Air Force Survival Knife - Opinions?

And as far as buchcraft survival, even though it isn't ideal, it'll work. And you could do a lot worse-
 
randjack said:
Jesus people -- doesn't anybody remember a plain old hard landing where the airframe was twisted enough that you could not get the door open without a tool of some sort?
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Yes, and the AFSK is not it. The AF issues it for survival in the bush during escape and evasion etc... nothing more.

Skam
 
So the official specification calls for a knife that can saw through aircraft skins but that is not a purpose of the knife?
 
Thomas Linton said:
So the official specification calls for a knife that can saw through aircraft skins but that is not a purpose of the knife?
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All I saw was a website with so called "official" blade rational. It neither looked nor sounded official in any way.

Lets see some real documentation otherwise its hearsay.

All research I have done and family members who have used the blade in its real role have never heard anything "officially" about cutting your way out of anything as its purpose for being. They have been told its teeth make it easy to make notches for trapping however.

I think a better tool would be used/issued for cutting ones way out of a downed aircraft don't you?

This conversation is so beatin to death LMAO :rolleyes: .

Skam
 
Skam the same author I quoted also wrote these...

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Colonial Giant Jack Knife * 2-97

Kabar Generation X 3-97

Kabar TL-29 * 3-97

M1913 Patton Saber 4-97

American Military Edged Weaponry Museum 5-97

1880 Hunting Knife * 6-97

USMC Raider Stiletto * 7-97

Mystery Knives 8-97

M3 Trench Knife * 9-97

MC-1 Aircrew Knife * 10-97

Military Knife Books 12-97

Vietnam Demo Knife * 1-98

OSS Stiletto * 2-98

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Case V-42 First Special Service Force Knife * 4-98

Case Military Knives * 7-98

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Knives That Didn't Cut it * 9-98

Mission Knives MPK * 10-98

Pilots Survival Knife * 12/98

Marbles Jet Pilot Knife * 01/99

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Randall Model 15 Airman 02/01

Where Are They Now 03/01

Camillus: The Early Years of WWII 04/01

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The Hughes Trench Knife Knife 07/01

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Society of American Bayonet Collectors Journal

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Apparently he does this kind of thing and gets paid money for it. Mac
 
The specs on the current issue ASEK call for it to be able to cut 36 inches of aircraft aluminum without resharpening. Mac
 
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