OTF knife as a spear

You can certainly make a spear out of any knife, the real question... Depending on the situation. Is it wise to do a spear with my knife to try to fish or hunt ??? I know that it is difficult to fish even with a good Kakivak, then imagine with a spear-point :rolleyes:. lollable. If it is my only knife I wouldn't do it. Much easier is to use the knife to make a simple Kakivak and put the knife in your pocket while fishing :D.
 
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Oh internet, you never let me down. :) theres always something to laugh about. :rolleyes:
Seriously though, the people that suggest a home made spear in a bad situation obviously arent hunters.... I spent over 5 years trying to get a deer with a bow, hunting hard every season. This year I finally got one, hunting only with a bow all year and using camo and scent control etc. And plus baiting is legal in my state. If you get lost in the woods taking a walk, and strap your knife to a stick thinking youll hunt to survive or fight bears or whatever.....youre gonna have a bad time.... its not quite as easy as Rambo makes it look. ;)
 
An OTF in my hands would be a flip toy, I don't even own an OTF due to the complexity of them, too much to go wrong and too hard to clean. I'd rather start with a better tool or put time and effort into learning to make tools from stone or wood so that I could make something crude if I needed it and didn't have anything else available. As it stands now I can make a crummy hand axe and the occasional arrowhead if I have the right type of rocks available.

One time I used my machete and carved a sharp edged wooden sword out of an oak sapling to mess around with. I fire hardened it, refined the edge as best I could, and went to goofing around. I was able to cut a milk jug full of water in half horizontally with a fast swing, not terribly difficult but I was pretty impressed. I wanted to test the limits so I set up a pine 2x4 and cut along the grain to split it, and, no joke, I split a 2x4 with a wooden sword. While it did tear it up pretty badly I was completely shocked that a thin, long edge of relatively soft material was able to do that.

A fire hardened spear is no joke, one reference stated that fire dried wood is as hard as copper. Based on my experience with that wooden sword I made I believe it would hold a point well enough to pierce hide.
 
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