What knife would you use in a survival scenario?

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master_nylo

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If you were in a 72 hr+ off grid survival scenario what one knife would you trust to fill the role of a survival knife? To make kindling, to prepare food, make a spear, make a shelter or to battle a zombie (just kidding with that last part). I personally would trust the TOPS silent hero. Looking forward to hearing your feedback!
 
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deltablade said:
how do you use the square nose?
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I don't, that's the point or lack thereof. When fatigue and stress set in, swung machetes can slip out of hands and people can slip or trip over poor footing.

The .mostly unnecessary tip of a machete is better off removed to avoid accidental injury which is more common and potentially devastating than you might think.

Injury avoidance is a top priority in a bad situation with no help available.

Could also be used as a scraper or crude shovel tho.
 
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Of course a Busse, Carothers or similar higher end knife would be ideal, but for the sake of reality, even for most knife nuts, and especially for the average person, those are too expensive.
I would take a medium price knife with well demonstrated outdoors and survival utility: a Becker, ESEE or Cold Steel.
My choices would be the Becker BK-7, the ESEE-6 or the Cold Steel SRK. Those are sized just right to handle both smaller and larger jobs, without being too awkward to use as a(n almost) “do it all” knife.
 
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the answer is obvious
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"Survival " challenge often boil down to being energy efficient to maintain life , so having the right tools for what you need to accomplish can make a critical difference .

Not the best time to have to "make do" .
 
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DocJD said:
Try digging out a splinter or fishhook with your sword thingy sometime ! :eek:

Make a video ...please . 🤪
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The sharp edge of the blade nearest thumb choil could make a pretty precise cut to free a hook.. or I'd use the spine to break a piece of rock(depending on location)and potentially use that. Common sense just tells me if I had a fishing hook I'd just use that to dig the said splinter out 😉. My teeth also work pretty great.. in a survival situation my go to for everything and anything wouldn't be my edged tool 😀.

Just playing around though brother, no harm intended in our banter by the way !
 
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Houlahound said:
The .mostly unnecessary tip of a machete is better off removed to avoid accidental injury which is more common and potentially devastating than you might think.
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Yes, we should remove the tips from all our sharp things, because they are VERY dangerous. Hell, while we're at it, let's dull those hair-popping edges people are so fond of, as well.

Please point me to the source where it validates that machete tip accidents are "more common than I might think", versus any other "devastating" knife injury.

Yet another ridiculous comment you've made. Do you ever get tired of putting your feet in your mouth??? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
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Houlahound said:
In what survival situation do you need to split or chop hardwood, you gonna build a house or something??


Please don't reply with "starting a fire" because that's BS.
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In what survival situation would you not need to make a shelter and fire. In what survival situation where you don’t need to start a fire to keep warm and/or cook food? Also having a shelter (and fire) can be very helpful in a survival situation. Do you NEED a knife/machine (even though a machine is not a knife) to make a shelter and/or fire? No, even though it will make things a hell of a lot easier, you can always brake wood for a fire/shelter with a Y branch.
 
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Houlahound said:
I honestly don't get this, is there some environment that only has logs available?? Camping for over 5 decades and have never had to split a log to start a fire.
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You don’t need to it just makes it easier to get fire wood. And where I am (eastern Canada) there are logs and you have to chop (or saw) them to size to fit in the fire. It would be hard to make a fire with out chopping, sawing or braking wood.
 
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SimplyMinded said:
How many people are in real honest to goodness survival situations these days through no fault of their own? A few a year? If you're going out there without a GPS/cell phone that's silly. Those are probably the most important survival tools you can carry. The problem is you get a bunch of people that get a notion they can just go out into the sticks and do what they saw on one of the "survival" tv shows and the next thing you know the national guard is searching the woods. Like that McCandless kid who decided he'd go live off the land in Alaska and wound up croaking from bad berries.
No hatchet, knife or machete makes up for common sense.
Bushcrafting, etc. is fun to do and useful to know how to do but if you've managed to get yourself into a fix where you're actually required to survive by it your trip planning left a lot to be desired.
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Anyone venturing into the woods can get themselves into a fix and that’s with planning, cellphone and/or GPS not withstanding.
 
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master_nylo said:
You don’t need to it just makes it easier to get fire wood. And where I am (eastern Canada) there are logs and you have to chop (or saw) them to size to fit in the fire. It would be hard to make a fire with out chopping, sawing or braking wood.
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This thread is not about the best knife. Because there is no such thing. This thread is asking you what knife you would use is a survival situation… try and remember that🙂
 
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It’s whatever knife I’m carrying right now, the same for everyone else.
If the 72h off grid was planned so you could choose your “Survival” knife you wouldn’t need it for the things suggested because you’d plan food, shelter, etc as well.
So right now reading this for me it’s a small SAK because that’s what’s in my pocket. To be honest it’d work fine.
 
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master_nylo said:
This thread is not about the best knife. Because there is no such thing. This thread is asking you what knife you would use is a survival situation… try and remember that🙂
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I have so many choices but in reality the only knives I would need are the ones I carry on me which are a Tops Fieldcraft 3.5 and a Buck 110 slim.
 
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Danke42 said:
Isn't being energy efficient just like making do?
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:)Yeah , kinda is , but : Easier to "make do" fire building with a lighter / starter kit than to construct a bow saw or whatever , for example .

Saves your time and energy for other uses .
 
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