The 1 and only knife

Well, since someone else mentioned it, I don't think just a knife would do it. But instead of a machete, I'd take this ax and one of these two knives. All handmade by me. (Sorry, I'm just one of those guys who trusts stuff I've made myself over someone else for certain things.)
Scrap Ax 2
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KMAG
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Hacker 2
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That ax is better than it looks. I can really send the chips flying when cutting down a tree. KMAG is actually the first knife I ever made for commision. Kind of a general purpose camping knife. Hacker 2 is also more of a general pupose knife, but with a thicker blade than KMAG, can handle heavier use. This one I carry with me most places.
 
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Did the original poster mean perhaps an urban jungle?

As in marooned in a big city for some reason?

If that's the case, I'll take the bigest Leatherman there is. If I'm going to be making a home in an empty woodlot or under the free way, I want tools available.
 
jackknife said:
Did the original poster mean perhaps an urban jungle?

As in marooned in a big city for some reason?

If that's the case, I'll take the bigest Leatherman there is. If I'm going to be making a home in an empty woodlot or under the free way, I want tools available.
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ya a city with like a forest nearby to hunt for food kinda like an apocalypse and just being totally screwed and only having your 1 trusty blade
 
Ontario Camp Machete, the 12 incher. It'd hold up just as good as any of your 500 dollar monster knives, and it's probably a whole lot easier to sharpen.
 
jungle
1. Extrema Ratio Col Moschin
or 2. Tops tracker

urban ,
1. Microtech SOCOM
or
2. Spiderco military
 
Well im gonna assume that you are asking for two different knives for two seperate puposes.

For survival in the wilds i think id carry my skinny ash-1 in my mashed cat kydex holster. Its got plenty of belly and heft for chopping and its thin enough to make fine tip work doable. it would bite into hard wood and slice through softer vines.

In an urban area if im surviving id probably use a leatherman multi-tool. If your talking EDC ive been quite fond of carrying my RAT H.E.S.T.

If the general idea was what is the only knife you'll ever need i think its a flawed question. id carry that busse and the leatherman would be attatched to the sheath. anyway, why limit yourself to one knife? you can lose or break a knife why take that risk?
 
rc3mil said:
ya a city with like a forest nearby to hunt for food kinda like an apocalypse and just being totally screwed and only having your 1 trusty blade
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1. No such thing as a do it all blade. Unless you like comprimising.

2. If you end up "...totally screwed and only having your 1 trusty blade" then you have failed miserably in preparation.

3. If you are in a city and the apocalypse comes you could raid grocery stores for food almost indefinitely. And aren't suburbs near by cities...not forests?

I'd just find the nearest Sam's Club.
 
A short machete. If I could have two it would be a big machete and a small fixed blade (like an RC-3). If I could have three it would an axe, a medium machete, and a small fixed blade. :D
 
If I were stranded in a city and there was a forest close enough to get to, the city would never see my shadow again. Mindset, skillset, toolset. In that order.

Parker
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
Just curious but how does a differential heat treat (soft spine) have anything to do with edge retention? Just wondering if I am missing some theory on this?
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The soft spine has nothing to do with a hard edge. The point the other guy was making is this. The blades are made to be unbreakable similiar to the way Wayne Goddard makes them...I use a modified Heat treat which took me 1 month to work up on this particuar 5160 pre 1980's steel stock used in his blade...I used a modified Ed Fowler HT with the 5160, similiar to the 52100 HT he uses...If you take a look at the article that Mr. Fowler wrote in Blade page 30 March issue 2010 he does a really good job explaining 5160's potential of that being very very close to 52100 with similar differtial HT. While spending many many hours in the shop every day I have come up with some really good HT's that are diferentially heat treated with an extemely hard but yet unbreakable blade. My blades prove it when used by professionals time and time again...I will not go into details about the HT methods I have come up with because not everyones steel is of the same stock and therefore will Ht differentally. This is why I go into my shop and spend so much time working up a HT with an unknown steel type that someone might give me to test. I was able to get 16 over 90 degree flexes after performing a severe cutting coarse of 2x6's and 2x12's over a 1.5 hour period until I wore out my arm with edge still just barely sharp enouph to shave some hair after the pitch was cleaned off. I did a the point drop approx 4 feet above the cement floor 6 times without tip breakage and passed the edge brass rod test with flying colors. I then sent another blade through the REACT Wilderness survival school with Mr. Joel Lisson to run it thru 28 days straight of severe abuse and the edge was still sharp after the test...My opinoin is this-differentially Ht'ed blades can be made unbreakable with a extremely hard edge if done right with the differential HT. There is no reason why a blade should not hold an edge for weeks of use with the proper HT with certain steel types and good edge geometry. My opinion is that 80% of a blade is the HT. Another topic is blade geometry which is another topic and can of worms to be opened in a later date. My opinion is this-if a person really wanted to know ablout performance blades of lets say chopping then go to the guys who do it all of the time like the Blade Sports guys (Gayle Bradley). Visit Wayne Goddard and Ed Fowler, these guys have been there and done that as well. They are walking dictionaries full of blade knowlege. There are others as well that know what I have spoken to be true.. I have spent to much time on this computer---now back to the shop where I live

Peace and Happy New year to all....God Bless
Jeff CrownerKnives.
 
Thanks Jeff: It is great to hear some folks read and think and test. I applaud your testing to destruction. That is the only way you will know the potential of your blades. Some can argue theory of chemistry, carbides, but when it gets right down to it you can test your blades right in comfort of your shop, develop what works for you and when you sell a knife you will know - absolutely - what you have just sold.
 
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