Mine arrived yesterday and the first thing I did was take the clip off so I could put some blue heat-shrink on it to keep it from scratching the frame-lock scale. But as I carried it without the clip, I sort of like it this way. I'll put the clip back on to see how it compares, but the finish seems extremely tough (they really beat the hell out of it with the Stone-Wash treatment and it hides scratches and marks very well).
I'm seriously impressed with its ability to cut too - I figured it would be too thick to slice a lot of stuff but other than really rigid stuff, it does a great job of slicing.
It has not given up its spot in my pocket yet and I don't know that it will for a while.