Montana Knife Company’s latest short film skips the sales pitch. A former infantry officer lays out the fixed blades he actually carries, from the one tucked inside his waistband to the full-size knife on his kit.
In the film he builds the kit around 13 years in the Army, from tactical units up to battalion command. Three knives make his cut: the Trail Goat, the War Goat, and the TF24.
MKC built its name on hunting blades, and its MagnaCut folder sold out the day it launched. The Tactical line points the same steel at a different job.
All three knives are full tang, all three wear Cerakote over MagnaCut, and all three ship in molded Kydex. Each one is made in the USA and hand finished in Montana, with free sharpening and repair for life under the MKC Generations program.
Trail Goat: the everyday carry
Smallest knife in the Tactical lineup, the Trail Goat pairs a 2 7/8-inch modified Wharncliffe blade with a handle wrapped in 550 paracord. The wrap is 5.5 feet of cord, ready to unwind if a job ever calls for it.
The modified Wharncliffe runs a single edge with a dagger-like centerline, so the point stays strong for utility cuts. A thumb ramp and a deep finger choil give a small blade real purchase.
Overall length is 6 1/2 inches and the scale stops at 2.09 ounces, so the knife rides inside a waistband without printing. Four colorways run from black on black to coyote with a multicam wrap.
Its custom-molded Kydex sheath carries an UltiClip and runs vertical or horizontal, on a waistband, in a pocket, or on a pack strap. A built-in retention screw sets the draw weight.
MKC designed the Trail Goat as a concealed-carry blade first. That is why the whole package stays slim enough to vanish against the body and still draw clean.
Price: $225.00
Where to buy: Montana Knife Company
War Goat: the kit knife
One look gives away the War Goat’s job. A retention ring caps the skeletonized G-10 handle, and that ring locks the knife into a reverse grip the second a hand closes on it.
Blade length runs 3 3/4 inches in a drop point profile borrowed from the Speedgoat, and overall length is 8 inches. Weight stays at 2.23 ounces, light enough to live on a chest rig full time.
Cerakote covers the MagnaCut blade, and the full tang runs the length of the handle under the G-10 scales. A finger through the ring starts the draw, and the grip lands already locked.
Reverse grip is the design center here. The ring keeps the knife anchored to the hand even when the draw starts at an awkward angle.
In the film, this is the knife staged behind the magazine racks. Its Kydex sheath adjusts retention across mounting positions, so it stays put until that pull comes.
Price: $325.00
Where to buy: Montana Knife Company
TF24: the general-purpose blade
TF24 closes the kit as the workhorse. The name splits into Task Force and 2024, the year MKC produced it, and the build matches the brief: 4 1/8 inches of blade on .158-inch stock.
It’s the thickest stock of the three, and at 5.73 ounces the TF24 carries real heft for hard use. At 9 1/8 inches overall, it’s also the longest knife in the kit by more than an inch.
The G-10 handle fills a full grip, with a lanyard hole at the butt. A molded Kydex sheath with an UltiClip and a built-in retention screw carries it tip-up.
Colorways pair black or coyote blades and handles five ways: black on black, black on coyote, black on OD green, coyote on black, and coyote on OD green.
Black on black is the one sold-out colorway right now; the other four are in stock. MKC sells in drops, so the live store is the stock check that counts.
Price: $425.00
Where to buy: Montana Knife Company
The kit, side by side
Specs decide carry, so here is the full kit in one view.
| Trail Goat | War Goat | TF24 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blade steel | MagnaCut | MagnaCut | MagnaCut |
| Blade length | 2 7/8 in | 3 3/4 in | 4 1/8 in |
| Overall length | 6 1/2 in | 8 in | 9 1/8 in |
| Blade stock | .128 in | .125 in | .158 in |
| Weight | 2.09 oz | 2.23 oz | 5.73 oz |
| Price | $225 | $325 | $425 |
The build maps to three carry spots: waistband, chest rig, and pack. Nothing overlaps, and no knife in the kit duplicates another knife’s job.
Total kit weight lands at 10.05 ounces across the three knives. Spread across three carry spots, none of that weight rides in one place.
Three sheaths, one system
Each knife ships in its own custom-molded Kydex sheath with the clip hardware already fitted. Retention screws on the Trail Goat and TF24 let the draw weight get set once and stay set.
All three sheaths run the same UltiClip hardware. The carry system stays consistent from the smallest knife in the kit to the largest.
Who should run what
Most carriers can stop at the Trail Goat. It covers the daily jobs, hides anywhere, and costs the least of the three by a wide margin.
War Goat belongs on a rig, where the ring draw is the whole point. And the TF24 is the one to pack when the work gets heavy and a thinner blade would flex.
Bought together, the three cover waistband to chest rig to pack for $975, each in MagnaCut, each made in Montana. Bought one at a time, they still stack into the same system.
