Read "98.6 The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive" by Cody Lundin. You will see that a $10.00 Mora knife is the all around survival knife. The rest are for ego gratification. I have a Cold Steel SRK, Master Hunter, and True Flight Thrower. They are all great knifes. But ... the Mora cuts wood much easier than any of them. Once you try a Mora you will love the knife but hate that it works so much better than any other knife on wood.