re: #105 ckkatz

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.

In reality I tend to go for Spyderco knives. My first was the original Viele that I got back around 1999. I also have a Phoenix, the Dodo reissue that came with carbon scales, a Manix 2 XL and a Rock Salt that I use as a dive knife. I bought my Dad a Sage 4 just before they were discontinued and I’d like to pick up a Native 5 in titanium but have other priorities for the moment.