I bought this knife a year ago and I have it on me daily. It is a perfect concealable self defense knife. The hollow ground on one side of the blade increases point strength and makes a great penetrating knife. Steel is more than adequate and resist corrosion I highly recommend it.

The picture is misleading. Depending on who you are, either very misleading or a minimum disingenuous. Long story short, there is no picture of the back side. But I hear you ask "why do you need a picture of the back side unless the back side wasn't the same" in which you'd be correct. The back side is completely and perfectly flat. Almost like they only made the front half of the knife. And I wouldn't be as upset about it had there been something in the product descriptions (there isn't, I double checked) or a photo of the back side. Something that didn't make me feel a little cheated. That being said. It seems like a great knife. Minus the not being symmetrical thing.

Over all the quality is top notch! The sheeth holds well. I wear it all daily.

The C Tac ll is an excellent blade for concealment,self defense purpose,I am 100 percent satisfied with the order I made, will continue to buy from Cold Steel in the future..