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Another vote for ESEE-5 and ESEE-6.
The Becker Bk-7 and Bk-9 are good knives too.
The Becker Bk-7 and Bk-9 are good knives too.
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Choosing a Survival Knife
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What does that question even mean?
Define "survival" for us, and maybe we can help you.
Playing Rambo survival? Going hiking in the woods? Post-zombie apocalypse big box store looting? Rainforest? Tundra? Desert? Fishing? Hunting? Camping? Is it the only equipment you will be carrying? Is your car full of gas and beer 50 yards away?
What?
marcinek
I think he is talking more about the knife than the situation. Survival knife is indeed sort of overly broad term. I suspect, in general, today, survival knives tend to be full tang, synthetic-handled (micarta, G-10, FRN) knives more or less patterned after bushcraft knives and "theater knives" in terms of blade shape.
But of course there will be a hundred valid deviations from my attempt at a definition. It is kind of one of those things were, I think I'd know one if I saw one. ESEE knives - Check. Becker knives - Check. Falkniven F1, S1 - Check. Case Sodbuster - No. Queen Congress - No. But that leaves a lot of room in the middle there where it is any body's guess and if you were trapped on a desert island, or in the middle of the desert, you sure be glad you had a Queen Congress if that was all you had.
I suspect our OP means the former set of knives and their functional kin...which is why I give a wholehearted endorsement to the ESEE-6.
I think he is talking more about the knife than the situation. Survival knife is indeed sort of overly broad term. I suspect, in general, today, survival knives tend to be full tang, synthetic-handled (micarta, G-10, FRN) knives more or less patterned after bushcraft knives and "theater knives" in terms of blade shape.
But of course there will be a hundred valid deviations from my attempt at a definition. It is kind of one of those things were, I think I'd know one if I saw one. ESEE knives - Check. Becker knives - Check. Falkniven F1, S1 - Check. Case Sodbuster - No. Queen Congress - No. But that leaves a lot of room in the middle there where it is any body's guess and if you were trapped on a desert island, or in the middle of the desert, you sure be glad you had a Queen Congress if that was all you had.
I suspect our OP means the former set of knives and their functional kin...which is why I give a wholehearted endorsement to the ESEE-6.
Ah! The old "What if I could be mysteriously transported to any random spot on the planet with only one knife" scenario. Happens to me all the time...minding my own business, and "bloop!"....transported to some random location, with only my trusty "survival" knife.
I, also, suspect that our OP is looking for some black coated thing, preferably with writing on the blade, letters in its name, and pointy bits on it.
I suggest the ESEE HEST....plenty of letters in the name...and it's got a skull on it...and he's wearing sunglasses!
Very "survival" chic!