Honestly. I feel it has held up better. My Damascus Izzy has been heavily in my rotation since December 2012. I’ve only had to tend to it maybe twice in that regard.
I stripped the blade on my Izzy, and put my famous convex mirror edge on it. This is what you do when you're retired
Come on people, am I the only one going to post? Must get boring seeing my Izzy. Making kindling again for our Friday night fire. The Izzy made some crazy fine curls. I'm really digging this little knife. I've been using it for everything since I got it, and it hasn't left my belt. It rides crossdraw at 11:00
I've got to make more of an effort to use my izzy's. I picked up a jg3 that sort of dethroned them, so now they're just kind of socked away in various packs and vests.