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You can have the knife, but can I have this guy in my survival group? He is awesome! (I like the knife too, but the guy is cool.)
"Oh, America. I wish I could tell you that this was still America, but I've come to realize that you can't have a country without people. And there are no people here. No, my friends. This is now the United States of Zombieland"
"The constitution does not guarantee our safety, only our liberty!" Robert Steed before congress 3/2013
He's the real deal, through and through. By the way, any well designed knife will do the same thing. I just have always like the British commando knife. :)
"Oh, America. I wish I could tell you that this was still America, but I've come to realize that you can't have a country without people. And there are no people here. No, my friends. This is now the United States of Zombieland"
"The constitution does not guarantee our safety, only our liberty!" Robert Steed before congress 3/2013
A short close in attack on another human being. It is not good for chopping wood, cutting meat or other chores around a camp site or retreat. It was made for one job KILLING.
As a survivor this is the last knife I would take in the bush with me. The point may break off if you use it for any other chore, the handle on most of these knives is of a different metal and is welded to the blade. So if you were to use it for chopping wood the handle may break off.
No it is not a very good knife for a survivor! The blade is too thin less then 1/8" thick, too narrow, double edged (no possible pressure by using the back of the blade and your other hand), a thin point ready to break off, should I go on?
A short close in attack on another human being. It is not good for chopping wood, cutting meat or other chores around a camp site or retreat. It was made for one job KILLING.
As a survivor this is the last knife I would take in the bush with me. The point may break off if you use it for any other chore, the handle on most of these knives is of a different metal and is welded to the blade. So if you were to use it for chopping wood the handle may break off.
No it is not a very good knife for a survivor! The blade is too thin less then 1/8" thick, too narrow, double edged (no possible pressure by using the back of the blade and your other hand), a thin point ready to break off, should I go on?
Oh! It's a TERRIBLE survival blade.
I never implied it was going to be used as a survival knife. You are correct. It's not even an all around fighting knife. It was designed for one purpose: To eliminate people stealthy and efficiently. My reason to purchase it is not because I ever think I will kill with it, but as a collector of things of a historic nature. Although, I may carry it as a self-defense tool. For SD purposes now, I carry either a Blackhawk Crucible FX2 or a Coldsteel Dart. The dart, I have owned for at least ten years. It fit, hidden and under between my Bianchi AccuMold duty belt magazine holder, just in case. :)
My do-all survival knife is a Chris Reeve Pacific Fixed Blade. Custom made in the $300 range. Like firearms, I don't trust my life to anything less.
I was going to respond the same way Buggy. Each tool to it's purpose. The Fairbairn-Sykes knife would be wonderful in a knife fight, and suck at making camp, but your average camp chopper would be clumsy and heavy in a knife fight, so we should all have 1 or more of each I say!
I usually don't need a lot of convincing on knives anyway...... The wife likes purses and candles. I like knives and backpacks. :p
"Oh, America. I wish I could tell you that this was still America, but I've come to realize that you can't have a country without people. And there are no people here. No, my friends. This is now the United States of Zombieland"
"The constitution does not guarantee our safety, only our liberty!" Robert Steed before congress 3/2013
People need to remember that this is a SURVIVOR FORUM:
My all round carry is a Randall Number 1. Got that way back in the late 60's for combat. I carried it thru 2 wars and I'm still very happy. It cost me around $125.00 back then. Of course gas cost 29 to 36 cents per gallon.
I have started to carry a different fixed blade knife for most chores other then close combat. It has a 6 1/4" full tang blade. Most survival experts tell people to carry a fixed blade that is between 5 and 7 1/2" in length. Unless you are Rambo! lol. Most of us are not. The blade has a small section of serration for cutting rope. The back of the blade has nothing added, other then a clean area to hit with a stick while chopping wood for fires. (Never hit the back of a knife with another piece of metal, you might bend it.) This knife is over 3/16" thick and is 2" wide. I have even skinned a white tail deer with it.
I also carry a 20" Collins Jungle Machete most of the time since I live in Florida! I wrote a review a number of months ago about it.
The best thing about these tools: Is they are comfortable in my hand for working a long time.
I personally do not like clip points because they tend to break over time.
People need to remember that this is a SURVIVOR FORUM:
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RICH,
I understand what your saying but I also try to keep in mind that not everyone has had my experience and training and definitely not your experience and training. I carried an air force survival knife for most everything and had the Gerber Mark II that was presented at graduation (never used it). I now carry a Becker BK2 and a Becker Necker as backup as well as my old Philippine bolo machete.
My addition to this thread may be considered inappropriate and I in no way intended to offend anyone but sometimes surviving means doing the hard things. I believe it is better to have a skill set and never need it than to need that skill and not have it. (just my opinion.)
Well, I will put in another thought to this........ This is a survival site. So it is entirely appropriate that we look at tools designed to defend our selves and our homes, as well as tools for wilderness/ bushcraft survival.
After all, we have discussed tanks before right? Now that isn't exactly about camping survival or bushcraft........ It is about defending the home-front in a shtf scenario. So why this issue with this tool as an option? No it is not my go-to all round knife. But it seems like it would be a good choice on a tactical vest, in certain scenarios. Of course this is others expertise not mine, but I like the dagger for it's intended use.
"Oh, America. I wish I could tell you that this was still America, but I've come to realize that you can't have a country without people. And there are no people here. No, my friends. This is now the United States of Zombieland"
"The constitution does not guarantee our safety, only our liberty!" Robert Steed before congress 3/2013
( on topic, please mark this momentous occasion on your calendars )
Survivorman Les Stroud says EVERYONE should have and carry a Swiss Army knife..... but then I did watch him eat the 5 day leftover remains of a fish that some eagle had chomped down on.....and he drank untreated water from a lake..... hmmm.... maybe I should stick to off topic posts.....
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