FIXED BLADE FRIDAY Review of the Ganzo G8012. 

Thanks Gordon.

Thanks for the great endorsement Luc. Knives are like women in a lot of ways, eh?! Don't just go after the next pretty one you see - take the time to check out the details carefully or you might get burned.

I have to strongly disagree with your second sentence - unless I misunderstood your point (maybe we are in agreement?) This G8012 has a fairly weak blade compared to MANY Chinese bushcraft knives - Real Steel's bushcraft series of knives are quite a lot better than this knife, for example, and I could list quite a bit more. 7Cr17 is just not a very good steel for the hard work of bushcrafting. Schrade's knives are Made in China and they are quite a lot better (but maybe you meant Chinese BRANDS), and I could list more. Technically the G8012 is a full tang knife, it is steel all the way through, it just isn't an exposed full tang knife. The price, as you say, is the redeeming factor for this knife. There are not many bushcraft knives that cost as little as this one.

Canadian Cutting Edge It has a very strong blade due to its geometry and thickness. And yes, chinese brands i said. 7cr17mov is not a high end steel but for bushcraft knives is not very good a very hard steel, it can break with hard use, for that lot of bushcraft knives are from soft carbon steel. It is not a full tang, it has a good tang but it does not go until the end, has a second piece called rat tail that it is joined to the tang. The mighty cima 1 has the same steel of this for example. 440C? yes, it can be, or 9cr18mov or 8cr13/14mov, but, for the price is great IMO. Regards!.

Yes, there are a lot of good fixed blades out there. I have a number of good reviews of better knives on my channel, many of them are a very good price. I have another knife from GearBest that I will be reviewing soon (maybe Tuesday) that I like a LOT, but it is more than 2 times the price too. But I can tell you that it will get a definite recommend all the way: www.gearbest.com/fixed-blades-knives/pp_594365.html?lkid=11315569

that's nice, Jake. it's got that Schrade vibe happening. cant wait for review.

Yes, the CTSmart knife brand that they are carrying is pretty much all garbage. I think there is one exception, they have one CTSmart knife with D2 steel so I have ordered that and I hope it comes before the end of September. They have had it for several weeks but whenever I saw the CTSmart brand name I just skipped over it and I didn't notice it was D2 until a viewer pointed it out to me.

ME too!!! I had meant to. I had typed it all in and created all the links - D'oh, I must have forgot to click "save". I will get it done ASAP. Thanks for leaving a comment.

I will indeed let you guys know IF they ever reply to me. I will keep trying to make contact every month or two and see what's up. The rep at Ganzo that I worked with for most of the time was GREAT, beyond GREAT, but she either left the company or was promoted or something but I was given a new rep to work with and she did send me one package of 3 knives and then suddenly absolute silence. I mean I don't even care if the explanation is terrible, I just want to hear SOMETHING...

For that kind of use I would recommend a few knives. If you want fixed blades at a low price then get a Mora or Hultafors. I find myself loving the little Mora Eldris a LOT!! If you want a nice folding knife that comes very sharp and doesn't cost a lot get the Sanremu 9013 or 9014 They are solid stainless steel and are GREAT for a low price - or the Sanremu 910 pro. STEEL Sanrenmu LAND 9103 - SATIN: www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_620961.html?lkid=11315580 STEEL Sanrenmu LAND 9104 - BLACKWASH: www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_620960.html?lkid=11315582 GREEN G10: www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_606098.html?lkid=11315583 BLACK G10: www.gearbest.com/pocket-knives-and-folding-knives/pp_606097.html?lkid=11315584 I would be happy to answer more request if you give me more specifics as to what you want, such as size of the blade and if you want exposed full tang or maybe the Mora's are what you like.

I have no idea why they would make the change from the earlier version of the G801 to the G8012 - it doesn't make sense to me.

Ganzo has a LOT of sales and customers because of me. I have no idea why because they won't respond to me at all, it's like I just suddenly got the cold shoulder without a hint of a reason why. I am digging Y-START too. I am trying to contact them, as of yet I have not been able to contact them.

I would like a more simple sheath of better quality too. hook and loop to hold a knife handle is just silly, especially on an outdoors or survival type knife - that stuff gets dirty and stops it from working. I would rather all the other features were gone in trade for a decent snap. This same knife in a good carbon steel would make it a definite WINNER indeed - it would turn a good knife into a GREAT choice.

Great question. The only answer must be that they want to save 2cents per knife (it's probably more like half a cent).

Yes ! I believe the same thing too . although they could charge this half cent to the client and no one would have any problem with that lol Damn Chinese ..