You spend time in the forest. This forest has ambush predators in it.
Though the general probability of an encounter is low the frequency of your presence means the probability increases over time
You have tools for bush living like axes, folders and machetes but the reality is that you can't go around with a blade or bear spray in your hand all the time.
What blade would you carry (and where) in case you were jumped without warning and ended up wrestling a big, powerful and quick animal with sharp teeth and claws?
Why this particular blade?
might be my inexperience showing here... but how about a decent cooks knife?
the more you think about it the more it makes sense (well to me) they typically have a long, thin blade- deep penetration (gets between ribs/bones), they are usually a lot lighter than most of the bushcraft/survival knives I've see, so you could be very stabby very fast if you had to be ( if I had a lion hanging off my back I'd want to be able to try and get them off el rapido!) and it has one design in mind- its about cutting flesh, not ropes, or doubling as a fire steel striker, its there to cut meat easily... to me I think that as a BC knife is more a tool and therefore isn't suited as well (don't get me wrong if I was up a tree being chased by a bear, I'd have my Mora ready to feel it if it got that high) it just seems that a lowly cooks knife might be a bit better for this, the only let down I can think of is the handle, but then again you get a lot of 'ergo-grip' ones now...
just my thoughts, feel free to correct the new guy! ( always better to learn!)