Budget survival knife?

[T. Erdelyi]

Dudes, this thread is from January 13th. I can only hope OP has found a knife by now.

That said, choppers and bushcraft knives fall at completely different ends of the spectrum.

You aren't going to do much bushcrafting with a big ol chopper, and you won't be doing much chopping with the typical bushcraft knife.

'zactly , just like buying a multitool, it's adequate at most tasks but excels at none, yet I Own a Leatherman because I'm willin' to compromise for convenience sake but in the case of the op you're talkin' apples and oranges or in this case Choppers and Bushcrafters .

 

[22-rimfire]

I had one of those and it's a bit too heavy and unwieldy for regular knife tasks, can't picture hauling it around in a survival situation. For the same money (and almost the same weight) you can get one of those Cold Steel hawks with a wooden handle and something like a Mora or a Marttiini. Maybe cut down the hawk's handle a bit for portability. That setup should cover all bases, delicate knife tasks, shelter building, processing wood for fire, food prep, etc.

Yes you can and it will cover most of the cutting bases in the woods short of building a cabin. The tomahawk/hatchet vs chopper knife has been much discussed. I would rather have a larger knife personally than a hatchet. Some of the larger tomahawks are almost small axes. I do like big knives, but honestly seldom have a need to chop anything in the woods unless I am just playing around. I use a folding saw. You would be surprised how talented some people are using large blades for small tasks. I wish I'd be so talented.

 

[MaximIsayev]

Yes you can and it will cover most of the cutting bases in the woods short of building a cabin. The tomahawk/hatchet vs chopper knife has been much discussed. I would rather have a larger knife personally than a hatchet. Some of the larger tomahawks are almost small axes. I do like big knives, but honestly seldom have a need to chop anything in the woods unless I am just playing around. I use a folding saw. You would be surprised how talented some people are using large blades for small tasks. I wish I'd be so talented.

I like my big knives, got several big Beckers and they're great in the outdoor. Still, I think that for a "survival" type situation it may be worth exploring the idea of carrying two separate tools. Keep the hawk for chopping, hammering and such, and use the smaller fixed blade for pretty much everything else like food prep, carving, minor repairs to gear. A saw would be very useful too, of course.

 

[ThePeacent]

SAKs and Opinels are great survival blades because you?ll most likely have them on yoyr person when the survival situation happens...