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I probably shouldn't ask, but what are the hidden zippers for in your dress pants?
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Recommendation? The best survival / daily chef's knife?
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I probably shouldn't ask, but what are the hidden zippers for in your dress pants?
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Also nice! Will be compared for sure.
Gingrich Tactical Innovations GTI Custom Bush Chef Fixed Blade Knife 6.5" Satin 154CM, Milled Black G10 Handles, Kydex Sheath
Contact Justin to build you one with a glassbreaker.
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Looks pretty comfortable to eat with. But way off in the safety department when thrusting. Thanks though.
Read here
A Short Essay about Gaucho knives: Facón, Daga, Cuchilla and Puñal
Historic setting and classification of the types of traditional South American knives and daggers and parallels with the Bowie knife
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Gotta hide the tactical kitchen knives somewhere......Ya never know when those wild hogs will attack.....I probably shouldn't ask, but what are the hidden zippers for in your dress pants?
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Actually, I have found most good-looking dress pants to lack any zippers at all. Normally, I would carry a cell-phone, keys and cards.I probably shouldn't ask, but what are the hidden zippers for in your dress pants?
And of course an AR-15, a chef's knife and MRE for good measure. Why the long face?
I don’t know any traditional puukko that has edge beyond the handle. Maybe take a look at Fallkniven taiga series.
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A Smatchet...
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I think you took me a little too seriously there, bud. Lol
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I appendix carry a Springfield M1a. Wife is constantly asking if I’m happy to see her for some reason.
The smatchet thing is a running gag.
As they say. If your dad doesn't own a smatchet. You have two mum's.
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Uh, exactly what types of missions are you going on?
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I think you would be better off buying 2 knives, honestly if you mix everything you said into one knife it won't do anything well it will just be a jack of all trades master of nothing.
Buy a heavy duty knife for your batoning and choppy choppy. Then get a dedicated food prep slicer. Or you're just going to end up with a sharp pry bar, with some sort of window breaker on it.
Get a stainless chopper, then go buy something like an Opinel slimline #15 for food prep. I used to take my Opinel 15 effi slimline camping. It's folding and light as a feather you won't even notice it.
Buy a heavy duty knife for your batoning and choppy choppy. Then get a dedicated food prep slicer. Or you're just going to end up with a sharp pry bar, with some sort of window breaker on it.
Get a stainless chopper, then go buy something like an Opinel slimline #15 for food prep. I used to take my Opinel 15 effi slimline camping. It's folding and light as a feather you won't even notice it.
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Good to know. New to this forum, gents 
Perhaps a smatchet as well is in order, then. Is the saying American or of the forum?
No more kids need one of those childhoods without a dad, in this day and age.
One mom is enough to kiss a frog into a frogman.
The missions are very dynamic and surprising. Most of it is hopefully planning at a local base. In-and-out. No months of camping, but a few days perhaps.
All I know is that I live and survive by tough metal objects that goes through things.
And for those who got the impression I baton to stay warm at night... it is more of a super tough test for knives in general.
I normally drop-test all of my gear crazy amounts, because sometimes when descending, the impacts are tremendous.
Perhaps a smatchet as well is in order, then. Is the saying American or of the forum?
No more kids need one of those childhoods without a dad, in this day and age.
One mom is enough to kiss a frog into a frogman.
The missions are very dynamic and surprising. Most of it is hopefully planning at a local base. In-and-out. No months of camping, but a few days perhaps.
All I know is that I live and survive by tough metal objects that goes through things.
And for those who got the impression I baton to stay warm at night... it is more of a super tough test for knives in general.
I normally drop-test all of my gear crazy amounts, because sometimes when descending, the impacts are tremendous.
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Some of you keep saying that. "Abort mission! Bring more tools!" A jack of all trades is good enough for me. A folder isn't.
I can prepare food with a kilij or a balisong. But I prefer one tool that is fail-proof and ready at hand from my chest-kydex. Any second.
You knife people, if any, should know of Occam's razor.
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I know Occams razor, he let me borrow it once, and I didn't think it was very sharp. I handed him a strop and some compound.
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Isn't Occam's razor the Step-Father of the K.I.S.S. principle?
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The Godfather. But not only do you keep what you have simple. You also shave it down.
Tryna shave here, guys. Not grow a philosopher beard
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Lol Bob.
On a serious note though I don't really know what knife to recommend here, there's lots of good Stainless choppers for batoning, but I wouldn't recommend any of them for food prep.
That's the problem, knives that are good for food prep tend to have sub 2.5mm spines.
Knives that are good at batoning tend to have 5mm+ spines. So that's not optimal. You could go for a 4mm spine knife? I have a personal bias I don't like non specialized knives, or recommending them. But that's what you're going to end up with, a knife with a thick spine but FFG with secondary bevel. There's about 10 million of those on the market right now, it seems to be what everyone is making, throw a brick in a general direction and it will probbaly hit a FFG knife with secondary bevel that's thicker than 2 pennies behinid the edge.
Rant over.
On a serious note though I don't really know what knife to recommend here, there's lots of good Stainless choppers for batoning, but I wouldn't recommend any of them for food prep.
That's the problem, knives that are good for food prep tend to have sub 2.5mm spines.
Knives that are good at batoning tend to have 5mm+ spines. So that's not optimal. You could go for a 4mm spine knife? I have a personal bias I don't like non specialized knives, or recommending them. But that's what you're going to end up with, a knife with a thick spine but FFG with secondary bevel. There's about 10 million of those on the market right now, it seems to be what everyone is making, throw a brick in a general direction and it will probbaly hit a FFG knife with secondary bevel that's thicker than 2 pennies behinid the edge.
Rant over.
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Agreed on "a thick spine but FFG with secondary bevel". Niku is the way.
"There's about 10 million of those", but the perfect total form-factor is the hunt.
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LT Wright has a Cookcraft series in AEB-L that might fit the bill. 3/32” flat grind. It doesn’t come with a sheath, but if you email them they can tell you which of their sheaths will work with it. This is the Traveler next to an ESEE 6 for size.
