When they speak of toughness and hard field use, I'd like to know what would possibly define that if batoning through wood is considered excessive.
As to your other points, you're correct. I do dig with a shovel, split logs with an axe, cut with a knife and eat with a fork when those are the options I have. I'll also dig with a backhoe, buy pre-cut firewood at the lumber yard, cut with a laser, and eat grapes from the hand of a half-naked harem girl while she fans me with a long leaf when those are the options I have. But I will dig with a knife, split logs with a knife, cut with a knife and eat with a knife if that is the option I have. This last is where the "survival" part of survival knife comes in, which is what this line claims to be and is built for. The uses you choose to put it to are of course entirely your own choice, but again if pure cutting is your interest and never a log, limb or root will your knife see, there are a hell of a lot more effective tools for you than a Becker. The stock thickness and geometry of the aforementioned butcher knife will cut circles around the C/U7, be lighter to carry and easier to sharpen. There are other things, though, that the Becker should do better, and WILL in my experience. Here, it failed to do so, and I do believe such an occurrance is what the warranty was designed to address. I doubt the folks there often hear, "I was holding my C/U7 while watching my favorite action movie and shaving the hair on my arm, and it just shattered."
