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blackjackdan08

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Looking for a solid survival knife...back woods...lost in the jungle kind of knife...what can you suggest for 50 to 100 bucks....thanks for any help...
 
Question..many of the top survival knifes ontario,Esee rc6 , Kabar use 1095 steel..why?...it does rust..so why 1095?
 
Just think of blade length you want and the put BK- in front of it and see what happens when you enter it in the search engine of your choice. All of them Beckers are under $100 and from what I here they work great. All that and I am not even a Beckerhead. :p
 
blackjackdan08 said:
Question..many of the top survival knifes ontario,Esee rc6 , Kabar use 1095 steel..why?...it does rust..so why 1095?
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1095 does rust if you mistreat it, but all carbon steel does. It also does not chip easily and sharpens easily.
 
I cannot imagine sharpening s30v in the field. A lot of the high carbon steels can't be matched for toughness. This is why you will see them in a lot of survival knives. 1095, 5160, 52100, etc. They're all high carbon steels. You start going to more stainless type steels and a lot of times you will give up toughness. That's also the reason you rarely see large survival/chopper type blades in something like s30v.
 
I just ordered the new Gerber BG fixed blade with no serrations (fine edge).....44 bucks with a lifetime warranty at the store with a McDonalds inside...I also like my older Kbar,I belive they are around 65-70 dollars now...I'm adding a Mora to the colection next
 
Not crazy about gerber..i did just recent get Kabar 1211 and a 5011...which besides a different color handle i dont seem the difference..but i was told they are more "fighting" knives..as opposed to survival knives..
 
The closer people get to nature the more likely they are to carry a machete. They are light in weight, easy to sharpen, inexpensive, versatile and durable. They also offer good reach, which helps to put distance between you and vegetation that can punture or cut you.

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Yep...get a machete, a mora, and some sort of SAK and call it a day! Hell, in your price range you could even throw in a hatchet!
 
blackjackdan08 said:
Looking for a solid survival knife...back woods...lost in the jungle...
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That's a broad array of environments. For backwoods, a 3" to 5" fixed blade made of high carbon steel. If you hone your skills, you'll learn that it's easier to do more with less. For a jungle environment, that's easy. A machete made of high carbon steel also. Just my $.02. Good luck in your quest.
 
How about kukri? :D Or is that too specialized? speaking of rust my kukri is made of leaf spring steel (whatever that is, some kind of inexpensive carbon) and I have used it outdoors in snowy times and accidentally dropped it in the snow and such and I have not found any rust spot. :) I had a simple cheap work knife of carbon steel that i let in water for days and it took at least 2 days before it got some real rust on it, clear brown patches and tiny spots.
 
Hundreds of knives would work, although "woods" to "jungle" is a stretch for a single tool.

You will get lots of advice. Opinions are like brains. Almost everyone has one.

Amuse yourself by Googling the name of the product and "review" It can be entertaining to see some reviews hail a product and others damn the same product. Retailer's reviews like everything they sell. (All the children are above average.)

In the end, buy a product from a reputable maker. Heat treatment is pretty important and cannot be seen. You need to be able to trust the maker did his/her/its work.
 
Agreed with the other guys. For woods use a good fixed blade is great, but a machete is king of the jungle but trying to do both at once is a bit hard.

For woods work, I like a midsize fixed with a folding saw (and maybe a folder or a mora for little stuff). I've never been to a jungle, so I don't know what to recommend there.

Shot in the dark recommendations:
ESEE 6
Becker BK2
Becker BK12
Becker BK7
Cold Steel SRK
 
Just get you a BK7 or a BK9 and you will still swear by them this time next year and still be using it to get the job done.!! My .02 worth.*
 
A vote for Kabar's Becker Series. Maybe something in 5/32nds from Grey Wolf. Then, get yourself a machete with the leftovers....
 
Personally for the price, I love my Ontario Spec Plus Marine Raider Bowie. I got mine for around 56 dollars, almost a 10 inch blade of 1095 hard to beat that value.
 
ThePharce said:
Yep...get a machete, a mora, and some sort of SAK and call it a day! Hell, in your price range you could even throw in a hatchet!
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Its hard to answer these kinda questions because they don't provide enough information about how the tools will actually be used or the preferences of the user. All we can go by is the stated need for something usable under a wide range of geography with a budget of up to $100. I'd agree with the poster who I quoted. - - - At around $10 or so, you can get a couple of the Moras with rubber handles and usable plastic sheaths that clip onto a belt. In addition to the machete, I'd get a small packable saw - - - either a quality 'pocket chainsaw' type or a break down saw with replacement blades that you can find in a hardware store. With all this and the hatchet, you'd be good to go. Its likely some of the items could be purchased used.
 
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