>>165129OP I would not sweat the purchase you made.
I can not speak for everyone here I can only speak for myself. I have had one now for about 3 years and carried it daily for work. It is still in my bag today I just don't wear it in the office as I get paid a bit more to polish a seat with my ass than do field work now. I have had zero issues with mine and to put it bluntly it just works.
Now it is not tacticool, blessed by wood nymphs, have a custom makers mark, magically infused with the souls of dead vikings, bubba batoning approved, a best in show at the wildlife runway fashion awards, or cause complete strangers to want to have sex with me. What it is however is a good decent priced reliable knife that works when I need it easy to maintain. As with any knife it has limitations and if not abused should give you years of faithful service.
>>165150I am not the person you are asking and have only done work up north once but how I got into surveying was I took drafting and was a CAD monkey. This kicked the door open for me in Civil Engineering at a firm that thought at the time I was more of a field site guy and had to take and confirm existing shots of flow-lines which they trained me in house and paid for my additional schooling. I moved to a Survey firm started off as a rod man moved up to running the instrument and then site survey with a camera. I now sit at a desk tell others what I need sign off and stamp reports drink coffee and cuss quite a bit. The desk command unfortunately has to due with my billing rate and our clients.
