New Rescue/ Survival Blade !!!

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pitdog

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A new Survival/ Rescue blade from MMHW, not sure what survival situation you would use this for.....Slaying Zombies maybe ?:eek:

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Over-all length- 24 "
Blade length- 10"
Steel thickness- 1/4"
2 1/2 " wide blade at widest
Kydex sheath included
$400

Developed for an Air Force SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) training specialist, this tool is
designed for heavy cutting, prying and chopping. The long handle facilitates good leverage and balance.
 
It looks like a good chopper like a parang with a dropped tip. Is that tool hollow ground if so that wouldn't be my choice for serious chopping.
 
i had the same idea a while back...

a sort of 9" blade with around a 8-10" handle. it could be held at the back and chopped with, used like a machete or hatchet, but when gripped by the blade would balance very well for fine cutting.

i figured i would be just reinventing the hatchet.

it would take a very strong wrist to skillfully maneuver the blade effectively for things like trap carving and fuzz stick whittling.

with a hatchet vs this thing, the hatchet puts 95% of the weight in your hand (for a wood handled hatchet, more for a synthetic handle) so you have total control over the blade. this thing puts half the weight way out front and half way out back, so there is alot of weight swinging around when you are cutting small things.

neat concept, but i decided that i might as well just use my hatchet.
 
I would use it, but also don't like the hollow grind.
If I was carrying that 2 pound blade I don't think I'd notice the sak or mora piggybacking the big sheath, which is what I'd use for the fine whittling.
 
Plus for fizz stick you would hold that beast on the ground stable between your boots and use the stick to do the movement, works fine with an axe...
 
I think I'd save me a whole bunch of money and just use this instead:

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Lots lighter, chops well, costs lot, lots less.

Andy
 
You *know* you're dealing with a bad-ass knife when it has two lanyard holes.

Seriously though, it looks neat. Perhaps not particularly practical, but neat. A great conversation piece.

All the best,

- Mike
 
+1 on the zombie slaying!

It does have an agrarian look about it. I would definitely plan an outing to try one but you would have to really work it into your kit for it to see some action as a rescue/survival blade unlike the smaller blade at your hip, etc. Maybe it would work out as part of a bug-out-bag. I do like MMHW utilitarian designs.

Jess my 2 cents.

lima-charlie
 
Liam Ryan said:
^^^I am always looking for those, I never saw one yet. May have to order online.
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It's funny. I have lots of khuks, and I like them a lot, they are very useful. But this past week I have been clearing away lots of brush, consisting of tough briars, hackberry saplings, cactus, oak saplings and limbs.

Over and over, I keep reaching for the brush knife. It's only draw back is that its thin blade does tend to wedge when chopping green wood. So for those tasks, cutting green wood more than 2" in diameter, I go to a thicker khuk. But everything else gets the brush knife.

They are tough, have good steel, hold an edge well, are comfortable to use, and don't cost much. The tip of the hook keeps the edge from chopping into the dirt when cutting close to the ground, and it makes cutting hanging growth like vines or briars much easier as the blade holds those types of plants, rather than pushing them to the side.

Tough to beat!

Andy
 
those gerber brush hooks with the nylon sheaths are about $39. might want to buy the less expensive Fiskars brand, save quite a bit
 
Esav,
I have several Gerber/Fiskar brush hooks and hatchets. The Fiskars come from the gardening stores (Sears, Home Depoe), the Gerber from the sporting good stores (Cabelas, Sportsman's Warehouse, etc). The Gerber are more expensive, the Fiskars have colored handles. That is the only difference I can detect.
The Gerber Brush Hook is fantastic. It easily out chops my Dog Father. The Fiskars hatchet out chops the hook on heavy stuff.
Ron Athay
 
Ron Athay said:
Esav,
I have several Gerber/Fiskar brush hooks and hatchets. The Fiskars come from the gardening stores (Sears, Home Depoe), the Gerber from the sporting good stores (Cabelas, Sportsman's Warehouse, etc). The Gerber are more expensive, the Fiskars have colored handles. That is the only difference I can detect.
The Gerber Brush Hook is fantastic. It easily out chops my Dog Father. The Fiskars hatchet out chops the hook on heavy stuff.
Ron Athay
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I think these things are undervalued. It's true, they aren't pretty, but they are a quality product for small money.

They do chop quite well, despite the light weight of the knife. The OAL of the tool, and the thinness of the blade let it do what a heavier, thicker knife might not be able to.

Their cost lets you use the thing without a second thought, you can always get another. And they are well made with good materials.

Andy
 
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