Howdy all, sorry I took so long getting back to this, but I have been busy. First of all, let me say that this is a great knife, Buck and Strider work well together. I now have the large tanto, the mini tanto, the Solution, and a custom Strider GB, all in BG-42. Back to the preformance of the Solution,shaving sharp out of the box, great grip, very comfortable in the hand,in regular and reverse grip. Cuts very smooth. (cardboard, small branches,cordage,weedeater line) I haven't gotten a chance to do much prying, but it seems to be pretty solid with this thickness of the blade. Feels good during general wear, only complaint is the kydex insert in the sheath lets the blade wiggle back and forth, causing noise and some small marks on the blade,(if that kind of thing bothers you) Presents pretty fast, good draw. The edge has held up good so far(45-50 cuts in different stuff) I haven't had to touch up the edge yet, but all of my others in BG-42 take an edge easily unless you have dulled it really bad, in which case it takes a good 20-30 minutes on a Sharpmaker to get it back o shaving. All in all, I think this is a great knife and I will continue to use it as my hunting/camping fixed blade choice, at least until my Strider BT gets here, then I may change my mind. Thanks for reading this long a** post.
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