www.varusteleka.com
After buying a reasonably priced folder,5 inch fixed blade , 18 inch Ontario machete ,bench grinder to put a good Swedge and point on machete , a used brick to sharpen the machete and a chipper I’d still come out ahead instead of buying a busse
Yes . I do the EDC with an Emerson , carry a Gerber Center Drive and keep a small SOG lightweight hatchet on my pack . I also have a hand wire / cable saw . Right tool for the right job . I am at the point where I want multiple purpose built kits . Hiking , Bugout and Load Out . Been getting my head out of my ass on Chinese made anything and have to tell ya man it's hard . Blue Collar budget or as @TheGerman would say , Poor . The Schrade SCHF3N is a beautiful knife but it's Chinese .
www.snipershide.com
www.bladeforums.com
www.topsknives.com
You FUCKIN' STUD!Carried KaBar in service and on plenty of camping trips, handy, beat the crap out of it but kind of a sword.
Really became an ass ache when I started going into the woods in a UTV was always in the way.
Bought a Tops Brothers of Bushcraft....
Fieldcraft by Brothers of Bushcraft Knife - TOPS Knives Tactical OPS USA
The Fieldcraft Knife was designed by The Brothers of Bushcraft, a coalition of men across North America focusing on sharing wilderness living skills of all categories.
Much more manageable size, good enough blade, I prefer carbon steel, with a scandanavian "dangler" sheath its never in the way.
but....
I hate the coatings Tops uses on their knives. Sure the coating protects the carbon from rusting but I take care of my knives, rust isnt an issue. Id prefer the option to spark steel with the knife spine.
Ended up buying a Randall Fireman Knife.
View attachment 7315576
Thing is stupid overbuilt. You will break your baton before you damage this knife. At 4.5 inches or so the blade is as short as Id go, its very controllable for fine work at that size.
Really liking some of the knives Survive! knife is putting out. They have a folder design in the works that looks like I want one.
Its a lot like a precision rifle forum, but instead of “should I mrad or moa” you get a lot more “convex or Scandinavian grind...”
How thick? Thick? Or Thicc? Do you need a thick blade? On our last camping trip I beat a Mora through dry mesquite for kindling. Okay, it’s their companion, so a more robust blade, but still shy of 1/8” thick.
www.bladeforums.com
Survive! Knives Forum Closed - What Changed?
For years Survive! Knives has sold knives based on absurdly inaccurate delivery estimates and promises of future "changes" that never seem to happened. Numerous people have reported having difficulty contacting S!K, and at times it took S!K months and multiple requests to process refunds for...
I have a small hoard of Busse Knives. The largest in my collection (SFNO) has a 7 inch blade. The smallest (game warden) has a 3" blade. Of all of them, the most used are the game warden and a SAR5. The second has been almost entirely scrubbed from the collective memory of the Busse faithful, but it is what I was looking for, though I didn't know it at the time- and I haven't bought a fixed blade knife since. I have 2, one is factory fresh, the other has been stripped and polished. Of all of the knives that I own, if someone were to say "okay, you've got a no-shit SHTF scenario, what knife do you want?" it is the Sar5. Strong enough to baton through anything you'll likely encounter for firewood. Thin enough to slice. Not light, but light enough to carry all day while carrying a rifle and a pack through the mountains. No giant choil taking up valuable blade space. I don't care what you say about a "finger coil," a real handle is more comfortable to hold than the bare blade steel. It's the most efficient usage of blade edge and handle length that Busse has ever made. And, they immediately discontinued it. Jerry Busse said he thought the handle felt like a hammer handle. Yeah, I guess it does. No weird swells. No skull crusher pommel. No hot spots from continuous usage. And, it doesn't resemble a scotch tape dispenser.
View attachment 7318341
Anyway, you probably can't find a SAR5 today, and if you can, it will be expensive(ish). But, I'd lean towards a 5" blade, 1/8" to maybe 3/16" thick. No choil. Drop the blade edge below the bottom edge of the handle so it doubles as a guard (you're hand won't likely slip over the blade because the blade has a greater depth than the handle). There are a bunch of great steels, and I'm not going to fanboy any. Pick one. G10 and micarta are strong, but heavy- and G10 may prove brittle. Stacked leather is super comfortable to use. So are wood handles, typically.
The above doesn't really answer your question. But, a survival knife is the knife that you have in you possession when you find yourself in a survival situation. For most people, that means a relatively small folder. For me, it would likely be a micarta handled case stockman, or possibly a small bench made griptilian (you know, knives I carry a bunch). "Survival situations" include slicing food for lunch or opening packages, removing wayward strings from clothing, and sometimes minor surgery (removing a hang nail). I do have a "beater" fixed blade in the tool box of my pickup, just in case...
Schrade SCHF2SM Extreme Survival Hollow Handle Special Forces 5.6 inch Plain Blade, Nylon Sheath
Schrade SCHF2SM Extreme Survival Hollow Handle Special Forces 5.6 inch Plain Blade, Nylon Sheathwww.knifecenter.com
Combat Master (Short), CYB | SPEC-OPS BRAND
specops.us
