Tops Knives Operator 7 Blackout Edition OP7-02

Awesome blade!

Excelente produto faca de combate com características de uma "Bowie Knife", extremamente robusta e bem construída, apesar da rusticidade extremamente bem balanceada para maior agilidade no uso, lâmina recurva e projeto com alta sofisticação estética.

First impressions out of the package were that this knife is very well balanced for its size. It's weight is not as hefty as I had anticipated. This knife is built to be a work horse! I mean whatever you need it for. Bushcraft, survival, even self defense at it moves about swiftly for its size. This blade is full tang with a super thick spine! I know there exist many schools of thought on batoning but this knife is certainly built for that kind of rough play out in the woods so definitely have at that. Some knives not so much but this is one of them. This is my first venture into tops knives as I've always been a cold steel simp but not pleases with thier recent offerings since the departure of Lynn Thompson. I'll definitely be going after more of these as far as feeding my fixed blade addiction.

This semi-review is based on receiving the TOPS Operator 7 Black-Out Edition.I have read some reviews warning about (fake) Chinesium copy-cats on Amazon & eBay.Upon receiving item i carefully inspected every millimeter of this knife & also took some pictures and emailedTOPS Knives to confirm knife markings & also seller just to be sure i'm not getting a knock-off.The CS people at Tops Knives kindly confirmed seller and blade to be the Real Deal model.My first choice was the Acid-Rain finish as i dislike traction-coating on blades, but could not find anyone that hadit in-stock online and even called a bunch of dealers so i settled for the Black-Out Edition instead.I figured i could always gift it to my son when i can get my hands on the Acid-Rain model.The Operator 7 is truly a "One Knife One Life" blade, the heft of this blade is spot-on, surprisingly the weight wasnot as i expected (it's not heavy at all) it's perfect! The blade design is one of the most aesthetic designs for a combat/survival blade.I'm positive this blade will perform better than expected for it's purpose build, a Combat/Survival/Hunting knife.

So far, I really love this knife! Comes sharp out of the box, nice weight to it too and it’s really comfortable on the hands.I ordered it with the Holtzman’s Gorilla bushcraft survival knife not thinking it was gonna match so closely! My friends and family think it came as a set because they are so alike. I did have to go to the hardware store to get black 3 plastic spacers, 6 black 8-32 Allen pan head screws (you can use some of the screws they come with but I wanted to keep a consistent look) and two clear bumpers to merge the two sheaths.I can’t wait for some good weather to take them out to try them out! I’ll update this review if for some reason things don’t go as expected but I highly doubt it.Highly recommend getting this knife AND the Holtzman’s Gorilla bushcraft survival knife as a set!