Then Chris Reeves - Green Beret
Then Chris Reeves - Green Beret
"If man does his best what else is there?"
- George S. Patton
Randall Model 18 - 7 1/2".
My knife is not a tactical knife just a good ol' buck knife my dad gave me. A 119 special. It has served me for the past 20 yrs and still holds a good edge. I use it for all my hunting and fishing needs. It has been a good all around knife and has never failed me when I have needed to use it. It has a 6" 420hc stainless steel blade came with a leather sheath and only weighs 7.5 oz.If I have it when my son is old enough he will get it.My grandfather bought this knife new and gave it to my dad when I was born so it has seen its share of fish and deer. It's a really good knife IMHO.
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Hmm, tough one. Off the top of my head - the Kabar Mark 1, RAT 3 or RAT 7, or the Cold Steel Bushman.
I started doing something interesting a year or so ago... I limited myself to one knife. I started out by laying out a bunch of steel that I had collected, and would pick one blade and carry and use ONLY that knife for a few days, maybe a week... I mean use only that knife, cooking, opening boxes, in the field; I would not let myself use another knife unless what I was doing was just stupid dangerous without another blade.
I have a bunch of knives, I get new ones sent to me and I am always on the hunt for a knife deal - after about 80 weeks of limiting myself to just one knife... the collection that I pick from is rather small, and most all of the knives have a lot in common.
I thought it was intresting to see how practical application seems to thin the lot down quickly - about the time I started this little experiment, I was talking to Ethan Becker and he made a comment about knife designs that were made for people that "need a knife".
It is very clear what he was talking about...
I put the "Amateur" in Amateur Radio...
ah right, I missed that...
well my usual opinion is 4-5" is perfect for almost everything - I lo-o-o-o-ve my Blackjack Trailguide because of the depthe of the blade and I can ride up on the blade in a pinch grip - but I'm not sure of the durability of the handle as it uses a threaded pommel instead of a full length tang. it's more of a hunting or camp knife and if I take it with me I always have a small hatchet as well.
for a more rough and ready field or bushcraft knife, I take my Falkniven S1 which is a 5" blade, VG-10 steel, convex ground. I believe I could escape from a sealed 55-gallond drum with this thing...
but for a "survival" situation, where I might have to ask it do all things, even though some of them not quite as well (like food prep and more delicate tasks) I would probably think 6-7" is more like what I need.
I don't like to talk about things I don't have, but right now, I would probably choose the 6.3" Falkniven A1 after seeing a friend's. funny, but handling that knife lead me to get the 5" S1, which I still maintain is a better knife for "almost" everything...
Last edited by ra2bach; 09-09-11 at 01:39.
never push a wrench...
One knife? Probably my Busse SAR 4.
Off the grid survival on foot in real life? Leatherman, SAR 4, GB hatchet, Hinderer XM-18 and a small folding saw. I'd also bring a medium grit DMT sharpener.
Love my Ontaro Rat 3 for general camping/hiking/fishing hunting use. Handy size for most purposes. But if I could only have one knife it would be my RAT 5 or the USMC marked Camillus KABAR I bought at a yard sale around 1979 for 2.50.
My Strider CMFK CPM 3V.
http://www.monkeyedge.com/Strider_Kn...0685-mz232.htm
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I'm not into knives so for me, it's a plain, simple, cheap Buck Skinner. Maybe one day I'll be educated on the value of a more expensive knife.
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