I am sure they are, I can tell just by the following yall have here. There are just SOOOOO many knives, some of the sickest most survival engineered blades I have ever seen. Now I respect the fact that the knife I am about to mention is not a scrap yard knife but there is something about the old school SR Ratweiler with the finger groove (2004) in the micarta handle that I can't stop drooling over. I saw a video on it and looked at a bunch of pics and its just str8 up ridiculous, I could process ALL the devils firewood with that knife and keep hell hot. I can't wait to see a company picture of the Scrap Yard 711 and 911 because I have a real good feeling either one of those are going to be my go to knife when im going to the woods.