"define a hard use knife"....
- a knife which keeps it's edge; like it cut's forever.
- a knife with lateral strength and flexible enough so as not to snap in two; and takes punishment like it can never break.
thus it probably boils down to the technical aspects rooted to steel type and of its built/construction.
in the old days a "camp knife" would be considered a hard use knife, being as much a tool it was as in a hatchet or axe.
those were long blades 8" and over.
it was expected to see some hard use, but one always took care of it as it does you.
it's in vogue to consider some tactical fixed blades "hard use".
but in what way?
and considerable physical punishment, short of abuse?
as in to break stone? hack down a tree? pry open a car hood?
and in so doing, the kind of eventual use a knife owner has in store for his "hard use knife" may or may not live up to his perceived expectations.
on the otherhand, many wouldn't think twice or have no trouble and care about hard using a knife if it wasn't their property, or if it's already old and worn, or that it's an economically priced model which is easily replaced, or it's considered as a genuine worktool; and just sometimes that rare occassion to sacrifice a knife suddenly becomes a worthwhile consideration, to save a human life...
a true hard use knife is going to be associated with it's stellar performance when called upon to carry out task which far outweigh their general use and specifications.
we could always be call upon to hard use a knife, simply because it was the only one there.
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) that my knives would hold up to the task when and if that time ever came. 
). This is one folder which has seen it all from a camping and fishing perspective. I've reprofiled the edge once or twice to get the dings out of the edge and even removed the finish that was on it. 
