i wisht the industry would implement an "idiot scale" for comparing knife blades.
The knife I have been using since losing my Gerber has been this Browning Ice storm. It has a VG-10 blade. It was pretty inexpensive at less than $40.
I just don't know anything about this VG-10 stuff and its ability to retain an edge or how readily it shaprenable it is.
I chose this one mainly because of the size of the blade - it vents a deer very well.
Thank for your help
http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/knives/detail.asp?value=013G&cat_id=322&type_id=398