Funny you should mention it <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. I was down in Florida visiting my parents and I got to talking with my mother. My Father is truely helpless, so my mom ends up being the deckhand on their small flats boat....anyways she wanted a knife that could cut rope. I went to Western Marine, and yes I bought her one retail (along with a Ritter PSK, and AMK Rubber sheet thing, and a flashlight and 3 whistles and...well you get the idea). Ouch, $329.24 ($75 for the knife). Anyways, she loves it. Is she a professional knife critic, no. But she is 50 something and stubborn which means she doesn't like asking for help. I've seen mixed reviews. But at the end of the day...the SEALs like it, and my mom likes it, that is as good as it gets in my book.

Marc