I've owned many folding knives from the usual suspects and more exotic ones (Benchmade, Chris Reeve, Emerson, MercWorx, Spyderco, Strider, Terrain 365, Toor, Williams Blade Designs — just to name a few) that most readers here would likely tell me to seek professional help… Two major brands however eluded me as they mainly manufacture automatic knives which is a no-no where I live. Pro-Tech is one of these brands and their relatively new Malibu is running circles around most if not all manual folders I owned in the past two decades from a design, functionality and value for money. US$240 for a US-made, well designed, manufactured and thought-through folder with a CPM MagnaCut blade is a no brainer. With that said: you do you.