I am willing to give it a shot. Fact is I would rather take a $60 knife and beat the hell out of it, find its breaking point to know what my limits are with it and quickly replace it locally when I need to, (give me an hour and I'd find a shop selling Gerber nearby) than buy a $150, $250+ knife that looks great, never use it cause its a XYZ brand or "I don't want to mare it" and then when I lose it or snap it, have to order it online and wait a week to get it.