Mistwalker
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Okay fine I get your point, and I'll concede they aren't claiming to be going for a tactical knife here in this particular case. Perhaps they just chose to give it a name that alludes to that capability because it suits their brand better and not because it applies to the design. Although having worked there and having as much experience as I do with how Mr. Johnson thinks in these matters, I'm quite sure he thinks it would fill that role at need... sort of like a tactical chef's knife I suppose.
At least they were honest enough to say "capable of" in this case and not "good at" most of the stuff they listed it being useful for. I have to give them some credit there, though the same could be said of a chef's knife... or a very sharp lawnmower blade to be honest... so it reads like a generic description of pretty much any knife to me.
But just judging it on those criteria alone then, in food prep the end of the handle will hit the cutting board before the back of the dropped edge does. In cutting cordage it will require focus on the task at hand to make sure the cordage hits the edge between the sharpening choil and the belly to be effective, so at night the integral guard and dropped edge/sharpening choil could get pretty frustrating catching on the cordage, especially under any stress. And the narrow forward end of the handle combined with the distance from the bottom of the handle to the bottom of the edge causing a need for a tighter grip to maintain the cutting angle will get fatiguing to the thumb, forefinger, and index finger in cutting many feather sticks in a row. But I'm sure it will cut hose okay.
With that swelled pommel, which would actually be great for a wedged and secure rearward grip, it could excel at light chopping or snap cuts through briars and brambles and small limbs in the field. Pity the person describing it in the marketing text seems to have not had enough field experience with knives to think of that. It could have made good selling point.
I don't know... maybe I'm the only one here who sees it as such a half-baked effort, and a failure at both it's stated and assumed roles, because I can so easily do so... because I've witnessed that minimized effort in person with my own eyes so many times. At any rate I've now expressed every thought that has crossed my mind as I've looked at this knife, so I guess I'm done now. You have a good night as well!
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