Survival Knife?

[justjed]

Perhaps that is why Big Green issues a multitool instead of a KaBar nowadays?

That might also have something to do with all the city boys who have never used a knife for much more than spreading their peanut butter and jelly, or maybe cutting a steak, if Mommy doesn't do it for them. They only know hack, slash, and stab. Everything they need in a video game. REAL sharp tools would be dangerous. And expensive, medically speaking.

There's also the number of hard cases that are in the military to avoid going to jail. They're the ones who already know knives as a weapon. Better to not give them a tool that's actually quick to get into service! This could also be expensive, medically speaking.

In both cases, a serious lack of impulse control is going to be a common trait. One side doesn't know the consequences, the other side doesn't care. The end result is the same.

And it's really not anything new, or even different. Navies have been giving sailors knives without points for centuries....

 

[M118LR]

That might also have something to do with all the city boys who have never used a knife for much more than spreading their peanut butter and jelly, or maybe cutting a steak, if Mommy doesn't do it for them. They only know hack, slash, and stab. Everything they need in a video game. REAL sharp tools would be dangerous. And expensive, medically speaking.

There's also the number of hard cases that are in the military to avoid going to jail. They're the ones who already know knives as a weapon. Better to not give them a tool that's actually quick to get into service! This could also be expensive, medically speaking.

In both cases, a serious lack of impulse control is going to be a common trait. One side doesn't know the consequences, the other side doesn't care. The end result is the same.

And it's really not anything new, or even different. Navies have been giving sailors knives without points for centuries....

I'm not sure how to respond? Uncle Sam issued me MK1, 2, & 3, or a PSK just about every day I was in service. At the same time he issued flat footed dimwitted GRUNTS fully automatic firearms that served in same areas I was. Which one of us are you saying wasn't worthy of handling sharp objects? LOL.

 

[justjed]

They STILL issue FA to boneheads! Ammunition is another story.....

 

[M118LR]

They STILL issue FA to boneheads! Ammunition is another story.....

I've never run out of ammunition for a knife.LOL.

 

[justjed]

Nope! And a back-up knife is lighter than a back-up gun. Also much quieter.

 

[SimplyMinded]

The first time I ever heard the term it was used to sell those hollow handled knives in the 80's.

 

[ByAnyMeansNecessary]

As other have said, it is a very loose term that could mean just about anything a knife maker could want it to mean.

 

[YaArArYa]

Sharpens up on things.
Good sheath.
Full tang .

 

[ByAnyMeansNecessary]

The first time I ever heard the term it was used to sell those hollow handled knives in the 80's.

Coincidentally, I was thinking the same thing.

As someone who grew up in the 80s and lived through the Rambo era, the hollow handle knife filled with waterproof matches and other things was the quintessential "survival knife".

 

[M118LR]

Nope! And a back-up knife is lighter than a back-up gun. Also much quieter.

This is TRUE, but it's a question of distance. A Hush Puppy is measured in yards, a Yarbough in breaths. JMHO. Yet the only "Survival Knife" I was ever issued was a PSK or USAF Survival Knife. All the others were Utility/Fighting/Dive knives.

 

[Elgatodeacero]

If you require anything more than this knife and a pomegranate to survive in the woods then you are a cheechako and won’t last one night. Please ignore the peanut butter.