Many times I think that I would easily pay the extra money for the stainless option but that stainless option sometimes takes away a different option I would like/need on that specific knife. By the time you spec out a given knife for USER options you typically have to decide what to give up. I don't like to give up things that might help me down the road in the field. Examples would be Lanyard, thumb notches, SFG (due to my small hands), full tang, waxed sheath. So something has to go if you want stainless.

Tom Vaught
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Tom Vaught
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