re: #103 goddamnedfrank

Beautiful knife!

I agree with you. My preferred approach also has been to go for sturdy/tough in a knife. My experience has been knives tend to break when they are most needed and when it is not possible to replace them, like bfe.

I also agree that spending $1200 for a knife only to lose it in the leaf litter someplace I will probably never return to, is probably a bad idea.