I used my BK&T CU/7 for the first time last week. I was removing six mature bushes from my back yard and used the knife to turn medium sized pieces of wood into small pieces. While this knife is not a great chopper, it worked well on smaller branches. What most impressed me was the condition of the blade was when I was finished. There were no chips of any kind in the edge. After removing sap and bush debris from the blade, I saw no need to resharpen. Nice knife.