As far as a solid,rugged and impressive piece of steel,I believe this to be one of the coolest looking serious,self defense tools ever.For a life saving,or extremely serious situation,you pull this out,and it will stike the fear of God into anyone that sees it.Its really to me,a life or death tool,not something to flash around.But you will show all your friends due to the coolness factor.A unique and devastating self defense tool.