For what it's worth, the best compromise of knife for the dollar are the Endura and the Delica, IMO, then the FRN Native with the CPM 440V blade. That last is ONE FINE KNIFE. I have the BF Blue Native with that blade, but with the blue G-10 scales and love it so much that I gave two of the FRN versions to friends when they first came out. The friends love them.