thanks everybody i tried to do my homework best i could alot of people at the show told me get other knives but when i looked at them they were all really expensive i am on a budget so it seemed like the scrap yard busse table was always busy so when i saw the price it was a no brainer i am carving a wood liner now for a sheath i am going overnight fri to some woods by my house first trip with anything other than the buck knife my pop gave me so i am pumped