Dopemine Cleric said:[
The "Bowie, Survival" Knives of this design are not the greatest weapons and are better for utility uses compared to straight blades, for knives are not long or heavy enough to slash and kill ergonomically. The reason the military issues these is not for primarily defensive purposes, and some have the bayonet function and self-defense/sentry elimination function, but are poor comparisons to the old traditional straight bayonets and knives.
I used my ka-bar to gut game, chop wood, cut barbwire, hammer in tent stakes, open tin cans and stir a fire.
I'd call that an all purpose knife and unlike you I have years of actual hands-on survival training and camping/backpacking/hunting experience.