over the years i've had lock-blade folders fail doing even simple things like using it as an awl on leather or opening cardboard boxes.

i've owned/carried numerous FBs but find they to often get caught on ropes or brush or seat belts or even arms of chairs.

and i own a number of other tools, including County Comm's breacher/pry bars, but i don't always have them on me when needed.

i've never bent or broken a blade, and don't abuse them when better tools are available, but sometimes i do ask them to do more than simply cut soft fruit.

i also think its more likely to push a tool to its limits during survival situations, so personally want more than just "acceptable quality".

or maybe it just my luck, my clumsiness, my stupidity.

i give up. must just be me. sorry i spoke up, and promise not to in this thread again....