I've got a Gransfors and a Wetterlings. Steel quality seems about equal between the two. The Gransfors handle is better, being actually boiled in a vat of BLO, it doesn't swell/shrink with weather/humidity changes so the head remains tight year round. The Wetterlings handle is just surface varnished and does swell/shrink. The Wetterlings sheath is much better than the Gransfors though, being made of much stiffer leather and having a built in belt carrier with slots .