IMHO, this is the fundamental pattern for all knife and gun discussions.
Intelligent, educated, experienced well-intentioned people disagree as to ideal configurations, and choices are influenced by marketing, media and historical forces. Knife utility is often a function of user skill and proper application, as has been suggested by the OP.

On this forum, tool preferences approach the status of religion; religious debates can become heated, with partcipants burned at the stake.
It might be wise to agree to disagree, and to preface all comments with traditional formulations of humility IMHO/YMMV.
Kumbaya, My Brothers and Sisters, YMMV.