TacKnives micarta folding knife series, the Badger, is a fantastic piece of craftsmanship featuring the classic sheepfoot blade style. The blade is made with superior D2 steel for high strength and durability. The handle is made with micarta for a comfortable and ergonomic grip. The Badger action is very smooth and reliable for all your cutting tasks.
As with the majority of TacKnives folding knives, we try to bring you excellent quality knives at very affordable pricing. We want this knife to be your go-to EDC knife. We want you to use it and abuse it to the full extent.
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Love this no nonsense, functional piece of kit! The micarta scales are just grippy enough without being too coarse and the blade shape is perfect! Wish I could find this in a mini!
2nt time i got this knife. the first has been very nice.
my favorite knife from tacknives (i bought at least 10 different knifes) and i edc it every day for work
the only con at all is the pocket clip seems a little weak and has a tendency to not hold its shape.
I have a couple expensive knives I don’t want to EDC (Benchmade and etc), however I have to use blades a lot at work. I usually use cheap no-name Chinese 440 beater knifes (The black one On the left for comparison) from the hardware store… but I was getting sick of sharpening them twice a week, Having the pivots loosen, pocket clips fall off, paint chip off, and generally falling apart. Figure it’s time for a replacement something I wouldn’t have to baby or worry about scratching, yet not have to perform as much maintenance on. D2 to might not be the best ultra “super-steel” these days but it’s a damn bit better than any garbage gas station knife.
I received my first tac-knives knife today (On the right) and put it to the test. Fit and finish are unusually good for the price. No paint to chip off, the grey micarta (I believe) scales have an interesting feel. The pivot and detent in the liner lock are *extremely* smooth. Everything seems tight yet smooth as glass. there’s no grit anywhere even if you open it extremely slow. When locked the blade is feels magnetically held in place (I checked and it’s detent in the liner lock looks like it pulls double duty to keep it shut). the liner lock during deployment is pretty solid lock up too.
I love the sheepsfoot / Wharncliffe blade profile as they are easier to sharpen and great for cutting cardboard or plastic wrap. The tip really gets the blade in there to start the cut.
The only one downside since this is a flipper it does not have a “spring assist” mechanism unfortunately. Although that’s not really a huge problem You just have to give it a wrist flick while deploying with your index finger. It’ll take a little getting used to since I’m not accustomed to opening or closing tensionless pivots.
Overall for the price 9 out of 10
Despite no complicated mechanisms, spring assist, or other sometimes useful but sometimes gimmicky features It compares much closer to a high-end brand name knife than you would think. This is equal to or better than some Kershaw’s I own, but more affordable. “Cheaper” is not the feeling I get.