Funny thing about the pricing though, they were only offered through the ganza, and just about everyone qualified for the Hog pricing, so pretty much everyone paid $287 plus nominal shipping sinc the majority ordered more than one knife in the ganza.......that's all I'll say on the subject in a public forum....anyhow, I've officially turned Hog Muk number 1 into a user! Over the last two I've prepped a bunch of kiwi, a couple pineapples, and 2 whole chickens, I frikkin love this blade! Gonna use it a bit to prep some fuel ( wood) for my Bushbuddy stove ( I'll try to snap a couple pics) just to see how it does