I've never had them, but I know several people that have, and I've never heard anything even remotely good about them. I've heard stories about inconsistency in flavor - some say the Gurkha Blue Steel is the best, some say the Ruination is the best, some say that the Ruination doesn't taste ANYTHING like a "real" Ruination, etc. Additionally, more than one person has shown me severe tunneling on these - like they are completely hollow on the inside.