stumped on survival knife

I will recommend along the lines of a couple others, check out the Bark River line. They have many variants which will do you very well. Also the Fallkniven F1 is designed as a survival knife.

David
 
HoB said:
Actually for once I would have to disagree with Thom (personal preference only of course). All of the once he listed are too wide and thick for my liking. This is of course also a matter of what you are looking for in survival knife but in the size range you are looking at, I would prefere something a bit slimer and more "nimble" such as the Aurora, Foxriver or even the Settler (or for me personally, particularily the Settler) from the BRKT line.
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I thought we disagree all of the time. My rationale was the knives I listed are similar to ones I own and can be bizarrely strong and tough even when their edges get thinned out. My guess is your rationale is that if the knife cuts with barely any force, it doesn't need to be thick, tough, and impact resistant. That the cut or chop would be done before such factors might ever matter. Would that be correct?
 
This is Chris, forum administrator for Doug Ritter's ETS site. Much as I respect all the choices listed, your looking for a survival knife specific to the Amazon Basin. I've been there in my avocation of archaeologist. Remember the phrase " When in Rome, do as the romans do? " Save yourself the hassle of bringing cutlery through customs and back( hopefully.) A brasilian knifemaker who doesn't get much notice at our knifeshows is who you want. @ $8 USD, Senor Tramontina is Muy Bueno.
 
Definitely a style question here. I've kind of settled on knives more like the Fox River than the Howling Rat ... they seem to be two great knives depending on whether you're looking at more robust or not.
 
Whatever knife you think you want, find one and hold it in your hand before you buy it. Often decisions are made based upon pictures, others personal preferences, and imagined capabilities. Then, a decision and a purchase is made only to find out that the handle is too small for one's hand, the choil too small to choke up on, or some other issue that is exposed only during use. In my opinion this is true for guns and knives. I am also of the opinion that a Busse Badger Attack is the only knife for you. ;)
 
I also agree with KAV(Chris).

Buy something locally upon arrival(machete) and if you do want to take a knife with you, go for a SRK, RAT-5 or Ka-Bar.

Maybe take a good stainless multi-tool(SOG) also.
 
I think it's a good idea to get my hands on these knives, but I have scoured the web for stores that sell these, and can't find any. (and that's in LA). So if anyone knows of a good shop in southern cali...most of the places are army/navy surplus that sell crap knives...
 
I have used the all of those knives to some degree and still only posses the F1. As mentioned your interest is in a small knife and the wet environment will be no problem. I use mine rafting and love it. I also like the mora clipper in stainless for the same reason. I do like the SWKW howler too, although I have one of their older ones with res C. My .02.
 
thombrogan said:
I thought we disagree all of the time.
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We do? That says a lot about just how polite and curteous you are, Thom. Something I try to emulate.

No my reasoning was far more simple. At that length/size I wouldn't really be looking for a chopping tool. Even for a survival tool, in the size mentioned I would prefer something that is more geared towards general utility. Of course it should withstand some batoning, but even for the less "tactical" knifes this isn't really a problem. I was a big fan of wide blade for a long time, but lately I have come to realize that there are certain mundane tasks they just don't do very well. It is very hard to turn them in a cut. For a survival blade of 7" up, I would very much agree with your type of selection (I think I would be looking very hard at the S7 Busse (dog) line, or the heavy bowie from Ka-Bar or a RTAK II), where I would like a really tough chopper type knife.
 
Keith, There is a nice knife shop--- in SOLVANG:grumpy: If the drive or butter cookies don't kill you the full retail will. If you watch for announcments of the various gunshows( Glendale, or Ventura just past me are two I know of) there are several dealers with fair selections. This is a painless way to fondle lots of stuff. Be sure to smile and offer to wipe them down with a tuff cloth after looking. Few of these folks sell less than full retail either.If you go the last hours of the last day they may negotiate to make gas money home. Then find a good online dealer, there are several members will recommend. oh, unless you have a strong constitution pass on the hotdogs and beer and avoid politics with the guys in ghilly suits:barf:
 
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