Fester, visit www.bushcraftuk.com and their link to british blades. The consensus is, as you said tools carried for a specific and legitimite purpose are themselves legit. The bottom line is a tool carried in association with emergency kit and stowed or carried discretely isn't going to bring Detective Foyle knocking at your door.
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