I would agree that the tool is too heavy for wilderness or mountain SAR. For me, the most common need for cutting tools in that enterprise has been to clean up or clear out a helispot; that is why I often carried an Estwing hatchet (which also made a pretty good hammer,as well). The TF doesn't look like it would be very effective at that task. At a probable weight somewhere between a pound and a half, and two pounds, it just isn't worth carrying.