Real Hard Use of Knives, Field Experience Only Please

[grnamin]

(Not exactly a survival situation)
Battle Mistress-->2 winter camping trips-->chopped wood for fire-->used a short log to pound on the spine to aid in chopping-->no holding back-->wanted to see blade snap -->temperatures dropped to about 5 degrees Fahrenheit at night and rose to about 15 degrees in the day-->also whittled sticks to roast some kielbasa over a fire-->lent knife to camping buddies so that they could gather more firewood-->dug out tent stakes stuck in ice with same knife-->edge emerged still able to shave after all that, albeit roughly-->no damage to knife, just a few scratches and a small pitted rust spot (left some water and sap on uncoated blade overnight).

-Greg

[This message has been edited by grnamin (edited 12 December 1999).]

 

[armlok]

Used several 6-7 in knives from CS,Randall,Mad Dog on various hunts to gut,debone and chop throughsternum and necks. Chopped kiawe wood for fire (3-4 in). Used knife to handline fish. On various FTX's cut branhes and stuff for trails and firing lanes, rope, etc,and even killed a medical dummy w/ a bayonet. And finally attacked an above ground fighting position w/ a plastic knife and performed airborne assault (by jumping as high as possible) thus collapsing roof, cause I was outta ammo

 

[Jake Evans]

I used a Kabar as a grunt in Nam, used it for everything, even a tent stake!