"that Schrade is a rip-off of Chris Reeves' work and won't hold a candle to it."
For what it's worth (and that may not be much as I am quite knife ignorant) the Schrade knockoff did quite well in a destruction test, vs. the chris reeve original. Maybe the original is superior in other ways like edge holding ability or balance, I don't know. Nor am I sure how realistic the tests are - I'll never hammer my knife though a concrete block. Still.
http://www.knifetests.com/schradeextremesurvivaldtest.html
http://www.knifetests.com/chrisreevetestresponse.html
For what it's worth (and that may not be much as I am quite knife ignorant) the Schrade knockoff did quite well in a destruction test, vs. the chris reeve original. Maybe the original is superior in other ways like edge holding ability or balance, I don't know. Nor am I sure how realistic the tests are - I'll never hammer my knife though a concrete block. Still.
http://www.knifetests.com/schradeextremesurvivaldtest.html
http://www.knifetests.com/chrisreevetestresponse.html