Matt - just for the record, I'm one geezer who does not like the spear-point blade shape on most SAKs. Very slice-the-cheese-and-summer-sausage shape, but not an ideal shape for many potential outdoors tasks. It does some things well and is a really poor choice of shapes for other things. <shrug> My solution has always been to carry at least one more knife.

I still would like a crack at designing my own "ideal" Victorinox - and blade shape is one of the key areas that I would go into <sigh>. Oh well - an excuse to carry another knife.

Tom