Schrade SCHF9 Extreme Survival Knife Review

Knife: SCHF9 Extreme Survival Knife
Designer: Griffin Design (Brian Griffin)
Maker: Schrade:
http://www.taylorbrandsllc.com/
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Knife Design: Survival/Utility
Blade Pattern: Drop Point Recurve
Grind: Flat
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Blade Material: 1070
Rockwell Hardness: 52-54
Blade Length: 6 3/4" (17.14 cm)
Blade Thickness: .196" (5 mm)
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Liners: None
Bolster Material: None
Handle Material: Rubber
Handle Length: 5 1/2" (13.97 cm)
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Total Length: 12 1/4" (31.11 cm)
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Lock: Fixed Blade
Tang: Full
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Weight: Unknown Currently
Sheath Weight: Unknown Currently
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Price: Found online for $40.00
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Special Features: Texture on rubber handles

Forward finger choil

Removable Scales

Lanyard hole

Black powder coating
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Carry Option: Nylon sheath with plastic liner, removable and mountable accessory pouch.
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Availability: Now
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Country Of Origin: Taiwan
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Notes:
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My Opinions: This is one of my favorite knives that I have got recently. It is made from a great steel (1070) that is a good mid level steel between 1050 and 1095. Great for use in larger fixed blades. Everything about the knife with a few exceptions has been great. The rubber handle scales provide a very grippy surface, while still absorbing shock well. There really was only three faults to the package.

Advantages:

+Forward choil for choking up
+Good steel for larger fixed blades
+Very grippy textured handle scales
+Removable handle scales
+Great fit and finish
+Generous palm swell and tapered handle fits well in hand
+Large enough handle for even the largest hands
+Thick enough for heavy use
+Thumb ramp
+Sharpening goes all the way to the ricasso
+Sharp right out of the box
+Lanyard fits in hole, and doesn't rub hand
+Much better sheath than SCHF1
+Removable pouch on sheath for belt carry, or if not needed
+Elastic band on pouch to secure items, in addition to Velcro and belt
+Quick detachable sheath
+Adjustable retention strap
+Black powder coating to reduce amount of rust, seems to hold up well so far

Disadvantages:

-No skeletonizing in handle, could reduce handle heaviness slightly
-Thumb ramp jimping not good
-Right hand only carry without modification
-No snap on quick detach belt loop

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

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• Survival
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• quietbearr

[germanguy69]

open up the cover of "tactical knives" magazine of march 2011 and turn to page 31, about the last 3 lines or so of the second paragraph.....enjoy

[QuietBearr]

@germanguy69 Well, either they changed it, or TK got it wrong. My source is not a magazine, which by the way, every single Blade, TK and Knives Illustrated mag I have ever read had many mistakes in it (I sub to all of them), my source is the maker of the blades (Morgan Taylor of Taylor Brands):

"these are Taiwanese made. The SCHF7, SCHF8 and SCHF9 are the 1070 high carbon steel."

So. I dont know who to believe. The maker, or Tactical knives, who never ever make mistakes.

[germanguy69]

its not 1070 its SAE 1095 high-carbon steel

[QuietBearr]

@germanguy69 No its 1070, at least this years where. That comes from the maker and from Taylor Brands. You should realize that sometimes you dont know everything.

[billyshob]

@QuietBearr If you reference the 2010 Archived Catalog directly from Talyor Brands LLC's website and scroll through their flash catalog, you will see that it is listed as 1095 High Carbon Steel. You can also reference Equip2Endure's video on the exact same knife as being 1095 High Carbon Stainless Steel. No harm no foul, we all make mistakes :)

[QuietBearr]

@billyshob I referenced Morgan Taylor, who I talked to personally who told me it was 1070. Agreed no harm no foul, just saying, he got it wrong, not I.

[foresterperformance]

If you pop the rivet that holds the plastic insert out you can pull the insert out, and reverse it to make the sheath for left-handed carry (they showed this in the 4-page article in Tactical Knives Magazine).

[slowtaknow]

i may pick this one up,only thing i dislike is were it is made.

[logipi79]

"when holding it in a hand held position"...can you hold it in another position? :)

[blitzspeer]

My Taylor catalog states that it is made of 1095,I also have the SCHF8 and it is made of 1070 as stated in the 2011 Taylor LLC.catalog;it's one of I think 3 knives that Taylor brands uses 1095 for.

[blitzspeer]

Knife co.'s will change the metal if even on the same model;for instance my 16 year old Buck nighthawk is much better than today because mine was made of 650c back then and now they're made of 440c or it's equivalent.Japan is going nuts right now because they're going to have to raise the price of their vehicles because China is buying all that Australian and Brazilian steel but won't raise the worth of their money into a world market,thus the reason for all these slave labor made knives.

[cyclist01222]

Most comprehensive review I've seen on this knife... good job. I got one a month ago and love it. Mine is 1095 according to all the sources I checked out. How has it been holding up?

[blitzspeer]

Schrade knives have always been a good choice for those who didn't have the bread to spend on Case or Buck because unlike others they still commonly use a high carbon steel which is better than high alloy stainless like 420 or 440A so what you have is durability and the ability to hold an edge even after abusive use such as chopping at branches or boning etc.If you buy a knife make sure if you buy stainless at least make sure it's 440C or something incorporating vanadium.A dull knife is what?

[dgp231967]

@QuietBearr (Note that some early Schrade sales literature mistakenly identified the SCHF9’s blade steel as 1070, but Taylor Brands, LLC has assured TK that it is, in fact, 1095.)

from TK