I would recommend any of the Grips that do not have a Hollow Ground. Any of the ones that are flat ground, including any of the Black Water Gear Modified ones, I will recommend. The Ritters are quite nice too, a little more expensive because they are in S-30v, but I think it's well worth it.

This is my knife after a light batoning (the tip was absolutely my fault, ignore that). Cloak did this very lightly into wood and the edge tore off. He did the same with his 550, and Mac did the same with his, too. This just shows how week the edge of the knife is, which is why I'm not gonna recommend it.



The hollow ground is extremely weak it is not intended for any type of knife like chores besides extremely light cutting. Even at that, a sharp convex would do the same.

I will admit that it is a fairly tough knife, it's survived this far and is still usable. Minus a few aesthetics, but I didn't buy it to look at, even after it's been almost destroyed.

I have that same book. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I haven't read it yet though...

Its pretty cool. I haven't read it straight through but I read sections I'm interested in at any particular time. You can't ever know too much about primitive technology.