Best BST (Bushcraft, Survival, Tactical) knife?

dogstar said:
You can't shank a fool with a hawk, but you can certainly crack their coconut. 🥥🥥

Last weekend I went camping with two tools: a Frontier Hawk and a True Flight Thrower. I used both to chop up a bundle of wood for fun, and to have a warm campfire. The wood I purchased was arm sized, and I busted them up into finger sized kindling and made some shavings. I have a lot more experience with the Frontier hawk, and it did just fine with this. The True Flight I hadn't used for a decade, and it did surprisingly great! At 5mm thick, it batoned through straight grained wood with ease. I saved the gnarly grained pieces for the hawk, because I didn't care to work so hard to beat the knife through that stuff. The knife is a lot lighter than the hawk, though. I think it is quite capable for survival as well.
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With enough time you can crack a coconut with a SAK.
 
Out of the knives I own, I'd choose my old Carbon V Cold Steel SRK. It's a tiny bit big for an everyday type knife to bring hiking on semi populated trails and stuff, but when I really get out there in nature by myself it's about the perfect size, shape, thickness, and even has a nice comfy handle.
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LimpCroissant said:
Out of the knives I own, I'd choose my old Carbon V Cold Steel SRK. It's a tiny bit big for an everyday type knife to bring hiking on semi populated trails and stuff, but when I really get out there in nature by myself it's about the perfect size, shape, thickness, and even has a nice comfy handle.
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I think a 6-7" knife is the quintessential jack of all trades knife. That SRK design is pretty timeless.
 
dogstar said:
I think a 6-7" knife is the quintessential jack of all trades knife. That SRK design is pretty timeless.
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I agree man, I do like a little smaller blade for around the home and trails close to home, but yea this thing can do light chopping, baton anything I'd need, and still notch out a branch or do some light whittlin'. Just about perfect for its role.
 
LimpCroissant said:
I agree man, I do like a little smaller blade for around the home and trails close to home, but yea this thing can do light chopping, baton anything I'd need, and still notch out a branch or do some light whittlin'. Just about perfect for its role.
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One of the first knives I bought was the True Flight Thrower. To me, it was the "poor man's SRK." This was before the cheaper SK-5 versions came out. I think the TFT might be even tougher than the SRK; pretty sure that knife will outlast me.
 
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