Your not the only one. My surge has been on my hip everyday since the wife bought it for my birthday 4 years ago. It goes to work, hunting, and fishing. I've gutted deer(misplaced my skinner) and cleaned fish. At work each tool has been used many many times. It's been a hell of a multi-tool and never let me down. Without owning anything in the $150+ range maybe I don't know what I'm missing in a higher end blade alone for knife duty, but I haven't been stuck yet with only the surge hanging on my belt.