I have several, you will like it for just about everything. I have one I use as a "beater"; opening beers, driving nails after too many beers, throwing into tree after more beers. Oh, yeah, and it's caped/gutted/quartered/boned many pigs and some elk; you'll have Popeye forearms after awhile, but it works well without having to switch to a cleaver. Just hammer away at those bones and joints! Just kidding, mostly, but it's probably the toughest knife you'll ever own. Yours is probable the high-carbon steel, easy to sharpen, holds edge fairly well depending on task, but needs touch-up more often than some, if you want the razor sharpness. Check out the company and web-site, they have a great line up, many knives for different purposes, fair prices, but they give discounts to dealers, so they are the best and usually cheapest sources. One's just not enough! I've also given a few away on mounts as gifts. The full size one is a little outdated for hiking/camping, as there are newer and lighter and better steel edged weapons available today, but when somebody sees the old KaBar, they like to acknowledge and admire it!