The one knife of your collection

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Alright, let's pretend you and are having your best buddy over to dinner with your family on a stormy night.
After Dinner you decide to boast with your full knife collection while sipping whisky, filling your table to every last inch with knives and cleaning utensils.

Still with every knife spread out on the table, you hear a growing roaring sound outside, the windows trembling and your neighbours screaming.
You take the remote from your wife who protest you disturbing her "golden girls" video programm all the while furiously removing her oversized headphones.
The news announcer warns of a tornado quickly forming in your area, which is considered a phenomenon by the fellow weatherman. With a quick glance out of the window, you already see a steadily growing tornado heading your way.
Now such as the family-man you are, you tell everyone to evacuate in your SUV while you get the most necessary things before leaving.

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Just with little more than few minutes before the tornado reaching (what in your sense would be critical) distance.
You still got enough time to take the most vital things for your family and are even left with little time to rescue your knife collection.
Too late you notice that your collection is still all strewn about the dinner table and you being left with enought time to grab only one before evacuating.
Fully well knowing that you'd be forced to turn your displayshelf-queen into a (possibly hard) user to support you and your family while every other knife of you collection will be lost...
If you are to survive this horror, you swear to only inherit this knife to your son/daughter with every scratch, rust and chip to tell its tale.




... Which one will be your "one" knife in your collection.
 
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1. I'd try to grab the ZT 0550. Or the Strider SNG
2. I'd claim the rest on my home owner's insurance policy.
 
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I'm assuming I won't have time to rescue my diamond stones or sharpening gear,
so it'll have to be either my O1 bushcrafter by Longstrider or my CPM121Rex mule by Farid
The first because it's easy to sharpen, the other because it won't need to be sharpened for a very long time.
 
I would take an axe. I would imagine trees and debris would be blown all over the road. so a full sized axe would come in handy when trying to escape. It would also work well for getting into buildings for shelter or rescue. If I could pick 2 things, I would take my Leatherman too.
 
I hate these "only one" hypotheticals because I carry several on my person and in my Maxped everywhere I go, nor would there be a tornado (anytime soon) in the mountains of Eastern Ky, but I'll play just for fun.
So, the ONE knife I would have to rescue would be my Gary Mulkey (custom) lockback. It's not super fancy, or super expensive ($165), but my grandfather gave it to me nearly a decade ago and it's the most sentimental knife I own.
I wouldn't have to worry about my Busse collection though because it would take much more than a tornado to destroy them.

Wow, Just about ate my words. Lots of damage done just 45 minutes from me. I was wrong.
 
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Just with little more than few minutes before the tornado.....

With so little time, the Heck with the collection. Load the Family and animals in the truck and go. When you leave with just your clothes on your back, the best knife, is the one you have.

Me I carry two and more as an EDC. If the storm hit today, as far as knives go. I'd be running out the door with a Queen Congress and an Umnumzaan.

Carry what you need.

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:)
 
if possible id try and just grab my kukri. It has an impromptu karda (M2 Custom) and a small survival kit attached. but if they were all out on display. Id go with my pack axe, carry plenty of knives and supplies on person for such occasions
 
I've been outside with a funnel cloud only a couple blocks away. Nobody's house got torn away. And I'd be bringing more than one knife with me. Heck, I HAVE more than 1 knife on me at pretty much all times when I'm out. I'd be bringing one of my HI khuks, probably a Becker or maybe the Aurora, and a small fixed blade, as well as my Gun Hammer. Would be sad about leaving the swords behind. Might bring one of my own fixed blades.
 
My ZT 550 and SAK are on me almost all the time. I'd try to grab my JK knatchet.
 
Either my Spork or my Smatchet.




In reality, I'd be grabbing important documents and my phone or laptop.
 
Screw the knives...I'd just run to the garage and toss the Poulan in the truck. Insurance can buy new knives, but none of the knives can cut a pine tree in half to clear the driveway in 30 seconds. :)
 
My BRKT Bravo 1. Fully well knowing that Id already have my Para 2 in my RFP and my little Kiwi in my LBP, as I always carry those two on my person.
 
In that case, I'm going down with the ship :D
You are the very definition of devotion

Quite some interesting answer for a fun thread.
In reality I assume you guys are either very well prepared, carry multiple knives ready-to-go even at home or have SHTF packs in your car. But thats completely beside the point.
I meant more like in line of turning your previously "non-user" knives into a "user" by means of emergency - What balance to strike between user value and actual money value, or other reasons, deciding in a split second.
 
Seriously then, I do carry a BOB with me everywhere I go and it has as much as I need in a split second. Enough to help me survive a situation long enough to figure out a plan B as long as I'm not facing a nuclear fireball at 20 million degrees Fahrenheit. ;)

I wouldn't care about a certain knife because I carry several in the BOB that will serve me well throuhout the ordeal. I also have two firearms and ammo/magazines along with all the survival gear I keep in the bag.

You are the very definition of devotion

Quite some interesting answer for a fun thread.
In reality I assume you guys are either very well prepared, carry multiple knives ready-to-go even at home or have SHTF packs in your car. But thats completely beside the point.
I meant more like in line of turning your previously "non-user" knives into a "user" by means of emergency - What balance to strike between user value and actual money value, or other reasons, deciding in a split second.
 
I hate these "only one" hypotheticals because I carry several on my person and in my Maxped everywhere I go, nor would there be a tornado (anytime soon) in the mountains of Eastern Ky, but I'll play just for fun.
So, the ONE knife I would have to rescue would be my Gary Mulkey (custom) lockback. It's not super fancy, or super expensive ($165), but my grandfather gave it to me nearly a decade ago and it's the most sentimental knife I own.
I wouldn't have to worry about my Busse collection though because it would take much more than a tornado to destroy them.


thats what they said about East TN.......
 
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