I also have an Abetta knife on order and am eagerly waiting for it to come in. I will be comparing it to the Tandy Damascus round knife which I picked up on sale last week. So far I like the Tandy knife, but I would like to practice my sharpening skills on a cheaper knife. I'll be sharpening it on a 1000/6000 water stone that I recently bought on Amazon, and I'm really looking forward to cutting leather like it was butter, my cutting technique still needs refinement.