KA-BAR TDI Law Enforcement Knife Fixed Blade, Steel: AUS 8A stainless steel

First, I'd like to say that this is a self defense knife. If you are thinking about purchasing it you should be trained or training to use it. Second, If you are looking for and EDC knife, something that you will remove and place back in to its sheath multiple times a day, cut boxes with, etc, I would keep looking. Buy a Kershaw and keep it moving. You will be much happier with the purchase.With that said I think this and the others in the TDI line are perfect self defense blades. I could go into all the benefits of its design, why its so good, and why I chose it as one of my PDWs, but if you need that info from me you probably have not trained enough to carry this and you should go buy pepper spray or a rape whistle. Ok. I'll stop now.On to the knife and sheath...The sheath is great. 4 ways to set it up, clip can go on either side for left or right carry and can go either right side up or upside down to carry handle up or down. Pretty basic, but it does what it needs to. I can see why some have knocked the sheath/clip combo, the back side of the clip that attaches to the sheath sits out away from the sheath a bit so when securing to your belt/waste band it can get caught up and stop you from putting it on smoothly. The clip itself has a bit of a hook on the outside portion that hooks in and catches your belt to keep it secure during movement and when drawing the blade.Some recommendations if you purchase...1. Oil the blade. If you wear regularly or everyday it gets a good bit of moisture in the sheath.2. Clean the sheath and handle regularly. It can be a lint trap.3. Train, train, train! Again. If you are not trained or currently training for self defense with a bladed weapon, do not buy this knife. If you are and you do, keep training. Think long and hard about how you will carry it and draw it. Pro tip: resheath it like a samurai sword. Find the sheath with the spine of the knife and draw it through the top of the sheath until the point of the blade is center over the sheath opening and then rock the blade down in to the sheath.4. Also a repeat, if you. want something that multitasks in its use, do not buy this knife.And finally, remember, there are no winners in a knife fight. If you want to win a knife fight bring a gun. Seriously though, carrying a knife for self defense is a serious choice and should you ever need to draw a in knife in defense of yourself there is always the risk of having it used on you. This knife and its design mitigate that risk to a point but the risk still remains. It should be bought and carried as a tool of last resort. Good situational awareness and common sense are your best weapons but should all else fail this is certainly a handy companion. Train hard, train often and stay vigilant.

Very sharp, nice ergos, nice belt clip included. Quality build. As others have said, this is a single purpose knife, not a pocket knife, not a do all, not a knife you’re going to pull out multiple times a day. Do your homework before you buy this, if you don’t already know what this type of knife is for, and hopefully have the proper training.

Very sharp and easy to conceal. I haven’t needed to sharpen it yet holds a good edge.

Got this from BladeShop.I really love kabar and they're great comfortable knives and are ascetically pleasing and have a nice useful design to them. I've been wearing it for a while now and it's really comfortable even in the sitting position when worn between 12 and 1 next to the belt buckle, unless you're carrying a firearm then you want it on your non-dominant side as a back up. This is my second TDI. The first one I bought came with a belt attachment that you had to slide your belt through. It was VERY annoying and uncomfortable and I hated it. The knife was great, but the sheath was not well design. They fixed the problem with this belt clip. I will try to comment and update later on its longevity, but it's very easy to attach to a belt and take off, but it will NEVER pull off when you pull the knife out. It's well designed and a far better design then they originally had about 10 years ago.On a side note, amazon recommended that I buy this along with a belt clip... being used to this model 10 years ago and only getting a sheath, I assumed the belt clip was sold separately, so I picked it up. Turns out the knife comes with the sheath and belt clip attached... oh well, I guess I have a back up one. I'm not sure what people are talking about though when they say no tools are provided because the extra belt clip I received came with tools, and the actual knife in the box came with the same tool... so I don't know where they got theirs from, but it's supposed to come with them.

I gave it 4 stars because of its sheath.However this is what I discovered with it (no instructions come with it), if you either hold the sheath in your hand or on your belt, if you put your thumb on what appears as a thumb rest in front of the blade and let your other fingers grab the hilt of the knife (its handle) and pull this action of the thumb pushing downward in front and fingers pulling upward on the knifes hilt it will come out fairly nicely. It’s not intuitive at first but ‘practice’ it and it will be. I opened up the sheath about 1/32” or less at the very top and maybe a little silicone might help at first in order to break it in for easier, safer and faster withdrawal from the sheath. They could have put more to attention of details on the sheath or a simple diagram in the package to help but… maybe KaBar figured the buyer for ‘this tool’ better be sharper then the knife itself. 🤔Nice, very nice knife. Just get used to the sheath. Otherwise it’s a very good buy.I recommend for the purpose it’s intended for. A happy buyer of KaBar knives.