The author needs more practice.
Posted on 06/14/2013 3:36:08 PM PDT by virgil283
"A “survival knife” is just as it sounds–a knife that can help you survive. It is a tool with literally hundreds of survival-related functions.....Survival Knife Feature #1: Size: Does size matter? Yes, but when it comes to your survival knife, bigger is not always better. If your blade is too big, you sacrifice the ability to effectively use it for detailed tasks such as dressing small game or carving precision snare sets.... A fixed blade knife is more durable and reliable than a folding knife...Not only should your survival knife be a fixed blade, but it should also be FULL TANG........"
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I carry an Austrian Glock knife, it isn’t the best choice, because while it is great for chopping, digging, fighting, and chores (it is called a “crow bar that is a knife”) and is carbon steel and takes a shaving edge, the blade shape is not even close to the first choice for skinning game.
Disliking heavy leather, I do like that the knife has a polymer, locking scabbard suitable for parachuting and climbing, and with a six inch blade, it and the scabbard only weigh 8 ounces total.
I have preferred mine for 30 years and know that it is indestructible, being Austrian, the guard also opens beer bottles although our local forests don’t seem to have any of those, at least not wild, and the full tang handle has a small hollow for some storage.
That’s pretty much what I have on me most of the time. I haven’t been without a knife (except on an airplane) since I was about 6 years old. I’m a white collar worker in NY and get some looks whenever I pull out the appropriate tool when someone needs it. The one thing a don’t own is a specialty survival knife. Maybe I should get one of those???
LOL
dork. In case you run into a herd of donuts?
....my fav....crude, simple, effective made by Herters years ago...
Assisted-opening turns out to be incredibly handy. I have yet to understand why these are deadly enough to be banned in NYC. They sure aren't as deadly as a 32-oz soft drink.
There are lots of good quality knives. I have also always carried a pocket knife since about age 6.
For many years I would not buy a Swiss Army knife. I just didn’t think they were a good idea. I finally bought one and realized they actually were very useful. The one I carry most often is a Super Tinker. I probably use the tooth pick and scissors more than any other tool except maybe the knife blade.
I guess I must have at least 30, nearly all of them Victorinox tho Wenger are OK. I probably also have 20 or more multi tools. I never carry one but I do have one in each of my vehicles along with a regular tool box. Probably the most useful one I have found is an older Schrade which actually is a vice-grip but with knife, etc just on one side. That needle nosed vice-grip is extremely useful.
don’t overlook a good machete as a survival knife. sometimes an advantage to have literally a short sword. if possible get one with a hand guard to protect you from dropping it from a hit to the hand.
I appreciate knives for being knives. When you start using them as multi-tools, you start to create problems.
Back in the old days of the American woodsman, the standard primary tool was a hatchet, and it has never stopped being the great survival tool it was. For example, today’s incarnation are tools like:
The Trucker’s friend
http://i.imgur.com/S76oFYB.jpg
The Yes tool (copper-beryllium alloy against sparks)
http://i.imgur.com/4k2NbeY.jpg
The crash axe
http://i.imgur.com/8s8YDh7.jpg
I think the hand guard is a good idea for a machete tho I have never owned one which had that feature.
One thing I always do is to wrap the handle with athletic tape. I will say I have never had one slip out of my hand no matter how sweaty it got.
Boo on youuuuu.
SPIDERCO.
Period.
It doesn't have to do everything because one side of my pack carries a Bean's "Our Best" kindling ax. It doesn't quite balance the cut down fiberglass stocked Guide Gun on the other side, but it's handy. Hey, most fires use squaw wood (oops, did I say that?) so it just gets the heavy cutting work.
Actually, my sarcasm post aside, I have K-Bars. By the bunch.
For an all around, do everything you want it to blade, you can’t ask for better.
It’s why we used to put them in the aircrew survival gear.
Meat and potatoes, you KNOW what you’re gonna get.
But, OTH, a Gurka kukri is one hell of a good tool too!
Oh Dude, did you open a Pandora’s box or what?
If you wind up stuck in the hills over night, you better know what squaw wood is. {:0)
A 1968 vintage Boy Scout knife mad by Camillus has done everything I have ever asked of it - in a survival sense (being anything to do with outdoor living).
Keep your Rambo knives for boat anchors or slitting throats.
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