Dan: Nobody said anything about abuse...but...on that note I don't think I'm capable of trashing that jacket. Riding on the freeway with dust, rocks, bugs, exhaust, and wind buffeting is way more abusive than anything I could to do it in the bush or in every day life. It's designed to stand up to a crash and I can't think of a single scenario in every day life (short of getting hit by a car crossing the street) where this jacket would be worse for wear.

As far as the cutlery goes, I'd be the the last person to take a kitchen knife into the bush...and that's not really what I was getting at. There were times when I was young and my folks had an RV where a knife was needed and the only one around was in the kitchen drawer. It only took a couple of times before my dad added a Mora to that drawer but still...many people might not even think of those knives where it could save their life. In my case, abuse isn't a factor...my Zwilling JA Henckels get way more abuse from the DW than I could ever do to my pocket/camping/bush knives.