Welcome Grog! Sounds like you MIGHT have been to the bowl a few times!
Yeah Tom is old and set in his ways but he does do good on his knife recommendations. I've got a 1311 myself and it is wonderful! But I don't use it that much. For our kind of roaming around I keep the 911 in the truck. Works great!
But If I was gonna go after grasses or vines/brambles and such, the 1311 with the extra reach and lightness = faster swing would be the way to go.