This is what the Regulator guard looked like after using it ONE TIME - for some chopping and batoning as part of a chopoff which I posted here. I was very impressed with the performance of the blade, and very disappointed in the design of the guard. It was such a huge issue that I assumed there was no way it wouldn't be addressed in the release version. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" />