Best grind for a survival/combat blade

Combat Survival Knife, you say?

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Seriously, training is more valuable than a survival/combat blade.
 
For my part, having been in combat and now living off grid in the mountains, combat and survival are two very different things and need to very different knives.

For survival (I.e. wilderness bushcraft nit zombie apocalypse ) I like a small flat ground skinner and a hatchet. For combat a spring tempered under-ground larger blade is ideal... in combat a knife serves least often as a weapon and most often as a tool... you may not have an e-tool, hammer, screw driver or crow bar when one is needed so your knife becomes all of these things.... no thats not what a knife is for but its what happens... it needs to stand up to these abuses and still be available as a weapon.
 
Full Flat or High Sabre grind on a 5"-7" mid-size knife would handle almost all survival/combat tasks.
 
Utility/general purpose-Full Flat Grind and THICK! ie BK2. Ka Bar D2 Extreme Fighting/Utility may not be FFG but its the toughest D2 I have ever seen. Ka Bar Mk1 is FFG and an amazing value great for bushcraft.

Fighting-CRKT Otanashi Noh Ken. I know its a folder but the damage this knife can do in one blow is astonishing. 4.6 inch blade and bank vault solid lock up not to mention its world class slicing and penetration capability and that it folds into such a slim EDC friendly package make it very formidable.
Ka Bar D2 Extreme Fighting Utility knife, you can put a razors edge on this knife the D2 Ka Bar uses is so tough it will hold it. The D2 also has a half guard so you can position your thumb forward on top.

As much as I would love to recommend a BK none of them feature a guard.

I have stabbed a cinder block into chunks with my D2 EF which neither chipped, bent or rolled the tip. It is currently out for a regrind and some cerkote.
 
IMO you are looking for the two following attributes:

Survival: Sharp and pointy
Combat: perfect balance, light, fast, 5-6in, stainless

- T
 
You should take a look at the Becker BK9. It has a reputation for being a ferocious chopper
 
Boom. Your post, then nick21's. Question asked, question answered. Excellent knife. Simple, see? "Survival/combat" :rolleyes:
 
I would think that in combat the handle matters a lot more than the blade. As long as you don't drop it or slip forward on it, a sharpened file would probably do the trick.

For survival I have no idea.
 
I would want a good carbon steel differentialy heat treated blade that exhibited Distel taper and a convex edge

Something with good handle geometry and preferable the handle material would be of Micarta preferable bead blasted
 
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