>>638073good enough for the USMC means it was made by the cheapest contractor. And Murphy was an optimist.
Seriously - the ka-bar is a giant meme. It's a 6'' clip point - sure, it will do basic tasks like cutting and whatnot, but really, I'd sooner trust knife designs that were time-tested by people who used them as working tools.
Nessmuk, Kephart, French Trade Knife, traditional puukko/leuku knives, Nepalese khukuri.
Every now and then, someone comes up with a "new design" (see attached picture), and some of those attempts are more successful, than others.
I mean - I have a TBT, and I like it for what it is - it cuts, it slices, I've used it as both a hammer, and a shovel, a pot-holder, i've chopped and batoned with it. It does what it's supposed to do, but it's nowhere near the holy grail of "only knife you'll ever need".
Honestly, right now, the "perfect" knife for me, is my Ltwk next gen - essentially a scaled-down genesis that fills the same role as the Izula 2, only much nicer. It's compact enough to be a good edc knife at less-than-full size of 4 inches (it has a 3'' blade), and capable enough to be a full-fledged bushcraft knife, especially if you have the luxury of bringing a hatchet or a large chopper.
