Hard to go wrong, I have a few. I have more knives than I care to mention, and my moras get used the most. Friend was impressed a month or so ago when I used it to process a deer, beginning to end as sharp as it started. I have beed trying to get it dull by using the snot out of it, but it still is sharper than most knives. Make sure you choose your steel wisely, the carbon patinas very quickly compared to the stainless (obviously) but throughs a wicked spark shower lol