Follow-up comments by Brian Powers about his Ontos

"I have so enjoyed having my ONTOS at my side this last year or so. I am still yet to see something even close to its equal. The design, accompanied with the on-board survival kit, has such a unique look, I get questioned about it all the time. People always end up asking to hold the knife, and see what comes in the survival case. It's really fun to see their reaction and you can just see that they love the concept. I do get the occasional comment that the system is quite large. But, whenever that crops up I just tell them my philosophy of never leaving camp without having an entire self contained survival system with me, and you can see in their eyes that this is definitely a great way to accomplish this."

J Brian Powers | Columnist/Writer | Salt Lake City/Backpacking