10 most practical blades

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jamaljahda

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Many of us on this forum have way more than 10 blades. However I just thought that in a time of hardship, moving or whatever the reason we had to limit ourselves to 10 blades what would they be. If you can list in order of preference with your number 1 bladed tool first. While there are a couple of bladed instruments I would choose over my current collection I will only use what I have on hand because come SHTF a wish list will do me no good. Forget the price you paid for some blades but what in an emergency you will grab to take with you. I have been generous and gave 10. In a true survival situation we will be lucky to be able to have 1 and a blessing if we have the time to grab 3. I personally suggest in everyone's BOB they have combination of at least 3. One chopper a medium blade and a small blade at a minimum.


1. Himalayan Import 18" ASTK spring steel carbon
2. Esee 3 1095 carbon
3. Esee Junglas 1095 carbon
4. BRKT Aurora A2 carbon
5. Buck 110 420HC stainless
6. Condor Golok 1075 carbon
7. BRKT STS-5 154CM stainless
8. Grohmann Boat Knife no. 4 stainless
9. Victorinox spirit tool SS
10. Husquvarna hatchet Unknown (carbon)

However given time that husquvarna will be replaced by a gransfor bruks forest axe.

My three out of this group would be
The Esee junglas, yes I like the ASTK more but the junglas has the superior sheath carry system.
Esee 3
Victorinox spirit tool.
 
Ten IS a bunch! I can certainly narrow it down to two... #1 most practical folder is a Sebenza. It's one of the only knives that has nothing I'd change about it. #1 fixed is a Boye Basic 3 Dendritic 440C.
 
1. Small headed shovel (/ walking staff/ defensive spear/paddle).
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zombie apocalypses may come & go but dining standards must remain.
3. Short handled axe
4. Short cross cut saw
5. CS bushman, coz Svord don't yet make a hollow handle Hog Beater.
6. Chisel
7. two-handed auger, bit makes good zombie brain spike.
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8.(655B) Curved Skinner/Sticker/Boning 6 "
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9. Secateurs
10 scissors
 
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10 is honestly a LOT of knives.......

Maybe not to a collector, but for me it is. I think I have "a lot of knives" and I don't think I have 10 non-kitchen knives. I might be close, but I don't think I'm there quite yet.

For me a better way to answer this question is what knife styles are essential.

1. 3-3.5" folder. This size is due to the size laws of my state, but I find that it is also a useful size blade to be honest.
2. Chopper of some sort. I prefer the Kukri.
3. Medium sized fixed blade
4. Axe of some sort
5. Chainsaw

If you choose well with blade shape, you can pretty much do anything cutting related with the above blades, at least anything I've ever used a knife/edged tool for.
 
Honestly, I could probably make it on a 1.2 oz spyderco dragonfly. It's capable of everything from making kindling to cleaning an elk. I have cleaned some huge fish with the dragonfly just for grins. It gets used more than any of my other knives because its always with me. I'm kind of a minimalist. I might have more than ten knives, but I'm always trying to imagine how I can do everything with one or two.
So...
1. Spyderco dragonfly 2
2. Spyderco Gayle Bradley.

I'm good.
 
I can narrow it down to three: ML Hudson Bay knife, Big Chris hunter or bushcrafter, and a Swiss Army knife.
 
He asked for 10 blades, not 10 knives.
SHTF- shit hits the fan, blade size laws & petroleum fuel no longer exist, for all intents & purposes.
 
Only really need 4 a large fixed ,small fixed ,light axe and a high quality folder
1- Scrapyard Regulator
2- Esee Izula 2
3- Short Axe
4- Benchmade gold class Kulgera (for style haa)
 
This thread doesn't deserve to die.
To rephrase the question- What 10 blades would & could you carry on your person, into the wilderness, to restart society?
 
1. Multi-tool

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2. < 4" one-hand opening folder

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3. "Tailor-grade" scissors

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4. Chisel

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5. At least 5" robust, multi-role blade ("survival")

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6. 8" French-style Chef's knife

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7. Cross-cut saw

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8. Mid-sized axe

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9. At least 20" fighting blade/sword

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10. and large nail clippers!!! (Trust me, when the poop hits the propeller, even gold is going to be bartered for this thing!)

