I collect knives and use them every day at work and at home. I've been using this one for about a month, it was pretty sharp out of the box but I always like to put my own edge on it and it still cuts paper after cutting through cardboard, plastic bands, wiring, ect. I work in the Autobody industry as a heavy wreck technician and this is now my everyday knife. It's held it's edge for a long time for a knife that was only 25$. It's well balanced and looks great. I would definitely recommend this knife for anyone's collection.