Got a Griptillian that I used as an EDC for many years until I started carrying the Kershaw Leek. Nothing wrong with the Benchmade, just ready for a change and the Kershaw is a little slimmer in the pocket. It is a fine knife though, picked mine up for a stupid low price about 10 or 12 years ago at an after Christmas sale at a local sporting goods place. As others have said the axis lock is probably the best locking mechanism ever designed for a folder. Get good with it and you can sling it open and closed one handed, left or right.