Sharp knives? Interesting... I'm a sometimes-professional wood carver, and my experience is that it's not just a blade's sharpness that makes it safe or unsafe. About 90% of safety comes from blade awareness; use a particular style of knives long enough and you will gain a sense of when body parts are inline with the cutting action, as well as how the material you're cutting will behave with the knife. Sharp knives make for less slippage and need less force. That makes sharp knives safer, but it's not a replacement for good blade handling.

That said, I usually use a tiny swiss army knife when I'm camping, and I agree that a scissors is what gets used the most. I might carry something more substantial if I take up hunting. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />