You might want to wait until you get your S5LE and see if he likes that in hand. Both are excellent knives, no doubt, but SS4's seem to go for any where between $225 to $250 on the exchange....WHEN they come up. When the S5LE's start to ship you can be sure that you'll start to see them pop up on the exchange with in a week. You'll probably be able to pick one up for what it would cost you to get an SS4, if not a little cheaper. 5 inches of satin Infi for 190 bucks is a steal and even marked up to $225.00 to 250.00, is still a mighty good deal imo.

I really like my SS4, but this S5 is turning out be my go to knife anytime I feel the need to put one on my hip.


Here's the two side by side if you'd like a comparison.