Perhaps it's just personal preference, but I don't see why so many people are excited about the ASH1. I guess that it would be OK as an expensive, medium-sized kitchen knife, but I think it's too big to be either concealable or sheeple-friendly, but too small to be a very effective camp knife. When I saw it at Knob Creek, my thoughts were like in the movie "Road House", where people kept saying to Dalton, "I thought you'd be bigger". Oh well, to each their own.