thanks for the comments fellas! i passed on the rat mandu and got a brand new black on black SR rucki with an armorall leath sheath from eric @ the store!!! been talking to him and he said my sword will ship tomorrow!! is this thing a pretty tough piece??? i worry about it breaking if im chopping hard... is the sr101 good for abuse and torturous hacking and chopping? if it fails, i will ALWAYS have my 2 dogfathers which are GREAT!