It looks like a Bowie to me. But even if I concede that it is a pure fighter design, I still think it's dumb to claim anyone using it for anything other than fighting isn't using "the right tool for the job" or any other such nonsense


That is my point though - the Muk is a skinner design, yet people USE the dang thing for all kinds of jobs, and no one says "hey thats not the right tool for the job!!!"



The guard design on the regulator is poor. I'm sorry if that's not politically correct or sounds unkind of me, but that is my opinion. That amount of res-c, protruding in that fashion, is simply not up to the hard use we expect out of Scrap Yard knives. I am disappointed to see folks making so many excuses to justify such a terrible design choice, and even more disappointed to see people trying to tell others how they should be using their knives, to keep them from hitting the limitations of that poor design choice.


I have praised the regulator thoroughly since the test team period was up, because I was absolutely certain that Dan would rectify such a glaringly huge shortcoming in the knife. When he didn't, I was more than disappointed - I felt bad for anyone who reads my glowing reviews and ends up buying a knife that is, IMHO, not up to the standards of quality design I've come to expect from the yard.


Again, sorry if that hurts anyone's feelings, but I am a fan of quality products and hard use knives, and with the omission of any protection for the huge protruding chunks of res-c in the guard, I don't think the regulator fits EITHER of those descriptions.