hikermor ... Ha! Good one mate. Yes, I expect that you're right. Maybe it's intended to be tied on as a spear tip. I'd feel a teensy bit better about that knife from Fox if they had widened the blade where they have the drilled holes. Still like I said ... it's a 5mm blade. That's about as thick as they come.

By the way - the Fox knife uses the same steel that's used in the Extrema Ratio (ER) combat knives from Italy. The ER knives are widely considered to be amongst the world's best. So by choosing a Fox knife, you're effectively getting a top quality blade at a very low price (ER knives are pretty expensive).

All that being said, the Bushman survival knives from Cold Steel are very affordable, and also work well as spear tips.

cheers,
Pete #2