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I think it boils down to combat-style knives looking cool, the influence of the movie "Rambo," and the explosion of tacti-cool culture. Guards? long blades? heavy blades? All hallmarks of weapons... i.e., "knives" used to fight or kill people: Bowie Knife, Arkansas Toothpick, Short swords, Tantos, etc.
Somewhere along the line--probably when the movie "Rambo" came out--people started confusing those combat knives for actual, useful field tools (or "survival"/woods knives). Real outdoorsmen always laughed at those Rambo-inspired monster knives. But mall ninjas never got the message. So that's why people want 15-inch "camp knives," with a back guard and names like "peacemaker."
Somewhere along the line--probably when the movie "Rambo" came out--people started confusing those combat knives for actual, useful field tools (or "survival"/woods knives). Real outdoorsmen always laughed at those Rambo-inspired monster knives. But mall ninjas never got the message. So that's why people want 15-inch "camp knives," with a back guard and names like "peacemaker."