But I'll take my old Bucks places I wouldn't dare take my Randalls . . . like on the river in my kayak. If I flip and have to swim (and I do, fairly frequently) I don't want to lose a really nice knife somewhere in the bottom of a souse hole.
. . . which reminds me, I went on a river trip last summer with our local canoe club. One of the canoeists (as opposed to us folks who like to sit down and do half the work . . . :-D ) had the biggest doggone dive knife I ever saw strapped to the front of her PFD. I asked her, "Whatya gonna do with that - cut your buddy if you see a shark?"
She grinned and pulled it halfway out and said, "No. RAFTERS."
(Me, I just keep it around for general utility and to cut myself free if I get tangled in fish line, etc. I got nothing against rafters, except when they run me over and whack me with a paddle and think it's funny.)
And I field dressed the first deer I ever shot with my little 3 1/2" folding Buck. Very good knife for the job.