What's you all in 1 survival tool?

RedLynx said:
That's awesome man. I can't afford knives made by smaller/single-person companies (not sure if those are custom which is why I say company) and have to go for more production-y stuff, but that is a knife that may turn me on to survival knives just on aesthetics alone.
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You can get one almost exactly like the one Newt makes from Boker he licensed the design to them and they do a nice job of it too. Not as good a steel but very well done. Way less money though.
 
Aias said:
Gotta say, sounds like useful stuff... big blades are just more fun. ;)
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Along with a gassed up car with a full trunk of beer they are the best! Nothing beats bashing the bejeebus outta innocent trees! Most of my knives are way bigger than they need be.

Just not really a survival scenario! And certainly not bushcraft. But fun.
 
Very cool! I may have to take a look at that. The shape of the blade just really speaks to me.
 
I have one with stag as well--there are some still available if you look to GEC's dealers. They have very still back springs; very serious pulls... but they break in nicely.
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marcinek said:
Along with a gassed up car with a full trunk of beer they are the best! Nothing beats bashing the bejeebus outta innocent trees! Most of my knives are way bigger than they need be.

Just not really a survival scenario! And certainly not bushcraft. But fun.
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Noswad0208 said:
I don't know, but it would have lime green scales, a generally useless blade shape, terrible syeel, and lots of zombie strike force stuff written on the blade. Who needs utility when you can look like a swag zombie killer?
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There's a difference between that type of knife and a REAL survival knife like the Ontario ASEK knife, Atleast from what I can gather real survival knives like the ones you would find issued to military pilots are specifically designed with the "All in 1 tool" idea in mind. The different features on a good survival knife won't do tasks as well as a dedicated tool but it will do the task well enough to allow the person to do whatever he/she needs to do to survive till they can get to safety or rescue comes.
 
RedLynx said:
My search for a good-sized two bladed knife may have just come to an end forever.....
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Yeah, that's how I feel too--the #23 is nice but closer to the buck 110 size... and the 73 is good--but the 42 is just right!
 
I equate your ? Like this. If I'm in a situation such as the show naked and afraid where you have your Johnson in one hand in my other I would choose my roselli axe. It's just a better tool for all I believe and a better weapon to deal with any boisterous critters that have lost their natural fear of man.
 
I found a really cool #73 on a famous auction site but the bidding is already at $40 and there's two days left... likely have to let that one go. But man the handle on that thing...
 
TheBushWookie said:
There's a difference between that type of knife and a REAL survival knife like the Ontario ASEK knife, Atleast from what I can gather real survival knives like the ones you would find issued to military pilots are specifically designed with the "All in 1 tool" idea in mind. The different features on a good survival knife won't do tasks as well as a dedicated tool but it will do the task well enough to allow the person to do whatever he/she needs to do to survive till they can get to safety or rescue comes.
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I was going for one of those warhammer posts you asked for, but ok.
 
jfk1110 said:
I equate your ? Like this. If I'm in a situation such as the show naked and afraid where you have your Johnson in one hand in my other I would choose my roselli axe. It's just a better tool for all I believe and a better weapon to deal with any boisterous critters that have lost their natural fear of man.
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I don't believe a survival situation where you lose all forms of clothing happens often but still an interesting situation and tool choice non the less.
 
TheBushWookie said:
I don't believe a survival situation where you lose all forms of clothing happens often but still an interesting situation and tool choice non the less.
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So how often do you figure you'll be in REGULAR survival situations? :rolleyes:

There is no all in one survival tool. Just accept it......
 
RedLynx said:
I found a really cool #73 on a famous auction site but the bidding is already at $40 and there's two days left... likely have to let that one go. But man the handle on that thing...
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Yeah, I've been watching those... I picked up a prototype #25 barlow last week--it has "horse cut" antiqued bone, a main spear blade, and a small clip secondary. The whole knife is tiny but surprisingly robust and useful. I have an ebony 73 trapper and a cocobolo single blade 73 w/ a liner lock:

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TheBushWookie said:
My apologies and for the record now that I thought of it I would really REALLY love to see someone try to go on a bushcraft outing with a spiked sledgehammer as their tool.
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It's fine, I can see how you could think I was making fun of survival knives.

Challenge accepted, but since I'm a bit short on dough, a sharpened stick duct taped to the side of an old rusty hammer I found by the road will have to do.
 
Congrats man, those are amazing. Smooth handles really appeal to me. I like stag/jigged bone etc as well, but I'm really into traditionals with pretty smooth handles like that. They're just awesome to hold, much more use.
 
Krissig12 said:
So how often do you figure you'll be in REGULAR survival situations? :rolleyes:

There is no all in one survival tool. Just accept it......
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Not that often but I believe you would be in a normal survival situation more often then in a situation where you are running around hoping you don't run crotch first into a bush with thorns because you somehow lost your pants,Also I'm not trying to prove there is a definitive all in one tool I think you missed the point of this thread my good sir.
 
And apropos of the OP's thread--any of those would be fine in the bush; they are tough and with a smooth river stone, easily re-sharpened.

here are the bigger GEC 23's--they would be perfect for emergency situations:

Double liner lock (a "special factory order")

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and a single blade liner lock

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