Hey everyone, i am looking for a strong, sturdy knife that can be put under a good deal of stress. I am thinking of one of these two, please tell me what you think. If you have any other suggestions please let me know.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280539423247&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160452412906&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
In my experience, most of the so called "Survival knives" are of pretty poor quality. I would suggest either a KABAR (around $40), or a name brand (Mossberg and S&W make excellent Knives) knife for overall use. Of the two you picked out on Ebay, I would probably go with the 59 dollar one, looks more sturdy to me, but hard to tell from just a picture.
August 14th, 2010 at 1:03 am
first one looks way much stronger
References :
August 14th, 2010 at 1:35 am
Unless you’re planning on hunting people in the jungle I recommend a slightly smaller and more practical knife. Gerbers are awesome and I would purchase one with half straight and half serrated edge.
References :
Hunter and outdoorsman.
August 14th, 2010 at 2:12 am
In my experience, most of the so called "Survival knives" are of pretty poor quality. I would suggest either a KABAR (around $40), or a name brand (Mossberg and S&W make excellent knives) knife for overall use. Of the two you picked out on Ebay, I would probably go with the 59 dollar one, looks more sturdy to me, but hard to tell from just a picture.
References :
Hunter
August 14th, 2010 at 2:45 am
Neither of them will be as much use for camping and hunting as a small axe will be.
Knives are so commonly thought of as ’survival’ necessities’ without giving any thought to it except following the fashionable thinking of ‘ survival means having a knife with me’.
A small axe can do far more than a knife can do and is a far more useful tool.
If you want to skin animals a sharp chef’s knife will do a better job than a ’survival’ knife and a good strong one can cost less too.
If you want to take off the lower part of a leg you can just chop it off with an axe. With a knife it’s a longer and messier job.
If you want poles to make a shelter an axe will cut them for you far better than a knife will.
You can cut points on them for spear fishing just as well with an axe as with a knife.
You can make a strong mountain man pack with only an axe and a rock for tools.
In over forty years of wild trekking and camping in mountains moorlands and deserts the only knives I’ve carried are an Army pocket knife and on a few trips a small stiff bladed kitchen knife.
Here is the Army knife. The same one is still issued. No need to change it. It’s well able stand up to rough use and mine has for over forty years….the same one, not replacements over the years.
http://www.survivall.co.uk/assets/images/shop_images/SH71700.jpg
In jungles I buy a cheap locally made machete when I get there and give it away when I leave.
There are hundreds of girls including teenagers in gap year travel backpacking round the world, some in far rougher country than many of the guys get to who think about ’survival’ on local trips in their own country.
Very few of the girls, or the boys, carry a knife of any sort except for a small pocket knife and some eating irons.
I’ve met hundreds just in Africa on various trips, more in Peru on the Andes and on Amazon trips, where certainly a machete can be useful if you’re going into raw forest and not just walking on trails.
Some teenage girls get to places where grown guys worry about going to, and get no problems because they don’t make problems.
All this for a girl going on a field survey in Madagascar which is mostly jungle and mountains, and not a single mention of a knife in it.
A knife is of no great importance on a trip like that….any ordinary little penknife is fine.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AufzItRHIVekuRGnLWpEeqXty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20091002134326AAnCvrm&show=7#profile-info-nMUoerYNaa . . . . . . .
On Army rough country training camps nobody got issued with a big knife. The issued pocket knives do a good enough job.
The machetes we used in jungle warfare school in Malaysia were just simple locally made ones bought from a market stall or a village shop, nothing fancy. Some were pretty big though. I still have one but I have no use for it at all and it stays at home when I travel.
It’s just a momento of good days with Ghurkas, Malays, and all the othe guys I was with and a later big malaria survey I was on where we cut big poles for the walls and beds of temporary jungle medical centres.
Mostly I used one half the size, cheap, plain, and simple.
The locals use them so they work just as well for anyone else.
A small one of 8-10 inches blade or a heavy meat cleaver can be a good replacement for an axe for cutting poles, pointing them, chopping leg bits off animals and as a general butchering knife, and even for cutting fire trenches quickly and neatly.
There is link far down on here for a suitable type which can be found in UK, USA, anywhere.
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100405175401AA1QrP4
A diamond sharpener for a few dollars keeps it sharp and lasts a lifetime.
References :
Lifetime of trekking and camping. Ex Army outdoor instructor.
August 14th, 2010 at 3:35 am
the second picture. It makes you more prepare.
References :
August 14th, 2010 at 4:05 am
they are both complete shit
buy a ka-bar or cold steel
References :
August 14th, 2010 at 4:11 am
to me they’re overpriced pieces of garbage, what you find on ebay that doesn’t have a brand name is garbage, believe me, I’ve bought some and really regretted it.
most hollow handled knives like these ones are weak at the hilt(the connection between the handle and the blade) because their drilled too close to the hilt and causes a huge weak spot, I’ll never buy one again.
I prefer a carbon steel knife like a Frost mora 740 or a cold steel bushman.
References :