One Knife Too Trust Your Life Too

Well, i could see several situations where you would just be diddy-boppin around the woods and suddenly be in a survival situation.

- nasty group of bad dudes gets into your camp while you were away and stole or trashed your gear. you always have your sheath knife on your belt all the time as a good woodsman

- you stumble on a hidden pot farm in the wilderness and are discovered and need to run as fast as you can. you have to dump the too-heavy pack youre carrying.

these along with other situations would force you to only be left with just your main knife on you.

That said, i would choose my Gerber LMF II hands down as one of the best knives i've ever owned. i actually own 2, one that stays on my SHTF/EOTWAWKI M.O.L.L.I.E vest always. the other goes with me whenever i go hunting, camping, road trips, etc. it has all the features i need. - Eric
 
I could make do with just my LM Wave, because that is the most carried tool I own. I also EDC a Spyderco Endura but since I'm down for one it's the Wave.
Survival is being able to keep your wits and use whatever you have to make an otherwise unpleasant event bearable. Knowledge and experience is your friend. Making fire/shelter is paramount in your well being. (Hint; you don't need a chainsaw)..
A big knife might bring you comfort:jerkit: but your brain is number one in a survival situation..
 
Stubai said:
My choice would be a properly profiled 18 inch machete. Such a tool has numerous uses and is a great weapon as well. BuddyLee has the right idea here. Few people know how great a tool the machete is as a survival blade.
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Absolutely right! :thumbup: Even a 12" model is very useful. And the machete's versatility is matched by its comparatively low cost, too. These two attributes are why tens of millions of them (in various configurations) are in use by ordinary people who are just trying to make a living all over the world.
 
buddylee said:
If you could only have one knife in a survival situation, what knife would you choose to do it all? Would it be fixed blade or folder? WHY?:
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Picture this 'survival situation': You're on your knees at gunpoint and buddy says "if you don't produce a nice folder knife for me right now, you're a dead man".

If you only had a fixed blade, you'd be effed, wouldn'cha?
 
Whatever I have on me at the time which would more than likely be a quality folder. If I'm out in the "wilds" I usually have several knives both fixed and folders in my gear.
 
I have used a Case Barehead Trapper, yellow handled, with CV blades - more than once.

This was the only knife I had for 7 days in Canada portaging and canoing.
Survival lessons and 1 knife, two matches, small box of raisins, some cord, compass, mag starter and a few other items.

Same as I did for Order of the Arrow.

I've done this with a yellow handled Case Sodbuster Jr, Mini Trapper and Stockman - all with CV blades, for other situations.
Tornados, Floods, fires, ice storms and "run what you brung", if you will.

Fixed : I happen to like Old Hickory Paring knives, and one trip in Canada, our guide had one, and a Case Sodbuster Jr.
Sodbuster was his back-up knife.

Farmers, Ranchers, Cowboys, and Timber folks, for starters, forever have survived situations with simple tools.
 
I quess my SOG NW Ranger would do the job as it has in the past. IMO its as good an all around knife as there is out there.
 
If the SHTF when I am at the office: Fallkniven WM1.
If the SHTF when I am walking off the asphalt or driving: F1

I guess that the F1 will "survive" longer than I will though.

I read that some people want a 8" machete or super macho knife, but one important thing is that you should wear it all the time and a knife that keeps hitting your knee and weighs near a kilo might be tiresome after a while.

How come almost all knives really developed for "survival" like the F1, the LMFII, the JPSK and others dont have 6" blades and lots of combatty features.

So, the knife I would trust my life to is the F1. The S1 as number two. You might wonder why? Because with a small knife I will not be tempted to chop things. Chopping means greater risk for injuries or damaging the knife or losing it. Batoning works great and is much safer. The size of the F1 makes it even easier to bring along and the non combat sheath makes it look harmless if someone sees it "out of context".

The Mora knives have been the knife of choice for generations in Sweden and the only knife people ever used. Hey, our grandparents didnt cut themselves to death with those red handled knives without any protection whatsoever. The F1 is a modification to that concept. No fancy combat features (except the black coating) and a size that people are used to.
 
if I had to pick one for a wilderness survival sit it'd be a fallkniven f1...if I got to choose my ideal setup it'd be leatherman wave, brkt mini canadian and a fiskars 14 inch sport axe.
 
Personally, I don't go anywhere I might be in a life threatening survival situation. Driving to work is the most risk I take, but I don't go anywhere without at least two knives within reach. A pocket piece and a belt piece. The belt piece is a drop point Loveless style with linen micarta scales. The folder, I've got a bunch and they're all good, but I favor my Mcusta alot.
 
For wilderness survival....

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beluga said:
Definitely fixed blade. Busse Battle Mistress or Fehrman knives.
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+1...........................................

Basically a hard use large blade that can do it all. I would add custom competition type blades to that list as well.
 
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