Actually the knife is a very well made knife. It is heavier tooling type steel but that's why it is called a working knife. If you read backwoodsman they just did a write up on the knife in the last issue. I don't think you could go wrong with it but I am very curious as to what the notch is for.
I agree the profile is more of a "working" knife than a gutting knife. At 1.5" wide, I feel it is too much for coring.
Which issue BWM was that? I saw a letter to the editor about it in one, but missed the article on the hawk knife.
The "notch" is for hooking the bail wire of cooking kettles while cooking over a fire or using it for "flint & steel".
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