I also respectfully disagree. Last summer I used the blade of my knife for the following items: cutting cord, whittling a point on a long stick so I could leave my tarptent pitched yet use both my trekking poles for day hiking, whittling frizz sticks for a fire (trying to show off to my granddaughter...) and cleaning fish. All these are very difficult to do with a dull blade! My years of kitchen experiences (cooking for family of 6) also taught me that I'm far less apt to cut myself with a sharp blade. a clean cut does heal faster than a jagged one and is less apt to get infected (per my physician son-in-law).