Excellent knife! I live on a farm. And I generally have two groups of knives. The work knives. And the knives that go into town. The ones for town that won't scare grandma. This knife falls into both categories. I was a little skeptical about the AR-RPM 9 claims. But so far the blade has totally lived up to CJRB's claims. I've used it quite a bit, as I do all of my new knives, and haven't needed to sharpen it yet. A strop is all it has needed. And yet, it looks good enough to not scare the uninitiated. Highly recommend it.