Ordered a Dawson Nomad in the new Pops Procut Steel, with the micarta handle scales, just a couple weeks before my elk hunt. I was hoping the new steel would hold up to the hype, and let me tell you what, it did!! I harvested an elk on day 2 of the hunt, and between my daughter and I, we had 2 other top end knife manufacturers on hand, 3 knives, in 3 different steels including, magnacut and a ball bearing steel, and this Dawson Nomad left them in the dust!! Caped, quartered, and cut up more than 1/2 of the elk with the Nomad before it started showing signs of getting dull, switched to the other knives and wound up going back to the Dawson Nomad to finish because the others weren't cutting it. And yes I sharpened and polished all of the knives to a hair splitting sharpness before going on the hunt. But the Dawson Nomad was by far the sharpest edge I've ever put on a knife. It was also the easiest to re-sharpen in my opinion. This is by far my new favorite knife, hands down!!! Thank you Dawson for making an excellent product!!!