Best Survial Knife (A Must Have!)

[Bellman2]

K-BAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next is buck with 6' blade.

 

[dougiemac]

I'm pretty partial to my Benchmades, but I want to get a Glock knife (mainly cause I'm a Glock fanboy).

 

[KEEPER6]

The ESEE Izula is a great knife. It gave me the courage to spend more money on a bigger ESEE Rowan knife.

 

[Creeper]

One knife that surprised me was the Gerber Profile, sold at Walmart for $20. I strooped the blade on mine, stippled the grips, put a striking groove at the base of the blade, added a para-cord lanyard then went to work on the cheap kydex sheath. For $20 and a few hours of labor it turned out to be one tough little fixed blade knife.

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Did you get the Nimravus, dougie ?

 

[KEEPER6]

One knife that surprised me was the Gerber Profile, sold at Walmart for $20. I strooped the blade on mine, stippled the grips, put a striking groove at the base of the blade, added a para-cord lanyard then went to work on the cheap kydex sheath. For $20 and a few hours of labor it turned out to be one tough little fixed blade knife.

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Did you get the Nimravus, dougie ?

Post a pic. It sounds pretty cool

 

[kletzenklueffer]

K-BAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next is buck with 6' blade.

Six feet is a serious blade. That really blows the 3-5 inch thing out of the water. (J/K)

I don't like the idea of a short fixed blade. I want a bled long enough I can chop with. I've split logs with my old Spec plus 10" blade and with my 7" RAT7. I liked having enough blade sitcking out that I caould hit it and not it the handle. I've never felt that a 7" blade was too much, but I've had 5" and less that there wasn't enough there.

My preference is minimum 7", 1/4" thick, 1095 steel. With a decent finish, including phosphate and epoxy paint, I've never had an issue with rust on a high carbon blade. My spec plus SP5 was left in the rain, put up wet and abused, and never more than surface rust which would wipe right off or came off when I put it to stone.

 

[Wheeler]

I've had my USAF Survival Knife for twenty years now. It has a carbon steel blade that's parkerized, a saw on the back, a pommel designed for beating, a stacked leather washer handle that doesn't slip, a heavy duty leather sheath and a sharpening stone.

Longevity speaks volumes.

Here's a picture of it with a S&W Model 12. The knife has been through a lot more than the pistol.

 

[kletzenklueffer]

I have my dad's USAF pilots knife from Vietnam (He was Navy CB- go figure) and bought another from a guy in Kennesaw about 10 years ago for $10 shipped. They're great knives with good steel, come with a sharpener, a good sheath and are even made to be lashed to a pole for a spear.

 

[StringBeans03]

Benchmade. That is all.

 

[Lost Mountain]

K-BAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next is buck with 6' blade.

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