The Nieto 11000 Viking Olive Wood 10cm is a compact fixed-blade hunting knife manufactured in Albacete, Spain. Built with a full-tang profile, it features a 10 cm drop-point blade ground from Spanish AN-58 stainless steel with a stock thickness of 3.8 mm to 4.0 mm. The handle is constructed from contoured natural olive wood scales secured with stainless steel rivets, incorporating an integrated half-guard, a lanyard hole, and a Spanish sharpening notch at the heel of the blade. Designed for close-quarters handheld utility, it delivers controlled cutting performance for field dressing game, campsite food preparation, and light bushcraft tasks, and it comes supplied with a fitted genuine leather belt sheath.

Key Features

• AN-58 Stainless Steel Blade: Hollow-ground drop-point profile provides balanced edge retention and corrosion resistance for field tasks.
• Full-Tang Construction: Extends steel through the entire handle for structural rigidity during woodcraft and processing work.
• Spanish Sharpening Notch: Facilitates easy edge maintenance and sharpening in field conditions.
• Natural Olive Wood Handle: Handcrafted contoured scales secured by stainless steel rivets with a built-in safety half-guard and lanyard attachment hole.
• Genuine Leather Sheath: Fitted brown leather sheath configured for secure belt carry.

Specifications

• Blade Length: 10 cm (100 mm)
• Overall Length: 21.5 cm to 22 cm
• Blade Thickness: 3.8 mm to 4.0 mm
• Knife Weight: 130 g to 170 g
• Blade Steel: AN-58 Stainless Steel
• Blade Grind / Profile: Hollow ground, drop point
• Handle Material: Handcrafted natural olive wood
• Tang: Full tang
• Sheath: Brown genuine leather with belt loop
• Country of Origin: Spain

Who is the Nieto Viking Olive Wood 10cm for?

• Hunters — requires a fixed-blade hunting knife with a compact 10 cm blade and hollow-ground AN-58 stainless steel edge to maintain control while dressing, skinning, and caping mid-sized game.
• Campers and bushcrafters — needs a sturdy fixed-blade knife with a robust 3.8 mm to 4.0 mm blade thickness and an overall carry weight of 130 g to 170 g for tasks such as feather sticking, cordage cutting, and light whittling without pack fatigue.

Less suitable for: Users requiring heavy log splitting, chopping, or timber felling, who should use a camp axe, hatchet, or dedicated heavy chopper with a thicker, longer convex or scandi grind; and users operating in conditions of prolonged water immersion or extreme humidity cycles, who should select synthetic micarta or G10 handle alternatives rather than natural olive wood.