Best Fantasy Survival Knife

GIRLYmann said:
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No better Fantasy survival edc than the Promithi stealth folder. With a bit of imagination it could offer invisibility in every terrain and situation.
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It works. I didn't even know I was looking at a knife
 
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:) My genuine "real life" survival machete/ short sword = The Al Mar Pathfinder . In the early 80's I thought this was some sick hot sheet . I thought this could hack thru the Amazon Jungle and ask for more (as advertised). 15 min of hacking in my midwest USA property broke the blade at the hilt and sent flying into the woods :eek:. Al Mar replaced, it but that one quickly became looseygoosey in the handle :confused:. Last thing that I ever bought from Al Mar :mad:. Silly :poop:thing to actually use anyway , but I did't know any better :oops:. My fantasy , one of many ! :p
 
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Sadly the Pathfinder was heat treated far too brittle, many failed in similar fashion to yours. Al Mar weren't the only ones to get their heat treatment wrong.
The 80's whopper chopper that did work was the Blackjack Marauder II. I still have one and they do just fine.
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Some fab blades in Predator, especially the lead scout's one.
 
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:) My genuine "real life" survival machete/ short sword = The Al Mar Pathfinder . In the early 80's I thought this was some sick hot sheet . I thought this could hack thru the Amazon Jungle and ask for more (as advertised). 15 min of hacking in my midwest USA property broke the blade at the hilt and sent flying into the woods :eek:. Al Mar replaced, it but that one quickly became looseygoosey in the handle :confused:. Last thing that I ever bought from Al Mar :mad:. Silly :poop:thing to actually use anyway , but I did't know any better :oops:. My fantasy , one of many ! :p
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Nice looking blade, sorry it was not stronger. I guess you could still do it up for a showpiece. Something to file in the "maybe someday" list. Looks almost kopis like, you could get it redone "300"-esque, perhaps? :D
 
DocJD said:
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:) My genuine "real life" survival machete/ short sword = The Al Mar Pathfinder . In the early 80's I thought this was some sick hot sheet . I thought this could hack thru the Amazon Jungle and ask for more (as advertised). 15 min of hacking in my midwest USA property broke the blade at the hilt and sent flying into the woods :eek:. Al Mar replaced, it but that one quickly became looseygoosey in the handle :confused:. Last thing that I ever bought from Al Mar :mad:. Silly :poop:thing to actually use anyway , but I did't know any better :oops:. My fantasy , one of many ! :p
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That is really pretty amazing, considering these typically run near or over $800... One of the weird things about Al Mar knives is some of them have obviously impossible handle ergonomics: The Pathfinder is one of them, with obviously far too much handle depth near the guard (the smaller "Quest" corrected this). They had a SOG like 7" fighter with a fully 6" long handle with finger grooves spacing only fit for extra-terrestrials... Yet the ergonomics on other models can be bang-on...

Engineering wise, there are milder blind spots: The huge 11 ounces large SERE is held together with pins that cannot tolerate any hacking at all. Given it is a folder it is forgivable, but not at this huge weight...: If the rear of the handle did not have a solid steel spacer but simple posts (or if the handle shape was rounded), the knife could have been 6-7 ounces instead of 11...

Gaston
 
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Probably this one, my Busse double talon battle mistress. Great steel and a lot less awkward in the hand than It looks like It should be. It would be great in a survival situation... if a person was carrying it when one arose.
 
One interesting thing I heard about the thicker-spined Busse is when the BMs get much over 0.25" in thickness, they become hard to accelerate enough to cut twigs to clear a path: The twigs just get pushed around... Clearing a path is definitely within what a big "Survival" blade should do effortlessly, given how repetitive it is likely to be... Something to keep in mind for those tempted by 0.3" spines...

Gaston
 
The DTBM is made from 0.25" stock, so by your own definition it shouldn't be a problem. One interesting thing I heard is that one should know something about a particular knife before attacking its flaws or expounding upon its virtues lest one come across as a buffoon. In particular in a thread that's just supposed to be about fun but perhaps impractical knives and not finding the end all of performance.
 
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One interesting thing I heard about the thicker-spined Busse is when the BMs get much over 0.25" in thickness, they become hard to accelerate enough to cut twigs to clear a path: The twigs just get pushed around... Clearing a path is definitely within what a big "Survival" blade should do effortlessly, given how repetitive it is likely to be... Something to keep in mind for those tempted by 0.3" spines...

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I call that "catching the cut" which requires a keen fine edge.
Frankly its all in the grind. How robust do you want that edge? The more steel behind it the tougher it is, but the less good at catching the cut. Thick edge, as in an axe, chips material out not just cuts; there is power thing going on too.
Heavy blades are for chopping heavy material. Tiring when used on material that doesn't warrant such heft. The reason for more specialisation, different weight, builds, and grinds. A Busse is a specialised piece of kit; excels at certain tasks, pretty appalling on inappropriate tasks. Just got to chose the most effective tool for the job.
 
I keep zip-tieing stuff to my opinel blades for one handed opening, but they fall off as soon as I close it up again. What am I doing wrong?
 
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