Hello again, Speaking of "carry knives", I guess some of you folks may be wondering why I don't have metal (brass, nickel silver, etc) guards on my knives. Bowhunting here in the west require us to hike a lot of up-and-down country sometimes at high altitudes all day long, and one thing I came to appreciate is well built light weight hunting equipment. I try to build knives that will get the job done with minimum weight. When you're several miles from camp, and you're going after elk across another ridge at 9,000 ft. elevation, total weight of what you're carrying matters a lot.