Most Trusted Knife

FC Yuk

FC Yuk

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I will be going camping in about 3 weeks and I will bring along a few of my knifes. It got me wondering if I had to choose one knife to carry in a situation where I'm stranded in the wilderness, not knowing where I'm going, where I am. I'm still deciding.

So, in curiosity, I'm just asking everybody what one knife they would have with them in that kind of situation. Any knife.....fixed, folding, small, large......any. A knife that you will need for utility, survival, and perhaps rescue.
 
That's got to be my Swisschamp SAK. No, really, it is just an absolute gem of a life saver in any situation. Grant it, it's not a "tactical" knife, I have those but it is very handy indeed, and I am a member of SOSAK. Otherwise it would be my Aitor Bucanero survival knife (almost like the Jungle King 1).

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Well...Id have to say a really good SAK. After that maybe something rigid. Like a BK&T, or something of that nature. Swamp rat. Anything that can hold up to chores. Real survival is knowing what to do with the knife. :D
 
My Fällkniven F-1 and my trusty old SAK will do it for me! Wouldn't mind bringing a BK&T Magnum Camp though!

Bo
 
I have two knives that I trust implicitly, and trust from me only comes through extended use. My New Busse is a very solid knife, but only time will tell if I’ll come to trust it or not. The knives I trust the most are my Marbles Fieldcraft and SAK Huntsman. I’ve beaten the piss out of both of them many times, and they’ve never flinched, chipped, rusted out or anything else.

The Marbles is easy to field sharpen, tough enough to cut through knots in hardwood, and is remarkably rust resistant for a carbon steel. The pouch sheath is also superb. If the sheath is no good, the knife isn’t worth carrying.

The SAK is pretty close to indestructible under normal use. The handles have never cracked after being bounced off of rocks, and there is no side-to-side blade play after years of use. The saw cuts wonderfully, and the knife cleans trout with no problem at all.
 
From the movie "Exposure" starring Peter Coyote. As the knife dealer says, "This is a......., treacherous, fierce steel. Honed on natural stones by hand, by masters."
I'd be careful around fierce treacherous things, and not too trusting!
On a more serious note, you can only use the knife that's with you - on your person. It should be sharp enough to whittle fuzzy sticks that curl to get a fire going. It should be able to be used with a baton to cut poles - which is tough on folders - but lots of us really do go out alone and trust our wellbeing to a $10 US Mora.
Having a ferrocerium rod and practising lighting fires in a variety of conditions will help you trust your knife.
"Bushcraft" by Mors Kochanski is an excellent primer on knife skills.
 
Randall Model 14 or Busse Steel Heart...depending on my disposition that day. Whichever fixed blade I chose would have a good multitool or SAK in the sheath pocket.

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I would say a tie between a Strider fixed blade and an Chris Reeve one piece fixed blade (with a slight bias to the Strider). I happen to own a Strider MFS and a Chris Reeve Shadow III. I carry these because I have a 4" limit in length, where I live.

I am 100% sold on their strength and usefulness. However if I was in the wilderness I would go with a longer version of each make.
 
Fixed blade - Randall Model 1, IMHO there isn't a semi-production knife that'll hold up like a Randall, there's a reason that there's a 40 month wait for new one.

Folder - BM 942, I've abused and misused mine and it just keeps on working. Plus, unlike most others, I love the reverse tanto, its one of the most useful blade configurations that I've found.
 
Of the knives I have, it would have to be one of the two drop points hunters I made this spring. About 8" OAL, 3.5" blades ATS 34 RC 60 and cryo treated, full flat grind (1/8" stock). One has a rosewood handle, the other black linen micarta, kydex sheaths. I didn't think I would carry them all that often when I made them, but my folders are spending more and more time on the shelf.
 
I would want to have my Spyderco (PE) Chinook, my Siegle Bowie (11 inch blade), and a Leatherman Supertool.
 
I would take my Mineral Mountain White River Bowie. I haven't had it that long, but I've played around with it enough to be fairly confident with it. My other choice would be my SAK Huntsman, which has proved itself to be a nearly indestructible tool for many years.
--Josh
 
I'm with Buzzbait. Trust comes only with time. I;ve had the SRK since they were first introduced, around late '80s or so. Its now pitted and bare metal, but still perfectly serviceable. Handles are hardly worn at all.
My folder was a Large Sebenza, which I had for a year and tradedoff for a new small Sebbie.
My newer knives on "probation" are Falkniven F1, Spyderco Moran, Becker Brute, Spyderco Native, Benchmade 710 and a few others.
 
I'll agree with the others on the SAK, you just can't beat the Swiss Army knife.

Couple the SAK with a hatchet or machete and you should be as well equipped, cutlery-wise, as any of our pioneering forefathers were.

Good luck,
Allen.
 
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