Hello again, please folks don't think I ment any harm, or insults to any other knife companies. This is just my opinion, and I think some of the forumites are way to finicky about Benchmades quality, by this I mean, the grind lines slightly off, minor mis-allignments, you know, minor stuff. I do however understand why some of ya'll might be finicky, you earn your money, and you want to spend it on something that is the best for the lowest price. In my opinion, Benchmades is #1, i'm sorry but in my experiances, and breakage tests, benchmades knives are quite strong, and the locks do not fail-the biggest factor to me is how strong the lock is. Sal, I don't mean to you that I might be putting your company down, but I like Benchmades, there more for a knife-fighter, sorry, just my opinion, although your Military is one fine knife, i found much more screwed up grind lines than any of my AFCK's. For instance, on several i've held-Newer models, the spine looks like it was hand sanded with 120 grit sandpaper, the G-10 is faded, the finger choil on the blade before the edge is hand sanded, the flat grind is way off, the spine of the blade is not straight, it's slightly off, and several more things, but I love the knife, and it is my best utility, but I go for the AFCK more, sorry. Although I can't wait to get my centofante II, and give ya'll my review.