I heard that leathermans were not so great when it came to shock resistance, so you can imagine the horror I felt when I realized that I had failed to clean or dry my leatherman surge after my last trip into the woods... about a week ago! While in the woods, it got caked in mud and totally soaked. However, to my great surprise, there was absolutely no rusting on the handles or on the blades after I'd washed it up. And considering that my leatherman's 420 performs as well or better than the 154CM on my griptilian, and sharpens more easily... i think I'm in love <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" />