HUAAOEDC Bugout Knife, Axis Lock Knife with 8Cr13MoV Blade, Carbon Fiber Handle, Folding Pocket Knife with Belt Clip for Camping

I was not expecting much out of this knife for the price. Once I opened the box and held it in my hand I was impressed. It is really light weight. The blade is a really nice size. It feels good in the hand. Its real carbon fiber. The action of the knife is really good. The only issue is the knife clip. Its really stiff which is good and bad. its hard to get in the pocket but it will not be lost easy. This knife is a clone of a benchmade bugout at a quarter of the price. It is a solid knife at a great price. The knife steel seems hard. I don't know what kind of steel it is but its not soft steel. It should hold an edge for a while. It has ball bearing washers so the action is great. I would defiantly buy this knife again.

The knife arrived in a small black non descriptive box wrapped in plastic with the item description. The knife looked great out of the box, nice carbon fiber and blue anodized colors. I liked that it had no branding or markings of the knife it was inspired by. The knife weighed exactly 2 ounces on my food prep digital scale. The action was gritty. The knife is not on bronze washers which was a little disappointing. I like washers on a knife I intend to carry outdoors. Just my personal preference. A few drops of KPL and 30 minutes of fidgeting and the action was very smooth. One screw became loose and I used blue thread locker to secure it. If you buy one, lock tite them or monitor them closely. The blade was not very sharp, a few minutes on the Work Sharp field sharpener and it was good to go. Blade is not exactly centered and slightly favors presentation scale side. Squeezing the scales very firmly, I saw minimal flex which is nice. I put some blue painters tape on the back of the 8CR blade and gave it a spine test to check the strength of the lock. It passed, no issues with the crossbar lock. 8CR is equivalent to AUS8 and a decent steel for a knife in this budget. Overall very pleased. I would recommend the purchase. Looking at the big picture, it is a great value when considering the knife it is inspired by in CF variant retails for $288 dollars. Took off 1 star for slightly off center blade and sharpening. I hope this review is helpful to you.

I got this knife for $38.00 and it's just insane how nice it is for that amount of money. In some ways it's even nicer than my real Benchmade 940-1. That's a different knife design but it also has a carbon fiber handle and the same kind of locking mechanism (the Axis lock.)On my real Benchmade, the is not centered when the knife is closed. It arrived uncentered and I've tried to center it, but have never been able to, despite fully disassembling and rebuilding the knife. This is a common problem with Benchmade knives. This clone (of the Benchmade Bugout) came perfectly centered.Another difference is that on my real Benchmade, the screws that hold the carbon fiber scales on to the knife are too long, so they protrude into the space between the two sides of the handle. This isn't hugely noticeable, but on a $300 knife we expect better. This clone has screws that are the correct length and don't protrude.The pocket clip was too stiff, but you could adjust that easily. I just replaced it with a genuine Benchmade clip that I had laying around. You can also purchase aftermarket clips that will fit this knife. You can even get titanium clips in nice colors, like a blue one that will match the blue thumbstud and back spacer.Deployment of the blade was a little stiff when it arrived, but a drop of oil fixed that and so will a little time.Speaking of the blade, that's the big question here. What steel is it really? And how good of a heat treatment did they give it? Will it hold an edge?Answer: Who knows? And you know what? For $38 bucks I was totally willing to gamble.This knife feels great in the hand and it's a lot of fun. Highly recommended.

Love the looks...pretty much a dead ringer for a Benchmade Bugout. Has a few differences, but for a 125 bucks less, I can live with the difference. The steel is hard, near 60. What steel is used, no guess. Ad said 8/13. Maybe?? Quite usable for everyday. Carbon fiber handles are not slick, and eye appealing.

It's a benchmade,for much less

Very light weight. The pocket clip was very tight and needed some adjustment but overall decent for the price point.

For edc, works for me. Handsome design. Like the solid grip, You have to deploy manually, but thats ok if you not in a rush. Release is a nice feature…can do in one hand. Perfect size for small pocket in my dog walking waist pack. Which means easy to access. Tried cutting a braided and strong synthetic rope…oppps! Zero success. I have bigger edc…very sharp and durable blade, but this size fits all my waist packs. I’ll see about the sharpening.

So this is a $35 knockoff of the Benchmade Bugout, which is a better built knife. However the HUAAO knife works great and holds a good edge. The pocket clip is very tight so you won't easily lose this knife. For an everyday work knife its fine where you are not going to trust your life to it. Thank you.