I have sense used it, and I personally like the angle of the knife, but thin I like to do a lot of intricate cuts and haven't ben doing this long enough to get more used to the straighter blades. I really like the Leather Wranglers SK, but thought they were a bit too pricy. However now I see they came out with a brass version that is very reasonably priced for the quality at around $90.00 it will most likely be my next swivel knife purchase.