I've been using th MAK-1 as a gardening knife. It's excellent for weeding, harvesting and digging. However, there is one annoyance I have with it: It's a right handed blade, period. I'm ambidextrious, so I can deal with it, but I would prefer it, if there was a way to switch it to left handed. The chisel ground blade, can only be used one way, however.