Let's see your cheapo travel knife.

[The Zieg]

Knives are tools and when traveling ya need a good tool your life may count on it

Totally! When it was my main user, I used to travel with my large Hackmann Wirkkala puukko everywhere. It has been all over the world with me.

Now it's an SAK Trekker on almost all trips.

Again on the quality issue, wanting a pliers based multitool on a recent trip to Spokane, I got off the plane, went to a big box store and bought a cheap (and I mean CHEAP!) multitool. I immediately regretted it. I never thought I'd say this, but I would have preferred having nothing and my money back.

Zieg