not very fast at deployment, and the fold lock release is difficult to move, making it uncomfortable,Overall worth the buy

I love this knife. I'm not a karambit user, nor had I even heard of a karambit until I did a little research into my next pocket knife, but this thing is a beast. I own another S&W pocket knife that I absolutely love, but just for the great looks, I've started carrying this karambit instead. It's not too heavy to carry comfortably, but it's also not so light that it feels cheap. The blade can be extended with a thumb easily (although I did manage to take of a thin layer of skin the first time I tried this) but it definitely has to be closed with two hands, no way around it. The blade is longer than I expected, and quite beefy. It doesn't extend too much past your hand when you hold it, but it's not supposed to. The color scheme is amazing, and I love the urban camo. My other S&W has the urban camo design and it makes these knives look incredibly bad ass. There are only a couple of downfalls to this knife. First, and really not even that big of a thing, is that when it closes, its sorta bulky. Definitely not sleek like a regular knife, and a bit tough to just hold in your hand, but still not terrible. My real problem with this and both of my other S&W knives is that it discolors very quickly. I literally had it for 3 days before I noticed a patch of what looks like rust (I don't think it's rust) on the blade. I didn't get it wet, didn't leave it in bad conditions, it just sorta did it. The same with my other knives, they just sorta discolored all of a sudden. Weird.All in all, this knife is bad ass. It looks like a freakin'raptor claw in your hand and is fun to learn to spin and fight with. Be advised, however, that you might want to be extra careful before you know how to use this knife, it ships sharp and if you're not careful, it can come back and stab you pretty good while spinning (or maybe I'm just bad at it).

Not the greatest quality knife, but for the price it’s great! The lock on this is great and sturdy, the clip feels sturdy without being too tight or too loose when sliding into pocket. Use it mainly as my EDC at work. The grip feels good and width is nice as well. Not the sharpest nor highest quality steel, but for the price you can’t complain.

I've purchased several brands some high end, mid and low end blades before. This blade is great because the blade lock is the handle itself versus most others that have a two part which is a handle attached to the locking part which the handle piece gets loose or breaks. Or more commonly the lock is so brittle and light duty sometimes can cause the blade to unlock and possibly injurying yourself. BUT S&W for this blade doesn't have that probably because lock and handle is all in one and pretty solid for a low end blade. Giving this a 5 star because compared to other low end blades this is high shelf. The urban camo on it is a really nice touch and doesn't mar or come off over use. I also have their tanto and survival knife that comes in urban camo all great blades and worth the money spent.

First, it's worth noting that this knife is VERY wide when closed. Two inches wide and five inches long. Despite being only a quarter of an inch thick (not counting the clip), it takes up quite a bit of pocket real estate.Provided size isn't an issue, this knife is alright. It arrived literally razor sharp, feels sturdy, and holds an edge fairly well. Also, unlike the very similarly-designed Smith & Wesson CK33 4.7" Hawk Bill Plain Blade Extreme Ops, the finger-ring is smooth and allows for comfortable spinning.That said, let's talk downsides.Firstly, there are no thumbstuds with which to open the blade. Putting your thumb in the hole in the blade is the only means by which you can open the knife with one hand while still holding onto the handle. This means this knife cannot be flicked open like the knife I linked earlier, and the inside of the hole in the blade is not rounded whatsoever. This means a slight cutting feeling as you use your thumb to open the knife.Secondly, and this might be unique to the one I was shipped, the linerlock actually pushes the blade into the inside of the handle, thus scraping the blade whenever you open and close the knife.So, honestly, this knife is inconvenient in almost every way imaginable. It's cumbersome, awkward to operate, and self-damaging. I can't honestly recommend it, despite how menacing it looks and how inexpensive it is.