I don't know if the DM excells at anything at all except being the toughest little knife I have ever seen. A DF chops better. A HRLM would probably skin and slice better. Wasn't the knife designed for the military? You could pry open a door with it, stab a terrorist, open an ammo can, clean the blade and use it for a steak knife. It would not be a good cheese knife, like the SS, though. In my mind, that makes it a multi-purpose combat/utility knife.