Well put it this way, if you were stopped by the police and said you were carrying it for self defense, you would probably end up in prison, you would have a hard job explaining you expected to be attacked by an animal, or a crazy tomato,I would think it unwise to say on a forum you were carrying a knife for self defense, , but that is only my opinion.
Usually your posts are usually sensible and worth a read. He didn’t say it was carrying it for self defense, or that he was carrying it at all. He contributed to a fantasy thread about what we’d choose for 6 months in the wild. It is a fantasy thread. You are putting words in his mouth and also ridiculing by suggesting he is mad to think he was carrying it for fear of being attacked by a tomato. It’s a put down.
And, there’s no way in the world you and I don’t covert that knife. It’s a peach.