New "LHK" Survival Series

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I`ve been tossing the idea of a survival knife, and here`s what I`ve come up with, have you guys anything to sugest or would like to see in a knife like this?
I`ll have a drawing for you guys when my picture hosting is back up.

If it was me out in the wilderness and say lost ( god forbid)
These would be the specs I would make the knife to.
5" blade of differentially heat treated O-1.straight back or slight drop point ( because I find 6" on the"edge" of too much blade, and O-1 because I trust it`s edge holding and performance, as I witness it every day)

1 3/4" of seration, (for when you need a little sawing action)

Full integral design (so as not to have problems with guards or butt caps, the integral butt would be very strong if you had to use it for hammering or something to that effect)

A good strong handle material like linen micarta,G-10, or carbon fiber

Hollow pins (in the knife for help tightening knots and stuff, or for pulling on small diameter rope)

Thumb serations (for grip and for use with a flint stone)

Heavy Leather sheath, with sharpening steel or diamond hone and flintstone compartments
 
To me the perfect survival knife would be Carbon Steel, full tang, flat ground Scandinavian design blade. I would like the blade to be around 3.5” - 4” long. I want the grind profile without a secondary bevel, so it’s easy to maintain in the field. The back of the blade (spine) needs to have a sharp edges (non-finished) so it can spark or scrape a firesteel. No serations. Chioce of handle materials.

Something like Ray Mears Woodlore Knife or Bison BushCraft knife.
 
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