Well, it's one hell of a fightin knife. By trainin, I'm assumin you've trained to make slashing cuts; that's the Arabic style of fightin, and that's what the blade excels at. It's a beautiful knife for what it's intented to do. Went over to the site to see how they made them, and Mineral Mountain has always had an excellent reputation for their blades. They've done about everything to that 5160 that can probably done to it to "optimize" it(forged/edge quenching/ diffential heat treat etc.) and I like the way they etched it. It's a tough steel to begin with(car/truck springs). From what I've read, it doesn't hold an edge as well as,say 52100 or a couple of the other forger's steels, but it's hell for tough, and,at 58, will hold one long enough for what it's designed for(which ain't field dressing an 85 lb doe or slicing tomatoes). Put it to you this way, I've been to your website and seen what you make in the way of using knives(beautiful handles by the way), so I know durned well you bought this for other, spcialized reasons. If you were some amatuer knife user who'd bought that, an wanted my opinion on it as an everday carry/hunting blade, well, I wouldn't have much good to say about it. For it's intended purpose, the "Persian" blades make beautiful,deadly partners. I refuse to make fighting knives, doesn't mean I don't admire their design.
