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DOBBI4578

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U were in the woods trying to get home which of the three knives would you pick from the spyderco endura the bench made spike or the sebenza 25
 
I don't see how a knife would get me home from the woods? I would choose a car on I-78.
 
I would take the Spike and use it on the person making me chose between the three. I would then take the three, his wallet and whatever else he has and go deeper into the woods.
 
Neither of those are even remotely the type of knife I would want in the woods. If I had to pick I would I would go Endura. Its a great in the city daily carry self defense/utility knife.

I would much rather have a $15 Mora 2/0 though.

Question is pretty vague though. Are we talking a days hike to get out or Survival situation. Put me within 20 miles of civilization and all I'm concerned with is making tracks. I'd rather have a compass than a knife.
 
Never an endura since i have broken two of them, so probably benchmade spike since i dont like frame locks... of course the sebenza would be a more useful blade shape in da woodz
 
craytab said:
I don't see how a knife would get me home from the woods? I would choose a car on I-78.
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Exactly. I would be very happy to find a free Sebenza, put it in my pocket, and walk home... or get lost and die. Can I trade the Sebenza for a compass? Outside of bribery or carjacking (which works better with a Strider than a Sebenza, I've heard [joking, of course]), I don't think the knife will get me home any faster.
 
Any particular reason that it's limited to those three in particular? Even if I was forced to go with a folder I think I'd rather have the new Cold Steel Finn Wolf that any of those three if I was stuck in the woods. And it costs about half what the cheapest of those costs.

Of the three I'd take the Endura. I hate using framelocks if I'm carving wood at all. I sometimes torque out chips of wood when notching and that motion applies force in the exact way you unlock a framelock. So the Sebbie is out. Same applies to the linerlock on the Spike and I don't like that blade shape for woodwork. Endura would also do the best at staying grippy yet comfortable while cold, hot or wet.
 
I-78 will kill you faster than making your way out of the woods of PA....

But I'd pick the Endura, just for sheer aesthetics
 
Insipid Moniker said:
Any particular reason that it's limited to those three in particular? Even if I was forced to go with a folder I think I'd rather have the new Cold Steel Finn Wolf that any of those three if I was stuck in the woods. And it costs about half what the cheapest of those costs.

Of the three I'd take the Endura. I hate using framelocks if I'm carving wood at all. I sometimes torque out chips of wood when notching and that motion applies force in the exact way you unlock a framelock. So the Sebbie is out. Same applies to the linerlock on the Spike and I don't like that blade shape for woodwork. Endura would also do the best at staying grippy yet comfortable while cold, hot or wet.
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+1. Although I'd bring a fixed Blade if I was going to the woods, but that wasn't a choice.
 
Def not the spike. Useless blade in the woods.

Of those three, I think it's a toss up between the CR or the endura. One will do better than the other at different things. The seb will skin animals better, make better feather sticks and do finer work while the thicker grind of the endura may hold up better to more aggressive tasks. The seb handle will fare far better. Slight edge to seb.

However, neither would excel at it. While the two are very good for daily use, with dame disclaimers as above, and I own both, I choose neither when I am working in the woods (between me and my disable father, we have 50+ acres here, mostly wooded). When working out there, I carry a Hinderer 3.5 or zt 0550 and a machete with a small slip joint (Davison atm). Between them, I can do anything I need to do. Usually keep a small hatchet close too.
 
I'd take the Sebenza, walk about twenty minutes back home, and be a happy man for the rest of my life.
 
Sebenza. Then I'd sell it and get the smart phone w/GPS that would actually help me get home.
 
I would pick the Sebenza if I was trying to get home from my back yard!
 
Sebenza, so I could give it to the trucker who picked me up in return for not having to provide any "compensation" using my bodily orifices in return for the favor.
 
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