One of your most valuable tools in a survival situation is your hunting knife. You will use it to cut, scrape, incise, chop – even in self-defense situations – you simply will use a knife in a survival situation everyday, often several times a day.
Without a reliable knife, your situation becomes much more dire and can even mean your chances of survival are vastly reduced, even eliminated.
What, though, do you need to consider when purchasing a knife? That is a question with as many opinions as there are knife owners.
There are, however, some basic guidelines to follow that if you do, your choice of knife will ensure you have a reliable tool that can do what you want, when you want it done.
Check out the video on the next page to see what you must consider when buying a survival knife.
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The Mora Companion is an excellent blade, especially for the price.
Crkt Ultima is my fixed blade
Good old 6″fixed buck for me
Jeannine J. Hill
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Austin Houston
A very expensive knife is worthless if your not comfortable using it. Size and design is useless in the wrong hands.
As a long time cook and survivalist I’ve seen people do amazing things with the right blade. Huge hulking men with pairing knives doing huge cuts and little itty bitty women using clevers to perform surgery.
Get what your comfortable with.
Full tang always
Fieldcraft by tops and brothers of bushcraft is my go-to knife
Depends on the situation and the area you are at. Always carry at least two.
Only one problem hollow handled knives.were used.during viet Nam war one such was.parker. please give proper information out.
Is it sharp?
That’s all you need to ask.
I like to have a variety
I like to have a variety
Two words. Hand forged. As a blacksmith I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Mora knives are for Bush craft… great blades. Cold steel or an Esee 5 ate more for survival. The length and thickness, and the tip pie of steel on those bigger knives make them better for survival due to their edge retention, flexibility and durability.