I found the edge retention of the T5 to be really similar to the Off-Grid Alpha Dog which has a D2 steel blade with excellent heat treatment. It also holds a slightly better edge depending on the heat treatment. Niolox is very similar to D2 steel, but it’s easier to sharpen, and more corrosion resistant. Lionsteel chose to make the blade from the increasingly popular Niolox steel. I will talk more about that in the “field testing” section of this review. It also creates a of of spark on a ferro rod for making a fire. The sharpening choil is pretty large which is nice for anyone who regularly sharpens knives in the field. The T5 still would not be my first choice for a hunting knife, but it would get the job done. The drop point blade has a tip that is North of center which helps make it a decent option as a hunting knife. This is nice for those of us that like to use the Filipino grip for detail work. Fortunately the swedge does not continue to the handle, but morphs smoothly into a well placed thumb rest. The blade swedge looks great, and it increases the knife’s piercing capability. The blade sports a high flat grind which is further evidence that the T5 was designed for versatility rather than a one trick tactical pony. The spine of the blade is 5mm which seems to be the standard thickness these days for fixed knives that are designed for survival tasks. It has the lines of an Italian sports car, but it does not sacrifice function for the sake of aesthetics.
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I did manage to chip the blade a bit batoning through a tough oak log full of knots, but that log would have chipped most dedicated bushcraft knives so I didn’t hold that against the T5.Ĭheck Price on Blade HQ Check Price on AmazonĬons Lanyard hole does not go through the tang The T5 handled a variety of survival and bushcraft tasks fairly well. LionSteel calls the T5 a tactical knife in their product description, but the design makes it pretty obvious that lionSteel intends this knife to be a tactical/survival knife hybrid. I straight up abused this knife for months before I wrote one word about it. (Editor’s Note: Imagine finding out about this site and the truck stop on the same day.)ĭue to the fact that I was skeptical about my ability to be objective about the T5, I spent more time than I normally do testing it out. This is the part of the review where I would normally make an analogy about relationships being like knives and say something like “It’s easy to makes excuses for a significant other who is expensive or good looking”, but I am not gonna not do that in case my wife ever finds out about this site. It is just too easy to make excuses for a knife’s shortcomings if I like the way it looks or had to turn tricks at a truck stop for a month to afford it. This is a combination that often gets me in trouble when writing a review. The lionSteel T5 is a good looking knife. The lionSteel T5 is The Knife We All Aspire To Be
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