how can i buy a naked knife?

As far as I'm concerned the two best survival knives are the Mora Companion HD and the Leatherman Wingman. They're both cheap enough to buy, stash and forget. There's one of each in both cars, the garage and the kitchen. They don't get fondled or shown off. They stay in their spots for when they're needed. They're for survival.
 
IMO, a survival knife has to be able to chop (i.e. aid in shelter building), so a "survival" knife needs to be large enough to process wood, limb branches etc. Big knives can do small knife tasks, but small knives have major issues doing big knife tasks. Sure, you can gather wood from the ground to build a shelter, but wood on the ground isn't always plentiful or may be rotted etc. Taking green branches from trees for a lean to is easy with a big knife, not so with a SAK.

In a true survival situation, shelter is the number one concern IMO followed by water and food a very distant third.
 
Sonnydaze said:
Spyderco sells these as "Mule Team" project knives...generally to give us a chance to check out various new blade-steels. You have your choice of some great steels, on a BARE knife, and you can add pre-fitted grips and sheaths and stuff also if you wish.
https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details/MT20/917
Great knives at a CHEAP price.
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Great super steels at a great price too, I am lusting after MT-23...
 
panoz77 said:
IMO, a survival knife has to be able to chop (i.e. aid in shelter building), so a "survival" knife needs to be large enough to process wood, limb branches etc.
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I see your suggestions for survival knife blanks earlier in this thread were the Condor Kephart and Bushlore.

Are they good choppers?
 
I think the budget choices of the Cold Steel Bushman, Bowie Bushman or the Schrade line of hollow handle knives i.e. SCHF1 or SCHF2 are probably what the OP is looking for and a were great suggestions.
 
Knowing the price range of what you want to spend would help. Condor is another solid budget company. They have several knife blanks for a tad over $20.
 
panoz77 said:
IMO, a survival knife has to be able to chop (i.e. aid in shelter building), so a "survival" knife needs to be large enough to process wood, limb branches etc. Big knives can do small knife tasks, but small knives have major issues doing big knife tasks. Sure, you can gather wood from the ground to build a shelter, but wood on the ground isn't always plentiful or may be rotted etc. Taking green branches from trees for a lean to is easy with a big knife, not so with a SAK.

In a true survival situation, shelter is the number one concern IMO followed by water and food a very distant third.
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The saw on a SAK is really very good, quite equal to removing and sizing branches. Also, calories are all important; chopping at stuff with a big knife is tiring, and, as you correctly identify, shelter is key. Therefore, not only must shelter be achieved as a priority, it should be accomplished as swiftly as possible, and with as little effort as is necessary. I really don't see chopping at branches with a big knife as a brilliant solution.

Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer a big stout knife to having no knife at all, but it would not cause me to default to its use at any given opportunity. More important than shelter, food or water, is what is going on in the mind of the individual. Every decision must be made with a view to surviving beyond that decision. As long as someone is thinking through their decision making, they are thinking strategically. Conserve the calories, conserve fluid, which means not working up a sweat.
 
Many more factors come into play, air temp, rain/weather, where one is located (forest, desert, lost in the woods etc). All hypothetical unless the OP is more specific. The best knife is the one you have obviously. None of us know when exactly we are going to get lost or stranded.
 
Do you mean Rockler?

Cannikin said:
Doesn't look like anyone mentioned these yet, but Rocker makes a bunch of knife making kits. They include the blank, already ground, along with pins and a sheath. They have fixed blade and folders. The steel is 440C, high chromium stainless. I don't know if you can trust your life to them or not. But if you're looking to make your own with no metal work involved these are ready to go. They've also got wood blanks for scales.

(Go to Rocker dot com and search for "knife kits".)

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