We have a current thread on "Taking Local Advice: A Good Idea?," pertaining to blindly accepting a local's evaluation of roads and conditions. In the same vein, how much credence do you place in any one individual's opinion expressed on the internet? Does this person have an axe (or rather a knife) to grind? Who knows? What expertise do they bring to the evaluation?

This particular reviewer seems to be highly concerned with aesthetics, an area of generally less significance to me. I certainly would not base my decision on this one review.

What to do? Buy from a firm with a reasonable return policy, or find a store so you can see and handle one personally. Frankly, I don't think I will ever spend $120 on a knife unless it can field dress a moose by remote control and do my income taxes the same day.