Yeah of course we all have different requirements !

My reasoning was that if I'm ever stuck out in the cold and wet my priority is to get a shelter and fire done as quickly as possible before I start losing dexterity in my fingers. I'm pretty confident that this will chop through shelter sized branches quicker or at least as quick as my Chopweiler.My need then turns to a fire, where I live the wood on the ground is nearly always rotten and brittle so becomes useless as a batton ( I have tried this many times when I had my Dumpster mutt ), with my Knatchet I can just chop into any fatwood I find to get some decent sized pieces off. I can then choke up on the blade and make some fuzz sticks from small branches, it's 3/16" stock and fine convexed edge should make easy work of these. My Dumpster Mutt sucked at fuzz sticks, my Chopweiler does these very well however.So I guess between my Chopweiler and Knatchet most needs could be met, I just feel that the Knatchet will be slightly more versatile !