Andy, my Regulator was also a gift from one of our top Dogs. I'll tell that story of his incredible generosity in another thread. My Regulator really is my favorite and most used Scrappy because of where it came from and because it is a beast of a knife that is so much fun to use. it is one of the only gifts I have l from a friend that I met over the Internet, and certainly the only the only blade. It taught me the principle of paying it forward and I have tried my best to practice what I preach.