Interesting review. Versus the Fallkniven H1 I have as "EDC", the Skookum B.T. is 2 grams heavier and 0.2 inches longer. The most significant difference is that the H1 is 5mm thick and made of laminated steels, making it less effective for deep cutting and much stiffer. But they have a lot in common too. Both are patterned on the traditional puukko. The H1 has a choil but it is extremely minimal and only added as an aid to sharpening, so you get the same usable cutting edge directly in front of your grip. Neither have a finger guard, though the H1 has the sort of "nub" you mentioned. The Skookum has a welded pommel, the H1 has a protruding tang, both intended for hammering. Though they have dimensional differences, it's obvious that they both came from the same book and are aimed at the same work.

I believe that it might be strongly argued that the puukko and its modern lookalikes are a nearly ideal outdoor knife. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />