TACRAYFolding Kitchen Chef Knife, 4.4" Foldable Camping Knife with 10cr15mov Stainless Steel Blade, Anti-skidding and Ergonomic Designed G10 Handle for both Indoor and Outdoor Cooking

I have been looking for this knife for many years. A folder, with a thin blade, designed solely for kitchen work. I love knives and have high standards. This knife achieves it intended purpose beautifully. The geometry of the whole knife is wonderful. The blade geometry chops and slices beautifully. The blade has resistance to opening by accident. The button lock works great. The construction is simple and sturdy. The g10 is grippy even covered in fats and oils.It is perfect for traveling. I bought 2 and will probably buy more.Very, very well done folding kitchen blade.Edit: I just got back from a week fishing in Sarasota. I used this both the small and large versions of this knife. I made ceviche, salads, prepared fresh fish, and a lot of other snacks and veggie trays for my family. I also used the blades to chop up fish carcasses to be used as chum and bait chunks. I purposely cut through heads, spines, tails to test the durability of the blade. These knives are excellent. They handle like Japanese knives like santokus and gyutos. After a week of chopping I steeled the blade and stropped it. It still shaves hair. There is zero edge damage and no flat spots. The vg-10 heat treat is spot on. The blade is tough enough to chop fish carcasses and not chip and yet still retain a hair popping edge after a week of heavy use.FINALLY, a great folding chef knife for traveling. Keep the new models coming Tacray, I'll try every one!

I was looking at a compact, dedicated food prep knife for backpacking and this is exactly what I was hoping for.Bigger than I imagined, but still compact and feels good in the hand.I'm a lefty, so I find the button orientation is absolutely perfect for me.It is accessible for opening and closing, but also out of the way in any hand position I could try.This is not the case when using it right handed, but I still didn't have any issues with accidentally depressing it.Blade was passibly sharp out of the box, but it only took a few minutes of sharpening to get it shaving sharp.Sharpening was a breeze due to the edge geometry and blade profile.Cleaning was no problem, which was something I was worried about with a folder.Cutting with it for kitchen tasks has been excellent, though I admit I have only tried it in the kitchen thus far.So far, I am very pleased with this knife and will probably buy a few more for the rest of the family's camp kits.I'll see about updating this review after a few camping trips and see how it performs in the field.

I absolutely love the shape of this knife--both the blade and the handle. The way it is designed allows full contact with what you are cutting. The knife came very sharp right out of the box. VG10 is a great stainless steel and should hold up well without needing frequent sharpening; it's a steel used in many Japanese chef knives. The handle, with G10 scales, is comfortable and easy to get a full grip. The cutout at the spine makes it easy for one-hand opening. The lock is actually a hidden liner lock, with the button (right side only) used for disengaging the lock. I think both right-hand and left-hand users will find it a true ambidextrous folding knife. It looks like there are bronze washers at the pivot (just by sight: I have not taken it apart yet). There is no pocket clip, but it does come with a very nice pouch to hold the knife for pocket carry or drawer stowage.Despite its size, I would have no problem carrying this or stowing it in a backpack or an urban carry pack. I normally do not use any of my folding knives for food preparation, simply because I don't enjoy having to clean them after use. But this one is different for me. I doubt that I will use it in my kitchen, but I wouldn't hesitate to take it with me on a camping trip for use in food prep. Could you EDC this (if your municipality allowed it)? I don't see why not.Bottom line: Great quality design, good looking, best overall geometry for cutting (anything!), and versatile for many different knife-use scenarios. Anything you would use a liner-lock folding knife for, you could comfortably use this for.

I think this knife is a good deal for the money, I have some pros and cons.The design is great, the handle ergonomics and blade shape are both great. The materials are great, idk if the blade is 10cr or vg10 (the product listing mentions both of those) but I can say that it has at least a decent heat treat. I've carried it for 3 shifts at work and done a good bit of light cutting, and I easily stropped it back to sticky sharp afterwards.The g10 scales are nice and they remind me of spyderco g10. The hardware is minimal, and the lock seems pretty safe. The detent is strong enough but a little light in my opinion.My complaints: fit and finish, and the lack of a pocket clip. The pivot is free-spinning and I havent been able to center the blade. My knife also has some side-to-side play in the open and closed position. There is also a little bit of detent lash when the blade is closed; the detent catches the blade a little bit before the blade hits the stop pin, so when you push on the closed blade you can feel a little more travel towards the stop pin.And no pocket clip. On day 3 of carrying the knife loose in my pocket, it opened a little bit and cut a hole in my pocket. A pocket clip and a slightly stronger detent would definitely fix this.Overall it's worth the money. If Tacray put a pocket clip on it and improved the fit and finish I would buy 2 more. I won't carry it anymore because of the hole it made in my pocket, and honestly I'm a little bit disappointed because I like the knife. I have civivis, we knives, demkos etc. But this cheap knife is actually pretty enjoyable.