text: i was skeptical for the price but i needed something for my job and i liked how this one looked. figured for this cost it will be plastic and was i sorely mistaken. this is solid metal through and through. The only plastic is the sharpener which took my old knife and sharpened it to a sharp edge so that was nice. Its pretty heavy but thats great as the features are meant to break glass and cut seat belts in emergency. this will do the job. All in all i am very pleased with this knife and plan to buy more if this one dies on me. Till than have a great day.