I'm thinking of getting the Bamsen for bushcraft purposes.<br>http://www.buynor.com/images/bamsen.jpg<br>

Looks pretty nice, but I guess it has too much metal on the handle if you are going to spend some time north of the artic circle. May be hard to handle the metal in cold weather. <br><br>During my military training we had some old bayonets with half metal half wooden handles which clung on our hands because of the freezing cold:)

I don'l like the metal handle either. Too slick when wet. Also the mirror finish, though cool for a collector knife, will look like crap after just a liitle use. Every scratch/ding will make you feel like your mistreating it, and probably prevent you from really using the knife which is what a knife is really for. Also, depending on the money, you could probably find a better design.