I very recently bought a Tops Scorpion tail, with the wood handle. I dropped it on a tile floor from the height of a table, say 3 feet or so. The point broke off, about 1/8 of an inch broke off right at the tip. Grim Ripper has same steel as the knife that broke on me. The last time anything like that happened to me was almost 15 years ago when I dropped a United Cutlery Push Dagger and the point broke. At this point I would say exercise caution with TOPS. I would look at cold steel for a push dagger. The TOPS is single edge. One of the advanatages of the push dagger is double edge for cutting tactics and to make doing a dojo style knife take away very difficult. I like push daggers. I decided against the tops due to single edge before the knife broke.I am looking at mercworx seraphim. It is a very costly knife. I posted to see if anyone had one to see how they liked it and got no takes, no it isn't a big seller. Wilson tactical makes some high end push daggers, not sure about them either. Benchmade has one, moderate price but the handle is a skeleton and I think this is going to causing twisting and turning issues in the hand if you hit somnething firm with it like bone or cartilage, not good. You want a grip that will not rotate. Cold steel has that grippy rubber stuff called Kraton which is sticky and absorbs shock. They are not costly. I would get the AUS8a steel ones. Cold steel also makes trainers in a way for the push dagger. Buy their cheap FGX ones and grind off edge and point or tape them with duct tape. If you do get a wilson or mercworx please post a review so we can see how you liked it.
