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A leatherman Charge Ti and a Fallkniven F1 as in a TEOTWAWKI situation.
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Your choice for the Best TWO knives/tools for survival?
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Canada has 4 different seasons and they all suck. Winter is cold and wet, summer is hot and wet, in between is unpredictable. Each would require a different answer. Winter would need a full size axe and a 30" bucksaw, summer probably a boys axe and a fixed blade.
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We have a lot of this kind of stuff over at the great outdoors section!
If you really want to know, go outside.
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Exactly. saw is lightweight and will process ail the wood you need.
I'd probably go with my esee 3, but that's just personal preference. The things I generally find better about a longer blade have nothing to do with survival. But once again, this all depends on the "survival" situation.
Am I within walking distance of a deserted town or road? Then I might choose my sak hiker, which has a saw for the woods, but screw driver and can opener for if I find some civilization. If it is pure wilderness survival I would opt for a better folding saw than the sak....
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For SURVIVAL as the OP states, probably a 6+in blade knife (condor hudson bay, kabar heavy bowie) and a saw or a firesteel. In a controled outing a classy 4 inch blade (aaforge bushcrafter, Koster 3v bushie, etc) and an axe (GB, Wetterlings, vintage kelly).
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A calm mind and the closest piece of sharpened steel, usually in the pocket.
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For long term survival, I would need more than two tools (I'm talking about turning my back on society and becoming a rugged Mountain Man).
For a couple of days of waiting to be found, anything really. Like ninjas and bears and PCP-intoxicated hoodlums, surviving in the wilds with nothing more than our newest sharp toy has long been one of the knife community's most cherished what-if games. I'm not knocking. I'm just as guilty as the lot of ya
It's fun to think about being prepared.
That said, I would love to pick my big ol' Khuk or even my beloved Fiddleback. However, even with just the handful of skills I have (finding water, making fire, improvising shelter), I could get by with nothing more than a simple SAK. Now, I would prefer to have a fixed blade or at least a locking folder over the SAK simply because hungry fingers are clumsy fingers and I wouldnt want to snap the blade on my piggies.
Really, a small fixed blade carbon steel blade like a Mora or a robust Nepali Karda and a fire striker would go a long way. You're watching energy output and doing only what you need to do in order to be found. Chopping wood and lugging said heavy chopper would not be optimal IMHO.
For a couple of days of waiting to be found, anything really. Like ninjas and bears and PCP-intoxicated hoodlums, surviving in the wilds with nothing more than our newest sharp toy has long been one of the knife community's most cherished what-if games. I'm not knocking. I'm just as guilty as the lot of ya
It's fun to think about being prepared.That said, I would love to pick my big ol' Khuk or even my beloved Fiddleback. However, even with just the handful of skills I have (finding water, making fire, improvising shelter), I could get by with nothing more than a simple SAK. Now, I would prefer to have a fixed blade or at least a locking folder over the SAK simply because hungry fingers are clumsy fingers and I wouldnt want to snap the blade on my piggies.
Really, a small fixed blade carbon steel blade like a Mora or a robust Nepali Karda and a fire striker would go a long way. You're watching energy output and doing only what you need to do in order to be found. Chopping wood and lugging said heavy chopper would not be optimal IMHO.
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For long term survival, I would need more than two tools (I'm talking about turning my back on society and becoming a rugged Mountain Man).
For a couple of days of waiting to be found, anything really. Like ninjas and bears and PCP-intoxicated hoodlums, surviving in the wilds with nothing more than our newest sharp toy has long been one of the knife community's most cherished what-if games. I'm not knocking. I'm just as guilty as the lot of ya
That said, I would love to pick my big ol' Khuk or even my beloved Fiddleback. However, even with just the handful of skills I have (finding water, making fire, improvising shelter), I could get by with nothing more than a simple SAK. Now, I would prefer to have a fixed blade or at least a locking folder over the SAK simply because hungry fingers are clumsy fingers and I wouldnt want to snap the blade on my piggies.
Really, a small fixed blade carbon steel blade like a Mora or a robust Nepali Karda and a fire striker would go a long way. You're watching energy output and doing only what you need to do in order to be found. Chopping wood and lugging said heavy chopper would not be optimal IMHO.
Yep. Big choppers are cool. I have some myself and use them a fair bit. I just know that if I have to be on the move I pick the lightest and easiest cutting tools I have. Saw and fixed. And I say that mostly for winter time around here. Most other times a pocket knife will do ya.
Cool avatar by the way.