I'm not really a safe queen guy by any means, but I do have more knives than I could use. I figure some fairly good knives could be an asset in a shtf scenario as far as barter or whatever. I'm not a dealer so I don't look to make a quick turnover on whatever seems to be hot at the time. I would like to think that I could get my money back or a little better on some or most of what I have collected. Had a little bit of tax refund so I figured I would treat myself to a few Quality blades. Right now I'm putting together a bail out bag and I was looking for a good belt knife and a chopper. that's why I ordered the BW. I really like that hg55 also but it also has an edge that needs some, (lots of) work. I built a kydex sheath for it already. When the Muk gets here I will make a sheath for it also and have a shootout with em. That new regulater also looks like it could be a contender.