I been going over this the last few days with my own B.O.B and I have had a Battle Rat and a Gen 1 Howling Rat in it and been contaplating replacing the BR with a Camp Tramp since it does just about what the BR does and is easier to conceal and lighter if I was on foot. living in the north a machete just isn't as handy as the bigger knife(again, to me anyway). To be fair to the dog in me my SOD and War Dog or S5LE would also be good.lol