Reviews & Ratings for Extrema Ratio Dark Talon Folding Knife — 1 review — Page 1

I have had this knife for over a decade, it is easy to get to a razor edge and takes the polish extra fine like only well made steel does. It sits so very deeply with its clip at the end of the handle and sits well back in the pocket very discreetly. It opens easily but not accidentally in the pocket-no reaching back out with a bloody finger! The blade has the kind of length I like to be quite capable of defensive use. I suppose my qualifiers as a good judge of a blade is first I was raised a country boy, using knives heavily on farms. I served in 3 branches, USMC/USN/ARMY, as a Government Contractor, Rescue and Recovery Diver, Deputy Cpl., L/E Academy Firearms Instructor, worked 2 jails and 2 prisons, martial artist since 5 y/o. The Dark Talon has been carried in pocket, in the waistband, attached to shoulder rigs, occasionally clipped inside jungle boots,(NOT my favorite place for a back up), and never failed. In comparison I also carry Emerson folders, Cold Steel-most especially Tai Pan Daggers, Randall Handmade, Mickey Yurco, AG Russell Customs, Ka-Bar, Katz, Benchmade, Gerber, Victorinox, GHK Knives (custom made special purpose knives/escape tools/and the most excellent file Bowies, Fred Perrin, Laci Szabo, SOG, American Tomahawk, Brend, and various special made shoulder carry knives and tomahawks that I have combined with handgun shoulder carry rigs from Colt Detective Special to Para Ordnance 1911, various .44 magnum revolvers and Glock pistols mostly nowadays for ease...
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