I think of all the Battle Mistresses made, the Bushwacker Mistress is the most practical and is a true user. Wauseon has come out with some nice lighter big knives lately that I really like. The DFLE, M9LE, M9CG and this new BW are all practical bush knives made to be used and carried, IMO. I didn't need one. My DFLE does just fine as a "bushwacker", but I have been wanting Jerry to do a thinner big blade for a long time, and I just had to have this one. No, an INFI bushwacker won't necessarily work any better than the others. But it will be darned near indestructible and has to be the finest steel ever put into a machete type knife.