Poshland DG-03 Custom Handmade Damascus Steel- Classic Piece Of ART (RAM-22)

I can't praise this enough. Whoever designed this is most brilliant! Simply to write that this is an IMPRESSIVE short sword is insufficient. I can see no room for improvement: it's the ultimate short sword, perfect in grip, balance, edge, and point. The fit of blade to guard is perfectly tight w/ no gaps. The tang extends through the entire hilt and is visibly peened at the pommel. The feel of the grip is outstanding: the hand-tight feel of a Kabar is here increased by many times; your hand doesn't want to let go of this! Compare this hilt to that of a Roman gladius: it's remarkably similar.The blade is true Damascus, very light in weight (a characteristic of Damascus), and is finely sharpened (order this sharpened; Damascus is NOT easy to sharpen). Damascus, due to its layering of different hardness steels, has micro-serrations, a bit like the teeth of a great white shark, and will slice to a staggering effect: this will cut a hair, or paper edge on. Damascus will not flex - do not try to flex it! It can chip, and rust (different layers are more/less susceptible to rust) - hence, it absolutely MUST be kept oiled. And if you keep it in a leather sheath, visit it occasionally and apply more oil w/ a rag, wiping from the spine toward the edge and point, but leave it liberally coated. If you cut yourself on the edge, take extraordinary care to remove all blood from the blade, because it is so irregular (micro-serrated). Any small trace of blood will rust it rapidly. Rust is very difficult to remove from Damascus; some people use Naval Petroleum Jelly, and then rinse, dry, heat briefly, wipe to remove all of the NPJ; immediately re-oil. You have to frequently care for Damascus! It's virtue in the Early Middle Ages was that it is incredibly light and strong, keeping a stunningly sharp edge!This short sword is quite authentic, and is absolutely lovely: solid, graceful, and couldn't be more purposeful. The visual effect ("optics") of this weapon is very impressive: it looks Celtic or Roman. This is brilliant, in all respects. (Frankly, it is worth at least half again more than these sellers have it priced at.)And it's made in England, which adds greatly to it's appeal.I bought a second one of these: the first had been a gift; this second one was for myself. I strongly suggest that you buy one of these, before they're gone.Respectfully,

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Usually I have been disappointed with a lot of my buys on Amazon lately with cheap stuff from China but this hunting knife is probably the coolest looking knife I own and I have a good bit even 100 dollar Ka-bars and others. If you fantasize about going into some old antique shop and finding some cool ass knife from 100+ years ago with metal and wood handle or traveling abroad to some old town in Europe to find something handmade then no need to wonder if you would ever come across one. You can get it online now.... It could be used a ritual type knife or one for one's alter if your into that sort of thing. The leather is nice as well like described "hand made". Like one I would go into a old man's leather shop and ask him to make for me for whatever amount.I have prob average sized hands not big or small. and the groves fit perfectly for me for all my fingers. Im 5'9.5 180 190ish.The design of the fold is nice only one little small defect if you could call it that is a slight fade in the middle of the blade with the natural fold/pattern of Damascus design but other than that pretty awesome. The rest of the pattern is dark and right. Especially for the price you cant beat it imo.... Ive paid 40 50 60 bucks for small kershaw knives on amazon or some other brands. this one is 10x the knife of those in my opinion.I dont want to overdo it but I may buy one or two of their other ones bc this one is so cool.

Overall, I like the Poshland REG-M-22- Custom Handmade Damascus Steel- 15.1" Inches Hunting Knife.The damascus is awesomely made and looks amazing. I did find one, small, almost imperceptible area where one layer didn't quite hold (the nick is about the size of a pencil lead, if not smaller).My biggest complaint, and why I'm not giving full marks for this is with the handle. I can only assume the handle was made with wood that wasn't completely dry. There is a clear separation between the rosewood rings and metal spacers. You can actually feel the metal spacers bite into your hand when gripping the knife. I haven't quite figured out what to do about this, but some kind of filler and sanding will be required if I don't wrap it.However, the knife is still amazing, even with this flaw. The metalwork is exceptional.

Dagger arrived on time and in excellent condition, blade is thick and came covered with a thin layer of oil and both edges are razor sharp. This dagger is large, long (see photo with measuring tape), heavy, the grip is large and the dagger has a lot of heft; definitely not for someone with small hands. It may more rightly be categorized as a fighting dirk. I appreciate top quality; Buck is my favorite brand of knife; and all in all, I've seen crappy knives sell for 3 times the price of this dagger, so I'm very surprised that the price is as low as it is. If your looking for a dagger of this type, you won't be disappointed and you won't find a better value for the price.

Functions well. Manufacturers should pay more attention to detail.

Heavy dagger that’s well made. Large oversized leather grip. Very sharp and better made than many Pakistani knives.leather sheath. Good value for the money.