...I guess my question to you is this. You (and others, including myself) clearly feel that the RMD is the finest 5" utility knife ever made. Are you willing to say the same thing about the HG55 as a fighter? In other words, in your opinion, is the HG55 the finest 5.5" fighter ever made?
It is certainly
among the finest. I think of my Al Mar SERE and SOG Bowie as fighters. Even the popular Buck 119 looks like a fighter to me. Those knives are S30V, SK-5, and 420HC. I like the INFI HG55 LE better than those. It is as pure a fighter as the SOG and as utilitarian as the Buck is. Make no mistake, I did not buy this knife to do bushcraft. I bought it because it pleases me just to hold such a well made weapon. I plan to carry this knife in the open in a leather sheath. That is legal in Georgia unless otherwise prohibited by law. It will not have that military or "tactical" look in the sheath, but this is surely a better self defense knife than any folder. Gentlemen used to carry swords, then daggers, then bowies. As firearms improved, the blades got smaller. I am not a skilled knife fighter, but am reasonably sure that in a close quarters encounter with an aggressor, I could use this knife well enough to stop an attack.