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Awesome I get the nail clippers, but for the life of me and I am being serious. I do not see the need for the scissors. I have always felt like scissors were just what you had in elementary school when you could not carry a knife. If you have a knife and nail clippers what do you use the scissors for? I have a leather style cs and never carry it because I feel like its the most useless tool I have. Outside of clipping nose hairs what good are scissors?

untamed said:
1. Multi-tool

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2. < 4" one-hand opening folder

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3. "Tailor-grade" scissors

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4. Chisel

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5. At least 5" robust, multi-role blade ("survival")

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6. 8" French-style Chef's knife

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7. Cross-cut saw

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8. Mid-sized axe

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9. At least 20" fighting blade/sword

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10. and large nail clippers!!! (Trust me, when the poop hits the propeller, even gold is going to be bartered for this thing!)

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jamaljahda said:
Awesome I get the nail clippers, but for the life of me and I am being serious. I do not see the need for the scissors. I have always felt like scissors were just what you had in elementary school when you could not carry a knife. If you have a knife and nail clippers what do you use the scissors for? I have a leather style cs and never carry it because I feel like its the most useless tool I have. Outside of clipping nose hairs what good are scissors?
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Ever see a pre-1990's Playboy magazine?
 
jamaljahda said:
Awesome I get the nail clippers, but for the life of me and I am being serious. I do not see the need for the scissors. I have always felt like scissors were just what you had in elementary school when you could not carry a knife. If you have a knife and nail clippers what do you use the scissors for? I have a leather style cs and never carry it because I feel like its the most useless tool I have. Outside of clipping nose hairs what good are scissors?
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Sorry couldn't respond earlier.

I just recently passed-on my Vic Explorer I got in 1985 to my nephew. In all my years of using it, the scissors had equal duty time with the main blade and the philips driver.

What isn't more practical than the scissors? It represents a great evolution (NOT "revolution") in human technology because it was a purpose-built tool that addressed the need for controlled, precision and detail cutting.

Earliest form were the "shears"

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Remember how wool from the sheep used to be cut before the electric stuff?

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Sure you could get by with a sharp blade, but while there's all manner of fabrics still around, scissors will always be there to cut it more efficiently -

I'm speaking as someone with a First Responder background myself; EMT's, nurses and those in the medical field find them indispensable.

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Don't you think those ancient ships (i.e. - the Phoenicians) engaged in trading and brought all manner of sciences, art, goods, rare spices, etc. throughout the world would have their main sails better cut using with them?

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And to you yanks, Ms. Ross I believe used them when she made that very important fabric of your national identity -

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gadunz said:
This thread doesn't deserve to die.
To rephrase the question- What 10 blades would & could you carry on your person, into the wilderness, to restart society?
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1. Sword or sabre. I don't know much about this, but the Fox Champagne Sabre looks nice. In military school I used to carry a sabre, but it was just decorative. If we're restarting society though, you've got to have something like this. Sword is two-edged, sabre one.
2. 3.5" to 4" folder. Hinderer XM, CRK Sibenza, Curtiss F3, R.J. Martin Overkill, etc..
3. VTAC Lagana Tomahawk, or something comparable.
4. Some medium-length fixed blade or bayonet.
5. Some kind of crosscut felling saw.
6. Full-sized double-bladed axe.
7. Hawkbill knife. I like karambits, for close in last-stand defense or sneaky stuff.

I'd probably forget the last three until I got in the situation and wished I'd thought of them. Oh yeah:
8. Clippers, dikes...
9. Scissors, shears
10. Chisel (cold chisel maybe, for stone etc.) You could use the chisel in a planer as well.
 
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1. Becker BK9
2.Opinel #9
3. Mora 511
4. Small traditional
5. Folding Saw, Laplander
6.Multitool
7.SAK
8.machete
9. Nail Clippers
10. Svord Peasant Knife
 
gadunz said:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/p...02347/this-way-up-feature-sharpening-scissors

'Blade shearing often continued in high country areas because it left sheep with a layer of wool for protection against the cold.'
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/shearing/page-4
Not because of a lack of electricity.

British East India Company flag until the end of the 1700s.
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Was this a response to my post? If it is, Ok I got it, thanks.

Notwithstanding those that still continue using the old-timey shears today, the point of my post was that the sheep shears was the primary tool before the advent the electric ones which largely superseded it.
 
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