That's interesting. As someone who owns and uses both, I have to make the observation that a plain edge is better for "bushcraft" but a combo edge is better for a survival situation. I make that distinction because my own personal experience suggests that on a per calorie basis a combo edge seems slightly better for cutting wet wood away from dry core wood or for making feather sticks etc. If however I need finesse, for making a figure four dead fall trap perhaps, then a straight edge is better.


For preference:
Pocket knife combo.
Fixed blade straight edged.


Before anyone bites my head off I am making a distinction here between an ordinary member of the public and highly skilled "bushcrafters" like the more prominent forum members.