ultimate ready made survival knife?

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i know that noone wants to dredge up this old beast again, but i was flipping through a garden tools catalogue, and saw a neat tool that seems to meet most of the standard survival knife requirements,

it can:
dig
chop
saw
whittle

it comes in stainless or carbon (it mentions that the edge is not pre-sharpened on teh carbon, which is not a huge deal). i am guessing the edge is 6-7 inches long, judging by the picture and the given OAL of 12 inches.

http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=2&cat=2,44245,10504&p=10504

for $20 it seems like a pretty good deal.

what do you guys think?
 
Whoa! :eek:


For that price, it would definitely make a good beater... I can't imagine how unwieldy it might be, though, because of the concave back...
 
i imagine it would be a little tricky to work with at first, but no more difficult than chopping with the CS special forces shovel, of which i have read that it is not too terribly tough to chop with.
 
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yeah, that would hurt, thats what yeah get for cheap when it should be expensive ;)

But that little troul thingy may be neat, mind you i'd only ues it for very small duties.

Kinda neat though.
 
Well, it's a dedicated planting knife, and some of the specialized features might actually become a hinderance when in actual survival situation. E.g. I'm not sure how effectively you could chop or baton through anything other than twigs with that strange geometry. Looks like it would 'steer' quite a bit on cuts that are of any depth. Also, if you're more used to an ordinary knife, having done the same things with those for years, using this might feel awkward. It probably digs very well, but if I was say digging for roots, I could might as well fabricate a suitable wooden dig-stick in little time - give as little abuse to my cutting tool as possible.

For an only survival knife within that price range, I'd rather have a couple of these big Moras:



They can be as cheap as seven and a half euros without a sheath.

But that gardening tool wouldn't be a bad supplement.
 
WILLIAM.M said:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2138979767659837843&q=sword+testing

YOU CHOP WITH IT--THEN TELL US HOW IT DOES OR

WATCH THE ABOVE VIDEO--FIRST TO FIND OUT WHY YOU SHOULD NOT
Click to expand...

He he. Is that the one with O'dell?? " Folks, we may need emergency surgery in the studio" Seriously, I work at Lee Valley. The knife is quite well built, hefty in the hand and comes with a sheath. No personal experience with it though. If anyone wants to know more, I can check it out next time I'm in . . .
 
The full sized CS Bushman works well for a good all around survival type knife for less than 20 dollars.
 
I've handled that gardening knife at Lee Valley, it is hefty as BenchmadeBoy says, I can see it taking a lot of punishment. I can't see using it as a survival knife though. If you buy it let us know how you like it.
 
I'll vote for the 15 inch Tramontina bolo machette.
Paid 5.00 bucks for mine.
For the price of one Busse I could arm every person in my neighborhood with one of these.
 
Not much you can't do with a tramontina, I bought a climbing knife from a local hardware store, It had a ncie sheath and some green climbing cord in it, Great knife but I lost it one day, and Im not quite sure how???
 
The old faithful USMC ka-bar is as tough as they come. Not priced too crazy either.

my .02

Matt
 
The Us army tried a combo bayonette/ Shovel in the 1800s. I believe custers group was among the first to try it and you see how well it worked for them.


Seriously this may have merit as a car trunk tool, or if you are planning to bring a latrine shovel anyway.
 
whats even funnier is that the guy who came on after words was still going to try and sell the product.
 
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