Survivorman knife...

It certainly a beautiful knife don't get me wrong either. But for that price, if you're into scandis you can easlily pick up 5 or 6 handmade puukkos that will do the job just as good if not better than the Helle..

FYI.. that jimping on the spine is NOT intended as a striker for a fire rod. It's for placing your thumb for delicate chores like skinning and such.. The properties of the steel makes it a lousy striker for use with a ferrocium rod, so take that into consideration of you're thinking of picking one up for bushcraft or worse, off the grid living..

Cheers,
Serge
 
sergemaster said:
It certainly a beautiful knife don't get me wrong either. But for that price, if you're into scandis you can easlily pick up 5 or 6 handmade puukkos that will do the job just as good if not better than the Helle..

FYI.. that jimping on the spine is NOT intended as a striker for a fire rod. It's for placing your thumb for delicate chores like skinning and such.. The properties of the steel makes it a lousy striker for use with a ferrocium rod, so take that into consideration of you're thinking of picking one up for bushcraft or worse, off the grid living..

Cheers,
Serge
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How do the properties make it worse? None of my knives are better then the other (if using the edge, that is) The spine just needs to have the right angle. Personally, I prefer to use a rock my nephew gave me as a striker, I just don't think steel type matters.
 
I remember that he used it in the Alaska show. I can't remember if he used it in more episodes or generally stuck to multi tools. A 119 does fit into his premise of what an average person might have on them.

Chad
 
TheGame said:
How do the properties make it worse? None of my knives are better then the other (if using the edge, that is) The spine just needs to have the right angle. Personally, I prefer to use a rock my nephew gave me as a striker, I just don't think steel type matters.
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I think maybe he's confusing firesteel with a traditional steel.
 
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