I don't have the congress but I have two of the buck creek sodbusters in stag and they are pretty nice, especially for the $40 price tag. The stag is a nice fit with no gap on the brass liners. On one of them, the pins could be a little smoother and the shield could have been set a bit better. Smooth walk and talk on both, they are not perferctly centered blades but they are not rubbing the liners either. I will say, that they say German Stainless Handmade but I believe they are assembled in Spain, at least that's what I've read. I know that my Hen and Rooster sodbuster in stag says the same thing, German Stainless on one side and Made in Spain on the other. Unless it says made in Germany, Germany or Solingen my guess is that it's german steel assembled someplace else.