If you could only choose ONE knife

I'd probably take a Cold Steel SRK in Carbon V. I don't really like the company all that much, but I know the knife can take a beating, and it is relatively inexpensive.
 
Hopefully it would be an Oberland 02 from crusader forge. I should be getting it in several weeks for a backpacking/hunting trip. I'll let you know how it works.

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mine will be a bit different since I've asked for a few changes.
 
I would have a knife that could turn into a helicoptor, so then I could escape the island.

For real though.....probably a glock field knife with a saw, or a Sabertooth.
 
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As usual my effingham trailguide with leather handle or would settle for a K bar worked well in the Marines.
 
Most likely something along the lines of a Fallkniven S1 or Chris Reeves Pacific. You get a 5 - 6 inch blade that is thick enough to baton with but not too thick that you can't slice. Heavy duty knives with full tang and grippy handles.
 
I'd try to cheat... and have a Vic Farmer SAK... and one of these two:

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I guess the Bark River Boone with it's Bocote wood handle, even if it feels great, is a bit too 'pretty'... the B R Gameskeeper is spartan-utility. The blade is long enough for most 'knife' uses - and at .215", thick enough, too. The A-2 would require some oil - some basic care - easily re-edged with that convex edge.

Stainz
 
coolhand68 said:
Find some flint rock and break off a sharp piece with a stone.
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Exactly the point that in survival you can always make specific tooling for applications...bone, fire hardened wood, rocks, trash like bottles and tin cans...all are material that can fabricate tooling to solve problems.

Unfortunately people tend to get wrapped around a gadget .. but in fact survival starts with the brain.. not cold steel.

Folks, and even in this thread, tend to dispel the usefulness of both small and large knives for applications... but in reality if you had to skin a squirrel with a machette in order to eat.. it would get the job done... and if you had to fell a 6' tree with a leatherman.... you would find a way (make a bow drill, start a fire, pack mud around the tree 1 foot up and burn the base.. one technique among many..).

The most powerful tool you have in survival is your brain... forget the steel.

Anyway.. I taught survival in the Army.. people have a hang up with compases and knives.. both can provide a false sense of security. Always best to start with the basics... and work your way up.
 
Hmm...stuck with one knife for the rest of my life. I'd probably pick up a Busse for all-around use. Mostly it'd be used for chopping and skinning, but if sharpened correctly, it can be used for more delicate work. This is if I had the money.

If I was strapped for cash, I'd look for something in 1055 or 1095 steel. They're great for outdoor/survival use. Not quite sure if I'd go with a Ka-Bar though, as I've heard stories of the tips chipping and whatnot. Perhaps I'd even get something in D2.
 
I guess it would be my Randall made #14 i 've been using it in the woods for years, It sure wood be nice to have my leatherman also.
 
psychicwarrior said:
Imagine the unimaginable for a moment. Suppose there is a cataclysmic event and for one reason or another you are thrust out into the wild with a bare minimum of survival gear and one knife. The knife can be any knife regardless of price or availability, and this knife would be the only one you will have for the rest of your life. What ONE knife would you choose to survive in the wild and what are the reasons for your choice?
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A butter knife, as I have many jars of peanut butter.
 
leatherman wave in a pouch on a Sog Fusion Jungle Primitive does it count if the 2 knives are together?
 
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