I own many MANY knives, including but not limited to Sog, Benchmade, Spyderco, Kershaw, 5.11, Gerber, and Buck, and this one has THE VERY BEST HANDLE & GRIP out of all of them. If you plan on using this knife with potentially greasy, oily, or bloody hands, u want a knife with good grip; THIS IS IT!!!Also I was not expecting much from the included zipper/safety cutter, but it DELIVERS impressively! It cut through that annoying blisterpack that we all know and hate with BLAZING speed, and has an awesome finger hole for your index finger to really grab a handful!