Not arguing. This is 100% me thinking this through for my own situation. For many years, I've adhered to the "keep a knife on me" policy, but I'll be the first to point out that my pack is always with me (or close enough to me). I generally keep my pocket knife in my fanny pack (carried at the 12 o'clock position, just under my hip belt buckle) but in the past few years I've noticed that I really don't encounter cutting chores while actively hiking that can't be done with the Squirt, which is also in the fanny pack. That is, my pocket knife just clutters up my fanny pack unused until it's lunch or dinner time, in which case my pack is off and the food bag is out. I'm definitely leaning towards just moving my pocket knife to the food bag or, just replacing it with a fixed blade since there is no carry problems at that point.
So...
Question: While you are on the move, do you ever encounter the need for "quick and easy" cuts that could be done easily with something like your small Spyderco but that could NOT be done with a mini-multitool like the Squirt?
Again, this is just me thinking this through. I may end up changing how I carry stuff.