There are two different sides to the "I don't stab people" argument...

One says "I don't knife fight, so I don't need a reinforced guard". That argument is nonsense - the lack of reinforcement on the guard negatively affects a lot more than just knife fighting.

The other side of saying "I don't stab people" is asking what other tasks are "suited" for this knife in the minds of people who use the "it's a fighter" argument to try to argue that it's OK for the knife to suck at batoning.