Piet,<br><br>Just got a couple of each in today (gifts; 2 sons have been asking for CS Bushman all year). My first side-by-side reaction is that I like the mini better. My second reaction is that the leather sheaths have got to go! Right off the bat when I sheathed them, they sliced the sheaths - not a lot, but I can see that the sheaths are doomed...<br><br>I'll try re-forming the leather for now, but they are either going to get a major re-work or get replaced with plastic sheaths ASAP. I probably should buy Concealex sheaths, I guess.<br><br>Anyway, the boys will give the knives a pretty good tryout in mid-January on a survival training exercise. Gives me a couple of weeks after Christmas to do something about the sheaths. Very interesting knives. OK - I think they're ugly, LoL. The mini strikes some sort of chord in me, though - as a backup blade. I think I'll order anothe mini for me to fiddle around with, as I have some ideas to "improve" it a little.<br><br>Tom