Cold Steel’s Hide Out was designed as a small” inexpensive and super-functional neck knife. The resulting blade is a true featherweight” weighing a meager 1.9oz! Its high satin polished” double-edged Japanese AUS 8A blade is Scandi ground” which makes it very sharp and also very stiff” allowing for a strong and durable tip. Its full tang is encapsulated in a weather proof Kray-Ex handle that has been designed to be very thin and flat.