Smith & Wesson Border Guard 10in High Carbon S.S. Folding Knife with 4.4in Tanto Blade and Aluminum Handle for Tactical, Survival and EDC

holy u know what....i purchased 2 of these to give to my sons.....and now i want one!!!....i have one that's smaller and has the window breaker on it and i thought i had something good until these bad boys came....much much longer.....beautifully detailed and sharp as u know what....lol....nice grip to the handle and it is a must buy!!!

Probably the coolest pocket knife ive ever bought, bigger and stronger and heavier than expected, only thing you may think less of is it says made in China, but the brand is well known and reputable i think, doesn't matter where it's made. The price is also unreal good for what you get i think, is worth probably easily double of what i paid which was 29 bucks being on sale.

I still have this knife all theres years later. The glass breaker doesn't work as planned or the seat belt cutter but the main blade has stood up to the test of time.

PROS Es un cuchillo sólido, con buen filo y buen tamaño, los materiales son buenos , se ve que es durableCONTRA Es muy pesado, para llevar en un bolsillo es incomodo, la apertura one hand es muy dura (incluso después de abrirlo y cerrarlo una docena de veces)

Okay,First off--I really love this knife. I took a gamble buying a $20 knife but I liked the blade and the size, so I went for it. So far it hasn't gotten much use minus I used a 22oz framing hammer and this knife to baton wood for kindling and it held up with no problems other than some scuffing to the blade. The knife locks solid with absolutely no wiggle in the blade, which is good enough for me.Cons?1. The seat-belt cutter sucks and you could potentially cut yourself on it, I plan on taking a haxsaw and cutting the blade out of the opening. I buy knives with serrated blades for cutting things like rope and seatbelts anyways, so I don't really care but for someone buying a straight blade version of this knife--that could be a probem.2. When I got this knife, although the blade was plenty sharp the tip seemed sort of blunt and rounded. So I took a filing set and a hand sharpener to the back of the blade and sharpened a slight amount of the back at the tip which thinned the steel some making it very sharp at the tip. So while the knife has retained it's shape entirely, it is now much better suited for stabbing(not that I couldn't have buried this monster in something without doing it but nit picking small qualms is what these reviews are for, right?)Pros?1. This knife was cheap and so far seems to be a pretty good knife. If 4 months down the road the blade goes loose, etc. then I'll change my review but for the time being it's a solid knife. Also at $20 a knife, you can use this thing to death, etc. and it's really affordable to replace it. I've got a collection of Kabar knives that sit in my room because I don't want to mess them up, this knife I can confidently alter, etc. and know I can just get another one for the price of skipping eating out one time.2. It's got a good, thick blade. I have no idea what kind of steel it's made out of, I hope it's at least stainless with a baked on black coating but regardless this blade is big, with a nice, thick spine. Would I recommend using it as a prying tool? No BUT the blade is thick enough to where you could probably get away with reasonable prying though not ideal use of any knife.3. The grip on this knife is absolutely world-glass. It's got finger grooves, a huge surface area and very aggressive grip tape on one side. The grip tape may wear down or come out in time but it's an easy/cheap fix to replace it with skateboard or talon gun grip tape. It also has a nice cut in flat area deeply grooves for your thumb on the back, which is good for whittling things and other intricate kinds of cutting/carving, etc.4. The glass breaker is simple and sturdy, with a knife this big I would be fully confident that it works well though I have no spare glass to go shatter with it to test it out for certain.5. I just want to brag on the blade one more time, this thing is THICK. The thickness of the spine runs out across almost the entire blade with the exception of the tip and the cutting edge--I'm very impressed with this blade. Also it has a nice area of aggressive, saw-tooth serrations on 40% of the blade which are wide enough to shape and sharpen as it dulls over use with an average chainsaw blade sharpening round file.All in all, I would certainly recommend this knife. This is a man's knife, it's big, bulky and tough. It gives you the size of an average fixed-blade knife with the convenience of carrying it in your pocket. I like it well enough to buy a 2nd one to keep in a drawer just incase I lose my first one or something. I may end up getting a different knife someday for vanity reasons, i.e. I might like how a different knife looks but this knife is superb and I have no real complaints.

There was an ancient Samurai named Kusunoki who was a master sword builder, his katanas were known throughout the Japanese islands and if a man was to hold one his possession..... it is said that they were unbeatable. Able to cut the wind itself and shift the currents with one slash. Before his death Kusonoki began to forge his final blade but an earthquake finally took the mighty samurai from this plane onto the next before the mighty blade was finished. There the shard of metal sharp as a razor laid buried into the ground and stone that once gave it birth. The legend faded and what was once a precious treasure seeked out by hunters became that of legend and lore.Centuries passed and the world was brought to war for the second time and the once quiet islands of the pacific were engulfed in flames and battle cries of new warriors. Soldiers whose mighty swords were replaced by the M1 Garand, the sound of an unsheathed katana replaced by the sliding rifle chambers and the sprinkle of casings bouncing of the stones. And so the fate of the legendary blade man forgot had rekindled by a single man. A man by the name Private Smith who was praying in a fox hole ever so delicately designed by the payload of a Mitsubishi Zero...praying for salvation and forgiveness he gripped the Earth in an outburst of rage..... but this time the Earth stung back. As bullets screamed past his head and bombs created an opera of death all stopped. Not a single sound was heard anymore in Smiths ears, he only looked upon his hand and saw the drips of blood trickle down his wrist and saw what has caused such pain. A blade wrapped in canvas old as time a symbol imprinted upon its sheet...that of the house of Kusunoki. He took this blade and placed it in his pack and wrapped his hand as quickly as he could and said to himself in the quiet of his mind "I am tired of the pain" He took his rifle and walked into hell with gasoline in his veins. And that private saw the face of god just to tell him "NOT YET" and god listened. He made it home with the men he kept alive. He spent the remainder of his life learning and teaching himself the art of the forge. And he took the metal sharpened by heritage and history and finished the final blade of a master he never knew but taught him so much.....this is this blade...or so they sayIt is perfectPros:Incredibly SharpIncredibly DurableUsed it for over a year only sharpened it onceI have used it to cut wood, tethers, boxes, cloth, fiberglass sheets, thick rope you name itHandle grips great in water or when whetAdded Glass breaker and string cutterIts big, has incredible "whoa" presenceGreat weight in your hand you feel its awesomenessCons:None....period