Crazy survival knife!?!?

I've got one! Got it when I was a kid. Awkward and gimmicky, yes, but surprisingly well made. I must have had this one twenty years or better. My brother and I both had one, and beat the snot out of them. Only the handle pivots, and is held in both positions by a stout steel pin. Really not much to break. My folks got me this, and a Gerber Mark II that I still have, from the BX at Tyndall Air Force Base. I wouldn't sell mine $150! I might have to dig it out and play around with it. I posted about it awhile back, here are some pics.

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Damn sure is ugly!!

I don't think my folks would get parents of the year by today's standards. They always gave us knives, guns, slingshots, and all sorts of deadly stuff and would turn us loose. But heck, I guess by the time we were eleven or twelve, we had 4 or 5 years of strict firearm training and had been using knives and axes maybe longer that.
 
Yeah, everyone hated those when they came out, off-hand, there were 2 sizes or styles of them. I think they got pulled because of liability concerns.

They and other odd survival rigs cammand very decent prices now, $200-300 for a mint version of that knife.

Dan Harrison, actually designed a few for Kershaw in the 80's. Much plainer, nice designs.
 
Well, if I were stuck in a survival situation, I might use it instead of knapping a flint blade. Might.

I think 42B pretty much nailed it with "Looks like something that belongs in the back of a kitchen drawer."
 
That looks to be one of the goofiest, least practical blades I've ever seen sold as a serious item and not a wall hanger.

I can only imagine how horrible it is to use in knife mode, with the complete lack of leverage of having the blade so far away from your hand.


I'd rather use a baton and a belt knife to cut through logs than try to carry that lousy hybrid that seems like it would suck at every task you put forth. No thanks.



Not that I'm opinionated or anything :p
 
MustardMan said:
That looks to be one of the goofiest, least practical blades I've ever seen sold as a serious item and not a wall hanger.

I can only imagine how horrible it is to use in knife mode, with the complete lack of leverage of having the blade so far away from your hand.


I'd rather use a baton and a belt knife to cut through logs than try to carry that lousy hybrid that seems like it would suck at every task you put forth. No thanks.



Not that I'm opinionated or anything :p
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Oh, come on; quit dancing around the subject, and tell us what you really think.

Your opinion matters, too, so come out of your shell and tell us.:D
 
I would certainly not be excited about using a blade that has another blade INSIDE a swiveling handle made of what looks to be cheapish plastic. I see "Darwin Award" written allllllllll over it.
 
Reminds me of a lot of that Frost Cutlery stuff they sell at weird stores that sell incesnse and "tobacco" products.
 
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