Survival Knife?

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justjed said:
The first knife I considered a 'survival Knife' was the USAF Pilot's knife.
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So let's begin with the USAF or USN Pilots Survival Knife. Other than most folks won't need a sawtooth back to cut their way out of an aluminium can, yet that same sawtooth makes for a great striking surface for a rod. So let's proceed from there. Since a "Survival Knife" must protect the users hand while stabbing! (unlike a Bushcrafting knife) Perhaps handguards are a requirement? What about metallurgy? Should you be able to Savage a rock that can serve as a sharpening stone? What about the ability to strike flint & steel for fire? Or perhaps just the differences between Bushcraft use and Survival? I mean if all you need a knife to do is cut wouldn't a one piece scalpel or obsidian serve best? Oh, and let's not forget that even a Bushcraft Knife needs to be able to support your weight when plunged into a tree. (Most folks forget that requirement as stated by Mor's.)
 
If it doesn’t say it on the blade I ain’t taking it out surviving. This is my ONLY survival knife! I never worry about anything when I carry it. That’s mainly because I only carry it in my basement so I’m pretty sure things are going to be okay. Also, I can keep a good many survival M&Ms in the handle.
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ScarFoot said:
If it doesn’t say it on the blade I ain’t taking it out surviving. This is my ONLY survival knife! I never worry about anything when I carry it. That’s mainly because I only carry it in my basement so I’m pretty sure things are going to be okay. Also, I can keep a good many survival M&Ms in the handle.
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It's Actually one of the better looking ones I've seen.... Haha.
 
ScarFoot said:
If it doesn’t say it on the blade I ain’t taking it out surviving. This is my ONLY survival knife! I never worry about anything when I carry it. That’s mainly because I only carry it in my basement so I’m pretty sure things are going to be okay. Also, I can keep a good many survival M&Ms in the handle.
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Making sure your survival knife has a name is very important and also that you know it. It's good to talk in a survival situation, just ask Tom Hanks. I'm pleased to meet Gordon.
 
ScarFoot said:
If it doesn’t say it on the blade I ain’t taking it out surviving. This is my ONLY survival knife! I never worry about anything when I carry it. That’s mainly because I only carry it in my basement so I’m pretty sure things are going to be okay. Also, I can keep a good many survival M&Ms in the handle.
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I have found that it's the area under the grip, (ie the rat tail tang of the MK2 or PSK that is the weakest link.) In the 3 decades I served as a NAVY A.I.R.R Naval Aircrewman we constantly had to remove and replace the leather washers to service the carbon steel rat tangs underneath to keep them from corroding and causing catastrophic failures due to emersion in salt water. So a hollow handle would be a deficiency in an actual "Survival Knife". Yet in your basement YMMV and probably should. 😂
 
I've survived so far, so it looks like all of mine have been survival knives.

I'd say I'd let you know when I find one that isn't, but that probably won't work out.
 
snuffle said:
I've survived so far, so it looks like all of mine have been survival knives.

I'd say I'd let you know when I find one that isn't, but that probably won't work out.
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Guess it depends, I mean how useful is a Bushcraft Knife above timberline or on a raft afloat in the middle of the Pacific? I for one wouldn't want a Mora to stab a shark that might be all I got to eat while collecting rain water to drink while hoping to survive long enough to run around on some deserted island. YMMV. Guess it depends on your idea of survival? Perhaps that is why Big Green issues a multitool instead of a KaBar nowadays?
 
Peter Hartwig said:
Agree
Not much benafit if you have a perfect knife sitting back at the house.
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Guess I just assumed that folks on this forum would be wise enough to choose what blade they left the house with each mourning, realizing that one never picks the day or time that they find themselves in an actual Survival Situation. Pi$$ Poor Prior Planning almost always ends in failure. YMMV. Guess it depends on what extreme you might find yourself in when you leave for work?
 
Tsujigiri said:
Wait, which part?
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Pictorials are needed to differentiate the time periods




1983....
Bad Ass
Double -Tooth Saw Blade
Stainless Steel
Tactical Blacked out
From a Jungle place, with a Jungle name








2023.....
Even MORE Bad Ass
Thick 5/32" spine
Low temper Cryo 3V steel
Refined Vintage Micarta
Scratched Up
 
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