Ontario TAK 1

Reviewed 11/21/2013 by Aaron

-Price Paid: $70.00
-Used for Outdoor/Survival
-Owned for Greater than 1 year

Comments:

The TAK-1 is one tough blade.

BLADE- The FFG blade has a cutting edge of 4.3inches long with a very strong tip and good belly on the blade. Making it a great slicer.

HANDLE- The micarta handles are well designed and more comfortable in my hand for extended use then my RAT 5. The handle design is not good for tactical use because it does not offer good traction went stabbing.

SHEATH- The nylon sheath is pretty bad. Checkout the SPEC OPS line of custom sheaths that will fit the TAK-1 and many other Ontario knives.

CONCLUSION- This knife makes a very tough reliable lightweight camp/survival knife. Not recommended for soldier as a tactical blade.

Reviewed 02/17/2013 by HanSolo

-Price Paid: $70.00
-Used for Outdoor/Survival
-Owned for Greater than 1 year

Comments:

When I bought this knife I didnt realised thats its so thick and so heavy.. Yep. Blade itself is 4,75mm thick and knife weight is more than quarter of kg (0,28kg). Its too heavy, too bulky, too thick for a knife at that size but I love to use it :) I really like that knife and now, I almost forgot its flaws. Its a TANK of a tool. Absolutely indestructable piece of steel. Finish of the blade and handle needs some work but dont let it bother you. Its a great working-animal.

Reviewed 05/26/2011 by Vercingetorix

-Price Paid: $60.00
-Used for Light Duty/General
-Owned for Greater than 1 year

Comments:

I bought this knife from a local dealer at a good discount.It seems to me it was encased in industrial strength cosmoline and the handle slabs,while good quality and well attached were simply cut out from bar stock.After spending some time shaping the scales(surprisingly difficult,the micarta is durable stuff),I used a hand held belt grinder mounted in a vise to remove most of the coating and shape the cutting edge.The d2 steel also proved to be durable as I didn't remove more material than I wanted.Finally after some work on diamond plates I ended up with a very sharp durable comfortable knife.It stays sharp for a good while between touch ups and so far no chipping.The sheath is nylon with a simple folded plastic insert.Nothing fancy but serviceable and ambidexterous.