I know when I first started with knives I thought my $60 crkt was top of the line and too good to use for some things. Now that I have been into it for a good while I don't think anything of pulling out my microtech, Hinderer, or sebenza for doing an everyday task. It's all about using the knives as they are supposed to be used. For cutting things! No sense in abusing them the way some people torture test blades, but using them for their designed task absolutely