My knife saved me because....

jwblack911 · Dec 16, 2011

I know i am a new member here and this seems like a wonderful forum. Lots of information is here for me to find.

anyways i was curious after i did a light search if we could get some "my knife saved me because" stories in one location. i always love reading about how creative people can be when in a survival situation or a escape.

i don't have a "knife saved me" story but i have saved a stranger from a vehicle fire before with my zt 0300, the driver drove off an embankment and went unconscious, the heat from his cat on the dry leaves set them a blaze

stoffi · Dec 16, 2011

uhuh, so what did u do with your knife?

L4NE4 · Dec 16, 2011

stoffi said:
uhuh, so what did u do with your knife?

I am pretty sure his last sentence said what he did.

No hero stores here.

Bill1170 · Dec 16, 2011

stoffi said:
uhuh, so what did u do with your knife?

Obviously he spayed the cat that was in heat that set the leaves on fire that threatened the car. It takes a sharp knife and a steady hand to do that in the field.

gusbubba · Dec 16, 2011

^^^^^^
Now, that's funny, right there!

(in my best Larry the Cable Guy).

Magnaminous_G · Dec 16, 2011

... I'm still trying to figure out how the cat set the leaves on fire and why, but anyway...

Personally, the closest I've come to a knife survival situation is when the director of my workplace wanted a drink of water and the water cooler was empty. They found a new bottle but couldn't get the thick, plastic wrapping on the nozzle off. I saved the day with my Spyderco Ladybug.

Seriously, though, I think very, very few people have had actual life-or-death survival scenarios in the wild. Most of us try very hard not to get in those situations in the first place, even/especially the outdoorsmen here.

jwblack911 · Dec 17, 2011

cat = catalytic converter

TwinStick · Dec 17, 2011

Yup, they get VERY hot.

My story is a little lame, but here goes. While hunting this year, i was in some thick stuff, so thick that i was turned around backwards & pushing through it with my legs. Well, i got to the point that i could no longer even push myself through the thick stuff. So i stopped, & when i did, there was a NASTY 3" long thorn, about an inch from my eyeball from a thorn apple tree. If i would have turned my head, i would probably be typing with 1 eye & 2 fingers---instead of 2 eyes & 2 fingers. So I pulled out my Becker BK9 from my custom made drop leg kydex sheath & got to work. Glad i had it. I realized the thorn apple trees were everywhere & i was smack dab in the middle of em.

stoffi · Dec 17, 2011

L4NE4 said:
I am pretty sure his last sentence said what he did.

No hero stores here.

No it did not. I wanted to know what he specifically used the knife for.

mwhich50 · Dec 17, 2011

I had a splinter once, and I forgot that I had a swiss army knife on my keychain and got it out with my teeth. I have 30 ...... knives and no decent stories?! What the ....!

TwinStick · Dec 17, 2011

LOL, For splinter removal stories, it hard to beat a "sliver gripper" tweezers.