I have nothing but praise for the Endura. Mine is probably years old and still going strong. I cut grooves in the handle so I had better grip for some edged weapons training I have done over the years. While everyone else in this training had the lastest and greatest tactical this or that, I had the Endura. Even with the model I have having no liner like the gen 4 does, it still is tough enough to do anything I need it to do. I love this knife although now that I have a gen 4, I like it just as much.