Somewhere in a Himalayan glacier lies a knife lost over half a century ago. It's owner was Slavomir Rawicz, a polish cavalry officer arrested in 1939 by the Soviets and imprisoned in a Yakutsk Gulag. The dropping of that criticaly important knife was one of the most wrenching moments in this narrative. Slavomir, with 5 comrades escaped with ony this knife and a unhafted axehead. The survivors completed a 4000 mile trek by foot to British India and freedom. Anyone familiar with the quality of the few russian made knives being exported? Anyone ever try to put an edge on the Kalashnikov bayonet? If there is any selling 'hype' in the cutlery business, then it's evil , malformed brother chained in the attic is deservedly these idiots.You want knife performance? Buy a Old Hickory cosmetic second from Ragweedforge and use it exclusively on your next foray into the real world.