I'm glad that you found out what most of us already knew; Dan is the Big Dog of "Price to Performance Ratio", and that the 7-11 is a great knife!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> I have been carrying mine every day since I received it, and I have a LOT of knives to choose from! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />