Mine is more curiosity than anything.

I'll be pleasantly suprised if I'm under 100.

OK, just as a test I sent a copy of my above post from here to my Skunkhunter email at yahoo. I did a "sent at" time and it was received at the same sent at time. So I don't know. I guess if you have hundreds or thousands of emails coming in they have got to que up somewhere.

I think that you're going to like the knife. A lot of folks have said they don't need a "fighter", but it's way more useful than that! And it's Busse tough!

It should be sorta light weight for a knife that large, but like you said it is SO much more. To me a real fighter will be sleek and possibly balanced more toward the hand to allow for faster movement.

I'll get mine and see how I like it, but I doubt that I'll ever carry it. Probably just stay in the box with the rest of the queens.

I've got way too many that I never use. I need to get rid of some of them.

I've got a CS Recon Scout that is approximately the same size as the NEW Tali-Whacker. It is sort of touted as a fighter but is actually useful for a lot of tasks, even with that goofy Americanized tanto point.

I will probably carry mine in the truck. That way it will be at hand if ever needed, Plus I can grab it up when we go for short jaunts through Mingo. We don't walk very far yet, Patty is still not all that strong, but we do go for 1/2 mile walks every so often.

The SOG Tsunami is light and fast, as are many Cold Steel tantos. But they don't have the strength of the T/W!

Correct. I would NOT want to have my life hang in the balance with one of them, but IF it is all you got... I plan on ensuring that I DO NOT have to depend on one of those blades if ever needed. That's why I carry my CR Umnumzaan. IT IS STRONG!

The CR will not be as strong as the T/W!