I'm not a big fan of Cold Steel. My experience with them has been mostly negative. Lots of guys in the military have them because of their attainable prices, but they don't seem to survive the (overly) harsh punishment that even my Gerbers do. My Gerber BMF that I picked up back in 1992 came back for more and more with only a chip out of one of the teeth on the saw back (I wish I had gotten it without the saw back). Cold Steels SRK seem like an alright knife design but for just a few dollars more I could get a Ranger or Scrap Yard, which seem like MUCH better knives.