The "Scandinavian grind" (sloyd knife) is all the rage among "bushcrafters", and has been for a while now. Man-bunned, ear-gauged, ironically-bearded, skinny-jeans-clad, lumbersexual hipsters, who, at age 30, are excited at buying their very first knife... and it has to be a "Scandi grind" because that's what everybody on Youtube says is the bestest. Whatever kind of knife you get, it's gotta be good at batoning.. that is, of course, the main purpose of any knife...
ugh.
Personally, I HATE "Scandinavian grind" knives. Useless things to me. Ridiculous to try to sharpen. Thick blades that aren't great for slicing... or great for anything, really. "oh, but they're good for carving!".... I can carve just fine with a normal knife.
