The northern EurAsia natives rarely carried one knife....a large Leuku for breaking down large game, heavy brush, an axe or two, and several size puuko for instance.....even the American and British survival schools pair either a Jet Pilot or MOD knife with a smaller multifunction folder...the current military tries to cut down load, as do civilians.

A typical Chinese folder might be a bad idea given that survival knives must survive as well, for them to do any good.

The MOD was designed to take any punishment, any use, and still survive, while primitive folk had no downed metal aircraft to egress, or locked houses/warehouses in which to break, nor trenching with that one knife, etc. Survival needs have changed somewhat, especially as for military applications.

Another photo with a scale, for, errr....scale. Made to be indestructible, and probably nearly is.



and older versus newer shot, the MOD 17yrs later, just not even the same blade or handle profile, nor any hotworking, but only flat grinding, and truth be told, when it arrived 14-15yrs ago, I was disappointed, expecting a black duplicate of my older one...but still works fine, great, even. Despite the maker mark of JG/Joseph Gleaves (i think), the knife is actually J. Adams make as the small return address label attests.



About 3.5 mins into this rather amusing chap's looong 45 min review of several knives, handmade and factory, he commences actual chopping and splitting tests, then later some notching and carving tests. Interesting as he has a later issue MOD (4th up to bat in chopping tests) vs an Asian (Web-Tex/UK marketed) import copy (3rd in chopping test) which just plain is a total dud compared to the real deal, despite appearing identical. There are many posted video tests expressing disappointment (unsure how many are import copies tested) and immediate mods to the MOD (to point that a nice unmolested older one hard to find) but they are after a different sort of performance, and you can see in this video at what the MOD excels (no suprise except how good it is), and in which it lags a bit (no suprise there, either).....but never is it truly bad at anything, the entire point of the survival knife (and given design, quite suprising).

You will note the finish on the issue knife holds up great for him on his hard used knife, as well, and as he amusingly points out, it is cheaper in the long run to just buy the real thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y8uNuHejy0

Again, for prospective shoppers of these works of "art", know ahead of time that they all are simply ground convex/flat to a rude edge which is then parkerized completely for rust resistance. This knife as shipped barely qualifies as a knife, but still works fine as sheathed for most heavy chores....but if you want carving, plan on finishing the edge.

Also, again, many videos out there on "improving" the knife, mostly with higher convex grinds and complete reprofile. My advice is to just buy another knife if this one does not fit your big bruiser bill. It fits mine just as is, or with minimal touch-up, depending on use. Both of these have rotated in and out of whatever auto/truck for a decade and a half with the youngest, and several decades with the eldest, each rotation lasting 1-2yrs non-stop, freezing winter or 139° interior summer, with only every 6mth or so oil change, needed or not. And still as good as new even though both have been used and tested thoroughly (LOVE that finish on these things!).