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.
I agree with your arguement about the guard here even though at first I was saying it looks like a pure fighter but what I think is nonsense is the "Why would it be a fighter, I'm not running around stabbing people to death, I don't need a reinforced guard, I don't get knife fights!!" arguement that keeps popping up.
How many of you carry handguns versus People who have been in civilian gun fights?
If you've never shot someone does that mean you shouldn't own a gun?
