I was Overseas...fighting as usual....I was always the GO TO guy for edged weapons. I had more than a few opportunities to "test" different combat cutlery. Upon returning stateside , I was asked by the ARMY to test selected blade for certain missions/units. My uncle built custom knives and I started studies on steels and designs. I've designed 3 customs and found that the Busse/SwampRat....and Now Scrapeyard blades to be the best in many catagories for military/survival purposes. The yard has really very few competitors in the real world...IMHO , and those of us that DEPEND on tools for life and death ,real world scenarios. Over the past 40 years of testing blades...I vote ScrapeYard for performance ,price and longevity.