Craig,

Before you ask Santa for that Cold Steel line, you might want to take a look at Busse Knives or Swamp Rat Knive Works. They are top end and should outlast and outperform anything you can find at CS. I have two SRKs that I got while in Baghdad, but my primary carry is a Swamp Rat Battle Rat.
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