Cold weather survival knife recommendations

[Natlek]

Rubber handled knives will always be better in cold weather. However, if you are wearing gloves, then it is not as relevant.

Rubber is very brittle at minus temperature

 

[Cobalt]

Rubber is very brittle at minus temperature

We say rubber but it's not. Its resiprene and it can handle sub zero temps just fine.

 

[Henry Beige]

Around here, cold weather survival means popping open frozen car doors. Hultafors GK.

 

[353]

As a few others have said a "samekniv" is a great option:

 

[Arathol]

As a few others have said a "samekniv" is a great option:

In keeping with the OPs 3-6" blade requirements....

 

[Cobalt]

As a few others have said a "samekniv" is a great option:

That is really nice.

 

[The Grendels]

In some situations, extreme cold can weaken the hull of the Titanic and your knife blades, so I'd tend to go with the people who favour stronger carbon steels. Sweating and rusting are going to be a bit of a fight, but it's one that people before any of us have been dealing with in the bush. Then again 14C28N is slightly tougher than 80CrV2, plus it's stainless, so that's a thing. The Casstrom Swedish Forest Knife No. 10 comes in 14C28N.

 

[Pr3inar]

This thread inspired me, so since it was -21 c/-6 f, I went into the woods:

Both are fulltang, but didn’t notice anything from the exposed metal. Used gloves rhe whole time. The Winkler continues to impress. I should have brought my Strømeng or a Helle, just for show but right now I’m in a ffg fase..

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[whereismyknife]

If we rank them by coldness , the coldest would be Yakut knife

What makes this a yakut knife? It looked like any other puukko to me.

 

[Cobalt]

Rubber is very brittle at minus temperature

I got you beat. Resiprene at -21 F and 11,000ft elevation. And the steel is SR77( S7) with a deep cryo heat treat which also has you beat. And this is just the wife's knife.

 

[Natlek]

What makes this a yakut knife? It looked like any other puukko to me.

One side is convex other side is flat .I believe that is how Yakut knifes are made ?


Flat side

I like how they cut

 

[Cobalt]

One side is convex other side is flat .I believe that is how Yakut knifes are made ? BTW , I like then ,good design

Flat side

So is the actual blade grind convex on one side and flat on the other or is it just the edge. ?

 

[Cobalt]

So is the actual blade grind convex on one side and flat on the other or is it just the edge. ?

I just answered my own question when I found this picture

 

[Natlek]

So is the actual blade grind convex on one side and flat on the other or is it just the edge. ?

I grind only one side which is convex , other side is flat .

 

[Natlek]

I just answered my own question when I found this picture

You should try one , good design

 

[Cobalt]

You should try one , good design

I am definitely going to try one!!!

 

[J. Doyle]

Why would you settle for a 6" knife when you could have 7.5" of TOPS straight-up viciousness?...



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Why would you settle for 1095 dumbed down to 56-58 Rc with a Saber grind when you could have the same blade in 15n20 with a full height grind and have higher hardness, better toughness and better geometry with improved cutting efficiency?

Just sayin'.

 

[Kelby Coffelt]

Thanks to everyone for the wealth of knowledge and replies. I'm steady checking into a number of them.

Id love to use the issued equipment, lot of sense there, but haven't been issued a knife and doesn't seem to be plans to do so. If they throw us any issue gear I certainly plan on testing that out as well. It's been negative -20 out the last few days and there's definitely logic behind the encased handles, be they wood or a synthetic.

 

[jfk1110]

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Hell of a view!!!!! I'd die happy staring out that way with that blade in my hand of course!!!!
Beautiful shot..

 

[whereismyknife]

One side is convex other side is flat .I believe that is how Yakut knifes are made ?


Flat side

I like how they cut

I don't know, I am not knowledgeable about this. I thought the characteristic feature of the yakut knife was its one side of the blade has a fuller, that is a groove in it and a chisel grind, and the other side a convex edge. Just like this: