M37063 Tapered Ice Pick, Stainless Steel, Beech Wood

This knife is fantastic. It cuts through ice like butter, is insanely sharp yet does not easily blunt which I expected with ice. It also looks great, although considering the price the unfinished wood handle feels cheap and like it won't last long considering it gets wet every use. My biggest gripe is that this is totally unusable if you're left handed, and no left handed option exists. Most knives are sharpened with a right handed bias but can be easily adjusted, this thing has a wedge on it like you wouldn't believe, and actually cutting left handed would almost certainly result in injury.

As I bought at 50% off I decided not to return, otherwise this would have been straight back. It had the issues a number of people have mentioned in reviews and more. The finish of the wood was terrible, barely any sanding. The fit of the blade, the blade within the sheath at tang etc had to be manually sanded by myself to fit it was so bad. The blade isn’t properly set in the handle, the blade although sharp was so poorly finished, cheap pressed blade with the edges out of the press not filed off. Clearly this is being cranked out in the backstreets of China, barfly are putting their brand on and charging likely 10 times the price in China. Truly terrible quality product compared to other barfly items I have bought. It has made me question buying the brand in the future.

It's more than an ice pick. It's a conversation piece. It's an ice carving knife. It's a knife for cutting garnishes. There's nothing it can't do. This bad boy has held an edge like a champ and hasn't let me down yet. My only complaint, and it's more of a preference, is the unfinished wood handle. As you know, handling ice means water and water is rough on untreated wood. After a while the texture of the handle just became unpleasant. However, the handle never lessened in sturdiness or quality. I lathered it up in some linseed oil and it pretty much resolved the issue. You will find the same issue with the sheath, but it's much less of an issue.

It’s great 👍

works great,

The item that I received should not have made it past QA. There was a 1 mm gap between the blade and the handle (the tang of the blade was not completely pressed in to the handle). I fixed this by putting it in a vice and carefully tapping on the handle. Four stars because this is Barfly's problem. Keep an eye out for this kind of thing, Jeff.