My brother recently got one, and let me tell you it's a HEAVY knife.

We haven't put it through the tests yet but it's beastly and has the weight to go along with it.

It's a rather large fixed blade knife thus I don't think you'd enjoy whittling with it, maybe a short while.

When we get around to it we will be comparing it to my RAT-7 as they are pretty similar size wise and are both purchased with the same things in mind.