Those SoDs are a great knife; many have compared it to the old Swamp Rat Camp Tramp. Its not quite the chopper that a DF is, but it's useful for more than just chopping and is quite a bit easier to carry; sort of like the relationship between the Busse Combat FBM and FSH.

OT comment: You made a good move by withdrawing your NMSFNO; I've been trying to cut back on my spending (Knob Creek was quite expensive), but I kept visiting your thread. I'd finally convinced myself that it was too good a deal to let pass when I saw you'd withdrawn it. Nothing against the M9LE (they're good knives and very HOT right now), but all things being equal, my opinion is that a NMSFNO with hand-shaped Micarta is the superior blade in all but appearance.