Thanks for the welcome Kraz.
I definitely would recognize the brand just by the look, so I understand the trademark idea, but I would really feel more comfortable with a longer portion of the good old cutting edge. That's probably the main reason I have never bought a knife (and I have a good bunch) with a partially serrated blade (and probably never will), it doesn't make much sense to me, unless you want a bread knife. It makes sense though to be able to grab the knife from the part of the blade in the choil for certain crafts.

Thanks again for the welcome and the answer.

I really need to get me one of these!!

BTW, I was just reading about a selection that the Training Unit of the Recon Marines did out of a bunch of different knives, and the winner of the test was the Gamekeeper, from Bark River, that they finally modified into the Bravo-1. The rest of the participants were not disclosed, but I guess that Benchmade, Ka-Bar, Ontario, and others must've been there. Were Junk Yard Knives there?

Take care