The question that first comes to mind is ...how did they do it? For the quality of the knife at the price point,How?....Yes it's made in china,is the quality there? sure is.Is it made of decent materials(Kinda).Yeah,remember it is cheap.actually I picked mine up off of amazon from online marketing group for a whopping 18$,23 $shipped to my door.So does it perform like a Kershaw,yep.Does it cut things like it should,oh yeah...at least 250 3 ply core boxes so far and no signs of letting up.No sharpening yet,and 3 ply core box is tough on any knife.

Am I disappointed in some other companies that tout the "MIA" point,and I won't mention names,NO,it's not their fault that one company comes up with a true "hard use" knife at a price that anyone can afford.What I am disappointed in is that other companies MIA don't follow suit.How can it be?.....Anyway ,damn good knife to thrash on.