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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ShaiHulud said:
Breaking them, she's breaking them, made videos "reviewing" a couple of fallknivens, abused the living lights out of them then gave them a bad review, if that's using them then
I must be missing something
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Yeah, I’m missing something too if your gripe is that she used an expensive knife and it broke. Not everyone polishes their knives and hangs them in shadow boxes up on the mantle. She isn’t some amateur poser that springboards knives… from what I gather she’s very serious about survival prep. Maybe Fallkniven should step their game up if cold Steel performs better. The idea is “survival” not “what knife sort of helps you survive but also looks sexy with fossilized walrus penis scales and hamon lines that costs the equivalent of a mortgage payment”. I stand by the $70 drop forged survivalist.
 
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kvaughn said:
This!!
I wondered how long it would take.
The best survival knife is the one you have with you when you need it.
The vast majority of what you need to survive should be between your ears.
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When I read scenario, I had assumed we were going off grid for 72 hours of our own volition...

Edited to add: If this is an unplanned situation then I wouldn't have been able to stick to one answer... I usually have at least 2 knives on my person, along with a couple of extras in my bag.
 
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Yo Mama said:
If you watched Carleigh on Alone, you know why this is the answer.

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I did see Carleigh on alone, but I don't think that this is the answer. The Leatherman Charge is a good multitool, and it might be fine for you. In my experience, it cannot prepare kidding and wood for your fire. It cannot chop. It does have a saw, but good luck using that saw to make a shelter to last at least 72 hours. Using an ESEE 6 or TOPS silent hero to make a shelter would be faster and easier. Still, this can prepare food, make a spear and cut cordage. In my opinion multitools are good when on your belt, in a kit or in a bug out bag.
 
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master_nylo said:
I did see Carleigh on alone, but I don't think that this is the answer. The Leatherman Charge is a good multitool, and it might be fine for you. In my experience, it cannot prepare kidding and wood for your fire. It cannot chop. It does have a saw, but good luck using that saw to make a shelter to last at least 72 hours. Using an ESEE 6 or TOPS silent hero to make a shelter would be faster and easier. Still, this can prepare food, make a spear and cut cordage. In my opinion multitools are good when on your belt, in a kit or in a bug out bag.
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The issue is you can mostly make fires and shelters without knives.

Not sure if it is faster and easier.
 
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I like these threads because they make me think. I was five tabs deep comparing various knives when I remembered that usually means I'm overthinking, and that's usually because I don't have enough information.

So, it's gonna be the Ontario Air Force Survival knife.

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I know jack diddly about "survival', so it's sure that I would do something stupid. Doing something stupid with this knife would roll the edge or maybe bend the tip, leaving me with still a single functioning tool, instead of two pieces of cutting tool, which might or might not be useful.
 
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Shorttime said:
Is there an argument to be made for some kind of hatchet? One of those thinner one-piece ones that doesn't have quite the weight for serious chopping, but you can choke up on it to do finer work.
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I posted earlier about choice would depend on where the situation occurred, but other than a jungle scenario where I would prefer a machete, I would be fine with a good hatchet. As you said, you can choke up and do fine cutting, turn it to hammer or pound, and most are soft enough to sharpen in the field.
 
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