Out with my survival knife today !

[pitdog]

I guess one of the most common debates on this forum is the definitions of different knife types.
What is a Survival knife ? What is a Bushcraft knife ? What is a camp knife ?

There are no definitive answers to these questions but I think there are some guidelines to help define a knifes purpose, albeit there will always be some crossover.

Anyway last night I was reading the July/August edition of Backwoodsman mag and came across the article ' So what is a survival knife ' by Dan Shectman, I always enjoy Dan's articles and what he has to say often makes good sense.

He basically says a survival knife should be able to Chop ( although it's never gonna match an axe ), split and batton. It should be able to carve Fuzz sticks and trap triggers etc, although will never match a Bushcraft knife. It should be able to dress game both large and small and carry out food prep but will never match a thin butchers blade.So it has to be a jack of all trades, master of none and most importantly of all it should be strong enough never to fail ya !!!

In the article Dan tested 3 knives, one from Scott Gossman, one from Bob Dozier and one from Treeman knives.Two of the three had 5-5 1/2" blades, this happens to be the exact same size as my Mark Wohlwend Booshway.
I blow hot and cold with knives pretty regularly but the Booshway has always remained at the top of my collection, the more I use it the more I love it and I'm sure if Dan Shectman had one in his collection it would have been in his article along with the other three !

My beloved Booshway~

By pitdog2010 at 2011-07-18

Found some wild edibles today, some miniture plums ~

By pitdog2010 at 2011-07-18

Trailing Blackberry~

By pitdog2010 at 2011-07-18

And check out this awesome specimen, A Lobster Mushroom !

By pitdog2010 at 2011-07-18

By pitdog2010 at 2011-07-18

The girls had a great time as usual !

By pitdog2010 at 2011-07-18

 

[slo]

a nice pit you got there!(and JR) just recently got into pitbulls but can't own one until I own my own house. Good score on the edibles as well, never ventured that far into survival and I really should. Sounds like you had a great day buddy

 

[pitdog]

a nice pit you got there!(and JR) just recently got into pitbulls but can't own one until I own my own house. Good score on the edibles as well, never ventured that far into survival and I really should. Sounds like you had a great day buddy

Thanks buddy.

I'd encourage you to get into the wild edibles it really adds interest to any hikes and you'll be amazed just what is out there to feed you or cure you !

 

[slo]

I hear that, I really should. I can see how much more fun it'd make the bush, being able to find useful things here and there.

 

[RickJ]

Pit,

Can you talk me through how you are posting these pics, I have posted pics and mine look small and unclear, so how do you post these so they look so large and clear, also what kind of camera are they coming off of, nice pics by the way!

 

[pitdog]

Pit,

Can you talk me through how you are posting these pics, I have posted pics and mine look small and unclear, so how do you post these so they look so large and clear, also what kind of camera are they coming off of, nice pics by the way!

My camera is just a little point and shoot buddy.

I use the Imageshack site to host my pics, once you have uploaded them to there you just highlight the forums option then copy and paste it onto your post here....hope that makes sense !

 

[Shotgun]

Nice pics. I never really thought knives that small would make a good chopper but seeing knives like yours and the experience with my GB mini, about the same length, I'm starting to think it's more doable then I thought given a proper design. How does it compare to your M6 for chopping? I found the M6 to be pretty terrible at it.

 

[pitdog]

Nice pics. I never really thought knives that small would make a good chopper but seeing knives like yours and the experience with my GB mini, about the same length, I'm starting to think it's more doable then I thought given a proper design. How does it compare to your M6 for chopping? I found the M6 to be pretty terrible at it.

Much better than the M6, I based the Booshway's handle on the TOPS Tracker, this lets you take a grip right at the back and coupled with the thin flat grind allows it to chop great for it's size !

 

[Hawkeye5]

Good job as always Pitdog.

 

[RickJ]

My camera is just a little point and shoot buddy.

I use the Imageshack site to host my pics, once you have uploaded them to there you just highlight the forums option then copy and paste it onto your post here....hope that makes sense !

Thanks,

I guess I need to look into imageshack, thanks!

 

[TheGame]

Thanks for sharing. I always considered a chopper to be my 'survival' knife. Probably because I like using them the most and always have one with me in the woods. I love the bigger blades. :thumbup:

 

[texastonydobbs]

good thread bro