This is the knife I carried because I liked not only the knife & the way it opened so smoothly, but the guy I bought it from, & the storied past it had as a catalog model. I pushed it hard when I used it for yard work one summer -- but that wasn't the worst of it. While doing that yard work, I dropped this knife, blade fully open, about 8 feet onto the concrete alley surface below. And it landed hard on its tip. Spent some time repairing the tip, but it has side-to-side blade rock now, even with tightening the pivot. I messed this poor knife up & I'm so upset with myself over it, still, many years later. But it's still a favorite in my collection.