As for saw teeth on wood.......it's a knife not a ax or a saw!
Using the blade side to cut the straps on some one strapped into a chopper vs. the saw teeth side is possibly more the intent.
Blade side will probably dull the blade faster where as the saw teeth will still be the saw teeth, just a thought.
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