Excellent Information BirchOrrr! Didn't see it until after I had already written the below.
I have handled one, the handle didn't bother me, and from what I can find out the blade seems to be AUS8A or a close relative, which while not a wonder steel it is pretty good steel, I have a couple Cold Steel knives with the AUS8A steel and have had no problems. The sheath is pretty cheesy looking, but I also have plastic sheaths on some of my Cold Steel Fixed Blades and FWIW they are probably the best sheaths I have ever had on a knife. Mostly the knife would be kept in a fanny pack but might get carried on a belt don't know yet. Of the top of my head I know I have Buck, Gerber, Cold Steel, Uncle Henry, Case, Schrade, Old Timer, Beretta, Benchmade and several other cheaper knives that have pretty much all served me quite well, some I like better than others, a few I have never carried intending to give them to my son or grandson someday, others have been carried and worn a lot. Sometimes you just never know how much you will like a knife until you work with it. If I get one I will post up my initial thoughts about it anyone else gets one please do the same.