i was browsing through the Black Friday ads when i saw deals for pocket knives; pabili sana ako ng pocket knife, and i have some questions:

- maganda ba yung combo plain+serrated blade? My feeling is that this would work only beyond a certain blade length. Maliit lang yung balak kong bilhin so i'm planning to go with a plain blade.

- when it comes to re-sharpening, is it better to go with plain stainless steel? i see a lot of knives with some sort of special coating, imho parang hassle when time comes to resharpen.

- for the bigger jobs -- cutting branches, rope, etc -- what blade length is best? imho you're better off with a fixed handle blade.

- is there a place in MM where i can buy the typical itak, sundang, etc na gawang Batangas?

To be clear, i'm just buying this for the novelty of it, and for my prepper stash. i don't particular need it day to day, nor do i plan on using it for self defense(baka pag initan lang ako ng pulis). OC lang po, so i'm asking here.

tia