The perfect Survival Knife

Trekker said:
What is the perfect survival knife to you?
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My head hurts :yawn: .

Should be fun to watch this one. I pass.

Trekker is quite the little troll.

Skam
 
It totally depends on the terrane, climate, and what else you have with you, and the specific situation, and how long.

Will
 
The absolutely, positively very best knife? Survival or otherwise?
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The one you finally settle on after you try as many as you need to. Just like all the rest of your outdoor gear, bug out gear or EDC. It's like choosing the color to paint your walls - a personal choice.

No, really. It's like trying on boots. It has little or nothing do do with who made them, and everything to do with how they FEEL.

BTW, what's the best color of t-shirt?
 
The one in my hand when the situation arises that I need it. I carry, Always. Different blades in different cicumstances. But, if I need a blade for survival, any I carry will keep me safe and sane........ well, safe anyway.
 
The best survival knife is the one you have, because survival situations aren't planned.
 
The best survival knife is the one that will do, what you need it to do, in the area where you'll be using it and doing it all without failing.

I tend to take it easy on my knives. Preferring not to break a perfectly good knife if I don't have to. Mostly because it's a pain making enough of a hole in the budget to replace it. Anyways, I do have a knife that I've pushed a lot further than I've pushed any other knife and so far, it's done a great job and hasn't failed to accomplish what I've started. That would be my Becker BK-7, so for my budget, terrain and accomplished needs, it would be my perfect survival blade. If I had whole lot more to spend, maybe it'd be a Busse, who knows.
 
longbow50 said:
The best survival knife is the one that will do, what you need it to do, in the area where you'll be using it and doing it all without failing.
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Good answer. :thumbup:
 
razcob said:
The best survival knife is the one you have, because survival situations aren't planned.
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beat me too it :) a piece of flint can be perfect if thats all you got...
 
So if I am wearing a cotton tux in a blizzard that is the "perfect survival clothing"?

And if I have a rotten can of dog food, that's the "perfect survival food"?

The flashlight with dead batteries?

The leaking tent in the storm?

The motor vehicle out of fuel?

The $2.00 Packi knife?


All "perfect" by your slogan.


You will have to use what you have on hand; so, it would be useful to actually discuss what might be rational choices of gear since the whole point of this forum is to prepare for the unexpected but possible wilderness survival situation by selecting suitable gear AND by increasing knowledge.
 
Trekker said:
What is the perfect survival knife to you?
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my perfect survival knife is the one that will answer me!
perfect or not....
your perfect survival knife will answer you!
What is the perfect survival knife to you or me?
you know everyone is different?
the best survival knife for you is the one that your brain decided
for you which is different from everybody.
just you have the answer to you question...........
tell me the name of the best strongman in the world?
and I will answer you different way CAN YOU?



plan no useless move, take no step in vain.

ishiyumisan
 
It depends what color I'm wearing that day. ;)

If I'm color coordinated, than anything made out of Rosta-Frei, mon!
 
gundy said:
It does not exist....

Simple as that.... :D
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"There is no best design. There are only best designs for: for certain people, for certain jobs, for certain demands."

Ken Warner, 1977
 
If we're talking about just waiting till the SAR folks find you, or till you can hike out of the woods on your own, then about any knife will do.
I would be happy with a Leatherman SuperTool or a Spyderco Salt or an Old Timer stockman.

But if you mean spending many years on an island somewhere, with no hope of rescue, then I might want something a bit more substantial.
Maybe an axe or machete or large bowie.

Allen.
 
Thomas Linton said:
So if I am wearing a cotton tux in a blizzard that is the "perfect survival clothing"?

And if I have a rotten can of dog food, that's the "perfect survival food"?

The falshlight with dead batteries?

The leaking tent in the storm?

The motor vehicle out of fuel?

The $2.00 Packi knife?


All "perfect" by your slogan.


You will have to use what you have on hand; so, it would be useful to actually discuss what might be rational choices of gear since the whole point of this forum is to prepare for the unexpected but possible wilderness survival situation by selecting suitable gear AND by increasing knowledge.
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I wasn't using the term 'perfect', which was my own misreading of the original topic; my apologies. To be more specific, my 'perfect' survival knife would fold out into a heated shelter with fresh water, a beautiful gourmet cook, a year's worth of food and a very comfortable bed. The 'best' survival knife (for all applications) is as subjective as what is the best tasting food, and about as productive to discuss. MY best survival knife varies by the application, and might be totally inadequate because I've never had to literally save my life with a knife yet; thus the label of 'best' is an unproven guess. Also, though you rightly point out that selecting suitable gear and increasing knowledge are our goals, we tend to focus on gear rather than knowledge at times, especially around this particular topic. My point (though perhaps a bit too indirect), was that while this is a fun exercise, it has little to do with reality. Survival situations are, by definition, situations not of our choosing. Certainly we may have the luxury of our handpicked best gear, in which case we are hopefully well equipped; but likely we will not be so lucky, in which case we'd better have developed a well rounded skill set that is not dependant entirely on not only having a knife, but also a very narrow, specific type of knife. If all I have is a SAK Classic when I'm in a survival situation, then that truly is the 'best' survival knife I've got, even if it's not at all what I'd choose. I think choosing the word 'perfect' is an invitation to disappointment in a lot of ways.
 
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