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Knife you could rely on for survival
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Every time I go outside in winter time, all of my notions of a big knife goes out the window. A saw is where it’s at. A silky gomboy is the bomb.
In other months...meh. Whatever folder I have or a mora. My survival will depend more on if I have a raincoat with me more than what knife I have.
I LOVE my scrapyard 711 a lot but if I’m packing a heavy hitter, it’s a saw.
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Survival knife with fire starting tool.
Love how it looks
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What a beautifully styled knife. Reminds me of the Benchmade/Sibert bushcraft knife but, I like the grip on this better.I'd bring a custom fixed blade made by a knifemaker here on the forums. A little over 5 inches, very sturdy, excellent blade grind, kydex sheath, and reasonable weight. Gives me most of what I'd need from just one knife.
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I only need to survive in an urban jungle which requires different tools and skill set. But seeing so many opinions about the usefulness of a knife and saw made me think of this.
It seems to be inexpensive, easy to sharpen, very light, can be kept in every vehicle, strapped to every pack and thrown into every go-bag — just in case.
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It really depends on what works best for that person and their skill set. The original post asked what you would carry in a survival situation, so it depends on what you have on you at that time, some good amount of purposeful preperation is needed. Think Boy Scout motto of Always be prepared. Yes, you can get by with just one big blade,maybe not as efficient, but it can be done. Look at all the cultures who do not have access to the most modern and fancy tools, they handle all chores with a machete or similar big knife just fine, they have experience with what they have. So my answer is get out and use the tools that work best for you, develop your skills. The piece of glass comment reminds me of whatever you find in a survival situation can be used effectively, if you have to take stock of what you have around you. The best survival tool is your brain and the experience acquired.
I myself like the idea of the proper tool for the job, so the Nessmuk trio makes sense to me, like saw, Swiss Army knife and a fixed blade with a 3.5 to 6 inch blade. I think the thread has drifted from the survival situation to the outdoors enjoyment, which is still fun to discuss.
I myself like the idea of the proper tool for the job, so the Nessmuk trio makes sense to me, like saw, Swiss Army knife and a fixed blade with a 3.5 to 6 inch blade. I think the thread has drifted from the survival situation to the outdoors enjoyment, which is still fun to discuss.
If it had to be just one, and nothing else, this 3v masterpiece of survival ( JX-5 ) should be included in the discussion. I don't like the pricetag, (and I know this is not unreasonable, but still high when you consider good budget 1095 type alternatives from KABAR etc)
https://www.knifecenter.com/item/BA...e-black-canvas-micarta-handles-leather-sheath
it's like a modern kukri really, with space age steel and a shape that should make even handaxe users jealous
(yes I want one) - this is 21.5 ounces of fun
https://www.knifecenter.com/item/BA...e-black-canvas-micarta-handles-leather-sheath
it's like a modern kukri really, with space age steel and a shape that should make even handaxe users jealous
(yes I want one) - this is 21.5 ounces of fun
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I can tell you what knife you CAN'T rely on for survival....
non full-tang fixed blade failure is like survival 101, very basic... i include rat tails in this category fwiw
just stay away from all of them period, if you want the reliability of a fixed blade, then make sure you get a real fixed blade
Utter nonsense for choppers, but hey, lug all that hand-impacting out of balance chopping weight if you want. Randall has never gone that route on big choppers for a reason. Big chopping knives do not have to be made of thin vibrating stock, while still fairly handle-heavy... The BK-9's 3/16" stock vibrated in my hand like there's no tomorrow, making any large task daunting, and one Youtuber observed, of the Esee Junglass, that the balance point made it feel "like it was designed on a computer", which of course it likely was... (see 9:18):
The huge 10.5" Junglass balances a pitiful 1/4" to 1/2" into the blade: Even my $39 Master Cutlery Rambo clone, at 10" and with a much pointier blade, balances in at over 3/4": The cheap Rambo clone is a better chopper than my Bk-9, although maybe not better than the 1" longer and much heavier Esee: 22.5" ounces vs only 17 ounces for the Master Cutlery does count: A pretty big 5.5 ounces... For maybe slightly better steel, find an older United Cutlery in supposedly similar 420: I rate those as more finely made and less chippy than the original D-2 Liles...
And yes, as long as the tube handle attachment method holds, short hollow handle tangs are less prone to breakage than long rat tails (for the obvious reason that a short piece is harder for vibrations to break than a long one)... The "Wiggy's Wilderness" video posted higher up this page shows clearly the tang is quite massive, and also quite intact, and that's a for $19 knife: A preventive dab of G-flex before the pin gave out, maybe even after, and that $19 knife probably would have held on forever, while also being impervious to rust...
With resin-epoxy attached tangs, like all the cheap United Cutlery Rambo clones, and many Randall rat tails and half tangs, the worst that ever happens is a slight guard rattle, easily cured with a fillet of crazy glue. I had a Randall Model 12 that shed its guard silver soldering after 1000 chops, leading to guard rattle, and a running of thin crazy glue around the guard cured it for the next 2000 chops, basically forever.
And yes, many Randalls hold on solely through a tiny dab of resin glue around a short stubby 3/4" tang, not even getting the mechanical hold of a lined lanyard hole: The full Micarta handle Clinton daggers for instance. Same for all the Gerber Mark IIs and Guardians ever made. I'm sure Randall and Vietnam vets didn't have a clue what they were doing.
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Well, I'm glad that guy made a nit-pickey video about that. So its not the knife he would have made.... Whatever man. The knife you can rely on, is the knife you know.
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non full-tang fixed blade failure is like survival 101, very basic
just stay away from all of them period, if you want the reliability of a fixed blade, then make sure you get a real fixed blade
Right, generations of practical real world Puukko users hasnt had a reliable tool for hundreds of years - Joined
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But those guys would laugh at the idea of a survival knife, since they never did much surviving, mostly thriving. And if they were down to just a knife, things were too dire to be much worried about that. What's the best Thrivival knife? (no I didn't get a lisp)
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Not sure a couple of lone Saami looking for a stray herd in a howling blizzad a hundred years ago in a desolate border region would agree with that statement.
Leuko or not.
