Your Top 5 production survival knives!

Tramontina machete
Fiskars hatchet
Mora
Any one of a dozen SAKs

You can easily spend ten times more, and not even get twice the functionality.

EDITED TO ADD:

An honest to goodness prybar, if you must have one.
 
My 5:

Busse FBM or a machete
Busse Hell Razor
SAK
Lakota Hawk (doesn't get enough respect IMHO)
Russian Saiga special forces
 
Bravo 1
Busse Steel Heart(original A2 version, I still miss that knife)
SRK Carbon 5
TOPS Anaconda
Becker Crewman
 
langston302 said:
seems to me a pattern has come up....

BK-7
Barkies
rats
Fallkniven
moras


anyone else notice this??

good thing i own more than one of the first three....whew
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Yep. Also noticed that many of the knives mentioned were at one time production knives but can hardly be called that now. Busse, Swamp Rat, Becker... Not exactly "production" knives IMHO. At least not today. As you can see, I'm guilty of posting them as well.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Bob Dozier or Gene Ingram knives.
 
Knives of Alaska Bushmaster Alaskan Trail/Camp Knife
Cold Steel Trail Master Stag.
Cold Steel Magnum Tanto San Mai lll
Cold Steel Tai Pan San Mai VG-1
And of course the Navy Seal Knife SOG
 
ScrapYard Dumpster Mutt,
Mod 4 Survival Knife,
BlackJack Grunt,
ScrapYard Scrapper 4,
SwampRat Bandicoot.
 
From what I own:
Rd-4 3/16th
Tanguay custom Big Prick
Mora 510
(other various moras)
Spyderco Delica 4

What i want/need:
Some ontario blades
Fallkniven F-1/H-1
Some more custom pieces
A couple o' Barkies
and perhaps something spcifically from Charles May
 
I EDC a Becker Necker, a Barkie TUSK and a SOG multi tool that I don't take off just 'cuz I step off the street.

Tried and true (Old Faithfuls);

Gerber Aussie Bowie and Becker Companion.

I'm testing and have not decided on;(realy like them all)

Gameskeeper
Rouge
Socom 5 & 7
Baker Competition
RAT 5
Recon Bowie

(All seem very capable and all have there own pros and......Realy no cons I found so far. [beyond personal preferences and sheath 'non issues'])

I'm also sweet on a HI M-43 and UBE. I think there knifes, you decide for your selfs.
 
From my own stuff:

1. Swamp Rat Camp Tramp
2. Ontario TAK1 D2
3. Blackjack Trailguide (glad to see some others picked a Blackjack!)
4. Fallkniven F1
5. Ka-Bar USMC

Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
naked said:
While the operator is on my top 5, I sadly don't own it, nor do I see much hype about it around here. Have you used yours much?
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I just got mine last week and I like it a lot. It is a great backpacking knife because it is built very strong and is very lightweight. I split a little wood and the knife was comfortable and did great. The handle is a good size and the knife feels great in my hand. I also like the sheath a lot because it has so many options and a very thin profile.
This knife is definitely a user and I cant wait to take it on a backpacking trip.

Bill
 
Swamp Rat Howling Rat LM
Swamp Rat M6
Leatherman Wave
Haven't owned any others that I would consider for survival use. Not that they can't be used for such, they just aren't a go-to knife for me. That being said, I would trust any Busse family knife between 4-8 inches.
 
shecky said:
Tramontina machete
Fiskars hatchet
Mora
Any one of a dozen SAKs

You can easily spend ten times more, and not even get twice the functionality.

EDITED TO ADD:

An honest to goodness prybar, if you must have one.
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Don't need a prybar. Let's see.

Machete - 20
Fiskars - 30?
Mora - 11
Good SAK - say Huntsman - 25

That adds up to $86. You're saying I couldn't assemble a collection for $860 that doesn't have twice the functionality? Do you *really* want to say that?
 
1. Victorinox
2. Spyderco
3. Busse
4. Mora
5. any decent machete.




for specifics, oht and pioneer rock, delica and manix are cool, SH, FBM, HR, craftsman and m2k, tramontina, ontario,...
 
I would take my CS trailmaster Bowie (san mai) based on results.
I am surprised at the number of people willing to risk ridicule by mentioning CS knives (I guess that includes my self, but at least my excuse is that I would not recommend any of the other knives I have taken into the wilds).
 
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