Folding Survival Knife

My own opinion is that a "serrated" edge is worthless. If you stick it into an animals ribs, it hangs up and is very hard to pull out. I actually prefer 2 knives. I keep a folding lock blade knife in my pocket at all times. But I prefer a belt knife with a thick blade, similar to the good old Marine's best friend, the "K bar". I can whittle with it, skin with it, fight with it, split kindling, chop a smaller tree down using it and a piece of wood as a hammer, you name it.It also has a nice "hammer" head on the butt of the tang for pounding nails etc. I also keep a small carbide sharpner and a fine diamond "stone" to keep it working edge sharp. My smaller folding knife is used for slicing meat for the pan, skinning, delicate cutting etc.

2008-01-25 10:20:38 by awesomerob1990

Gransfors Bruks wildlife hatchet versus JP Peltonen ranger knife m95 and Fiskars folding saw. +In the ease of use knife and saw definedly wins the ...

I would like to purchase a similar knife. If you know of some good folding survival knives, please give me a website...

In the episodes I have seen, which is most of them, he is just using a singlefolding locking blade knife with a serrated back edge. He seems to use slightly different ones in each episode. Sometimes it looks like a gerber or a spyderco. I don't consider them a survival knife since they are so simple. I would recommend cutco and kabar knives. Check out cutco.com and get the catalog to buy them. I have used victorinox, gerber, buck and other knives in my life but none came close to the long lasting edge of the cutco/kabar knives. Having a flint or other firestarter would probably be crucial to survival.

2007-07-10 12:39:01 by seth22rr

Price: $37.50 $15.95

Ergonomic textured rubber grip maximizes comfort and reduces slippage
Clip for convenient pocket carry and priorities of survival pocket guide
1/2 Serrated high carbon stainless steel drop point blade, ideal for edge retention and cutting rope

a lockblade. swiss army is just a gimmick. they have too many parts to be really viable, sure they may be good for city life, but a lockblade is a much better choice for wilderness survival. it is sturdier, the blade can be used for fire starting, whittling a spear, building shelter, and (like the swiss army knife) cleaning your finger nails.

2006-12-21 20:32:18 by cls4690

Price: $22.50 $7.59

Thin and lightweight folding knife
Oversized finger notch in handle to minimize slipping and priorities of survival pocket guide
Nail nick in blade for easy opening

1. i have permanent residency here.
2. dont suggest tokyu hands mall.
3. i dont like folding knives
4. pls dont lecture about knife laws. (i know all of them)
5. just say the location specifically pls

You are lucky because in a few days you can go to the Japan Custom Knife Show in Ginza where it will be easy to find all kinds of makers.
Here is the site with a map
http://www.napi.ac/customknife.htm

Otherwise, I recommend you to go to Seki, in Gifu Pref. that's where all the high quality knives come from....I love and collect MCusta knives.
http://www.mcustaknives.com/McustaCustom LimitedEditionSeries.html
Or Itou-san's knives down in Fukui are very famous too.
You might also wanna try Kanetsune, they have a shop in Tokyo
http://www.kanetsune.com/index.php?id=22 1

2009-03-28 00:24:21 by fleshy

I am looking for a cheap but yet good survival knife. I wish for it to fold and it must be pretty sharp I will use to start fires with magnesium fire starters .
models here would help.

The Marine Kay-Bar is the knife I would choose if I could only have one.
They cost between $50 and $60 bucks.

2008-12-23 08:36:54 by pillnoob39