This is a great knife for the money. The styling and handle ergonomics are excellent. It has a flat pommel that covers the butt of the knife with a nice design in it. The beautiful handle is very grippy with notches on the spine and finger side. It fits size large hands easily and feels great. The balance point is at the middle finger. If you're experienced with bladed weapons, that might not sit well with you. However, despite that, the balance still feels good.The blade is a bit longer than most knives in this category, which I like a lot. The jimping on the spine of the blade is prominent without being uncomfortable.One design flaw: The choil is too small. That may not bother you if your index finger is exceptionally thin. I put my index finger on the choil at my first knuckle. The width of my finger at the point is 7/8th inch. My little finger is 11/16th inch wide and it would just barely work. Any larger and it will cut you. It looks like they designed the choil to specifically work with the ferro-rod. And, in fact, for that purpose, it works great.Note that I prefer a slightly longer than usual bushcraft knife blade length and a folding companion knife. YMMVI really like the sheath. It's made out of hard, durable plastic with a built-in ferro-rod/whistle (comes with) holder. My preference is clip-on and this one is not a clip-on. Minor thing for me, though.I should have given it 4 stars for that flaw but I can't because I love the way it looks so much.