Yep, that thick curved spine with rounded edges is ideal for batoning -- the picture that was posted over on Bladeforums had folks speculating that the spine might be sharpened as a band breaker, but it's not. Also, I didn't really consider it as a fighter, but the glass breaker/skull penetrating pommel might argue otherwise -- honestly, I could have lived without the spike, but it might really appeal to some. My preference would have been a flat pommel, angled to use for pounding tent-pegs. Perhaps they tried to create a design to appeal to multiple markets, but I looked at it as a survival knife -- it should work well in that role.