I'm gonna save you some hurt here. BUY A LESCHE! I once tried a nice little knife (dont remember the name) that was japanese and cut through the ground like butter. The only problem is, you see, I hunt in ANY and ALL conditions! Dry ground, sludge mud, rain, drought, thunderstorms. light rain, snow, 120 degrees! The only thing that stops me is frozen ground. While using the Jap knife my hand slipped from the handle and I cut the PI$$ out of my hand on the blade. Buy a digging tool with a blade guard. It is there for a reason! Plus, you will not bend a lesche (probably not anyway).