Thanks guys ,well the SS4 is now the hands down winner because I have been selling off a lot of my knife collection and the Skookum is going to go but the SS4 is definitely staying. Some of it has to do with the skookum being in like new condition while the SS4 is totally beat up ,has no coating and a very thin zero edge but mostly it is all about function.

The reason I am selling of a big chunck of my knives is I am getting into antique blackpowder guns and the kind of edged weapons that suits them. So it is really saying something about how good the SS4 works, I am keeping a knife with a rubber handle.