This review is really more a response to those trashing the knife. Its hard to have overly high expectations for a inexpensive knife like this. This knife is great for what it is. It's a $30 and your getting AUS-8. VERY light duty knife primarily developed for fighting. Again, for the money its hard to complain about this little package including the sheath. Its a great knife to use for small tasks, food prep or basic knife needs. This knife is NOT meant to be used for batoning. All you guys using this for that live in a fantasy world created by youtube that says all knives should pass this test. TOTAL bs. This knife was not designed for that so when I read reviews of people actually mad that it broke I say really? You are mad that the knife broke after you beat it to death when it wasn't designed for that? To be clear, this knife is made in China, so you all can stop getting mad about that. ALL Seal Pups even the Elites are made in China now per SOG's website. If you get one made in Tawain, great. Only the full size Seals are still listed as Tawain per Sog's site. The knife is fantastic for what it is. At $30 bucks I don't see how you can't like it.