I've never had a combo blade, so I am not speaking from experience. I normally dislike any "combo." Combo usually equals compromise; you get a couple of things all rolled into one, and neither work as well as you hope. In this case, you get a short (unless you are talking a long blade here) straight blade, whick will not slice as well as a full length straight, and you get a short serrated section, which will not necessarily cut thru something like a seat belt as well as a full length serration. I have cut quite a few seatbelst in my time, with my
Spyderco Rescue (which I lost a couple of weeks ago, sniff sniff), and using that experience, I think that it would not be as easy with a short section of serration...