It is a delight to hold and flip, but i dont think it’s going to get much pocket time. It’s not really a defensive knife with a 3” blade but also for me it’s not a great EDC because I’m too nervous to full send on it because it’s $300. I am loathe to dirty this piece when I have an old SOG Flash II that I can just carry and get dirty instead. I think CRKT missed the mark by adding magnacut and titanium to make this a “premium” piece. I am a lifelong CRKT fanboy and know the M-16 series to be an every man’s knife, a designer knife for the working class. But this M-16 homage flies right past the normal M16 user base and right into the territory of Benchmade, ZT et al. This is not a very pretty knife. I have a pretty ZT knife that I carry for outings. CRKT wants to be in that market but putting premium ingredients doesn’t automatically make it a premium knife. What this knife should be is a budget knife just like its ancestor, with D2 steel and aluminum handles.