ginsu is the only brand i trust to cut through my freshly frozen puppy, everytime! to contribute, back when i was looking at fixed knives, i came across this thread on another site: http://www.jerzeedevil.com/forums/showthread.php/103605-Post-your-favorite-fixed-blade-customs/page3 not sure if that helps, but i remember drooling over some of those. never did get a nice fixed one. a few years back, i did buy an ontario knife made ka-bar look-a-like (though, i believe ontario does make some knives for the military).