CS doesn't make any knives, the knives are all contracted out. CS advertising is sometimes over the top but for the most part the knives they sell do what they say they will do. Me I own a few of them. Have a Laredo bowie coming this week that I have wanted for sometime. If you can get by the hype and look at how they really perform I think you will be pleased. As for the stuff written about Thompson everyone on this forum has meant him at some point or another and have obviously formed and unbiased opinion based on that meeting. If you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale. keepem sharp