Were you not happy with the M5?
The knife was OK.
Good ergonomics.
Good materials.
Excellent fit and finish.
Very beautiful.
Chopped decently for it's size, and sliced nicely too.
Sleipner steel held the edge well, and had no issues with chopping and similar stuff.
Despite clip point and hollow grind - the tip had meat behind it and was sturdy.
It is a good knife.
But, here are the issues.
1. While you chop and use it for other stuff - you have to keep adjusting your grip between the hits, as the base of handle isn't flared so it wants to fly out.
2. Leather sheath was just way too stiff for my taste. And I don't want to either use both hands each time I wanna pull my knife out or give myself a wedgie...
3. I have Warcraft tanto that outperforms it by large margin...
4. I felt silly after it got outperformed by Real Steel Sorrow which had better handle ergonomics (mainly finger choil), stayed sharp longer, chopped better, survived everything that M5 survived with 0 damage, and was still 40% cheaper even though I had free shipping on M5 - and to add the insult to the injury - it comes with way better sheath too...
For those reasons I just let it go...
