I have watched many of James Williams videos. He is a very cerebral guy and allot of his stuff is purpose driven. After watching his videos I got a Hissatsu folder. He does design and promote for CRKT but I have always seen value in there products anyway. For a long time he has been saying, carry a good flash light, a good knife and a good pen, all products from CRKT. His sword demos are amazing. He does show basic stuff for people who want to choose to defend themselves and I think that he has referred to the good flash light as the best all around, take anywhere tool.