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What Brand Comes To Mind When You Think Of Survival/Tactical/Outdoor Knives?
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First thought... SOG
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Busse, Swamp Rat, Scrapyard, RAT and a long list of custom makers.
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RAT, definitely.
Survival = Fallkniven F1
Tactical = cheap camo painted "swat/delta/cia/murder-death-kill" knife on Ebay, or similar crap. "tactical" knives has no practical use, it is just a buzzword.
Knives developed for "military" use is another matter, then I would say Fairbairn/Sykes. A "military" knife has a very limited field of use out of the military. What can you use a F/S for in a civilian life? open letters or finish off deers and such while hunting.
Outdoor = Fallkniven F1 or H1
Other suggestions that works just as fine are BRKT or RC/RAT. Though I would choose Fallkniven because it is "Swedish" and made for the environments I am likely to end up in, a wet and rainy swedish pine and spruce forest.
The difference between survival and outdoor is, how you get there. You might make a small fire and sleep under a tree etc. at both, but in the outdoor scenario you get there on purpose and probably more prepared. So it is technically the same thing.
Tactical = cheap camo painted "swat/delta/cia/murder-death-kill" knife on Ebay, or similar crap. "tactical" knives has no practical use, it is just a buzzword.
Knives developed for "military" use is another matter, then I would say Fairbairn/Sykes. A "military" knife has a very limited field of use out of the military. What can you use a F/S for in a civilian life? open letters or finish off deers and such while hunting.
Outdoor = Fallkniven F1 or H1
Other suggestions that works just as fine are BRKT or RC/RAT. Though I would choose Fallkniven because it is "Swedish" and made for the environments I am likely to end up in, a wet and rainy swedish pine and spruce forest.
The difference between survival and outdoor is, how you get there. You might make a small fire and sleep under a tree etc. at both, but in the outdoor scenario you get there on purpose and probably more prepared. So it is technically the same thing.
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ZT all the way.
I've also heard that RAT is excellent.
I've also heard that RAT is excellent.