The DFs are great choppers. I can't understand why some folks don't like SR77. I know it holds an edge much better than my Tamontinas and nobody complains about them. I think having a tough steel that is easy to sharpen and touch up is ideal for hard use knives. I have seen 1095 Ontario machetes shatter. They don't usually, but it happens. I don't think that would ever happen to a SR77 blade.