Personally, I prefer a larger blade (5-6 inch). A lot of camping that I do is fairly minimalistic, ie. not in a public, commercial campsite. I therefore need a multi-purpose knife that can do 'dirty work'. more than cutting, but less than chopping. <img src="images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Also, I havn't seen any fixed blades locally that fit my criteria.