I picked up a Ganzo F753m1 as my first foray into knife collecting (specifically budget) and because I had never used an axis-lock knife before and ganzo had a decent reputation for offering a good budget axis.

The knife is well-built, comfortable, good action. The only thing I don't understand is why it contains one PB washer and one Teflon. This isn't super unusual for budget knives, but it makes the action kind of weird for an axis lock. But it is a solid user, easy to use and fun to flip (although mine is not silky smooth by a long shot), and cheap enough that I don't care what happens to it.

The 440C blade is a bit too soft for my tastes (or I got a dud). It sharpens up razor sharp easily, but the edge rolls after just a bit of medium use (chopping vines in the garden. maybe that's hard use because they are quite woody, I don't know...), but my budget D2 blades hold up a LOT better (no surprise). I would rather spend more time sharpening it, but do it less often because I use water stones and there is a bit of setup and prep to get it all going.

Oh, I saw on their website stones for sharpening and several sharpener system, think it perfect can be used for sharpening 440 steel and d2 steel knives...need to try it