This is a thread about survival knives. Arguably the most valiable piece of survival you can carry, it is something that every man should carry into the unknown. What are your picks? What do you look for?
I have owned a SOG Seal Team Elite for camping/civilian survival purposes. However, a knife is only as good as the material it is made out of, and that is why I've been considering a knife made with San Mai construction. What this is, is a three metal layered knife which provides a knife that is both brittle (strong) AND flexible.
When a prosepective Master Blacksmith of the U.S Blacksmith Society is performing one of his final tests, it includes taking a machete style knife and hacking through a stack of 2x4's completely through. They then test to see if the blade still has the edge to shave. They then place the end of the blade in a vice and bend the tang of the blade 90 degrees. It must then bend back without breaking. The San Mai construction style is what is used to obtain these results.
I am currently considering buying a Cold Steel San Mai Kukri (khukri in other spellings).
There are the survival knives with the hollow tang used to store survival tools. I myself would only buy a full tang knife as my primary survival knife, however I'm looking foward to hearing you opinions.
One more thing, anyone have any omments on sharpening. Methods, stones, tools for getting that razor, shave sharp edge?
I have owned a SOG Seal Team Elite for camping/civilian survival purposes. However, a knife is only as good as the material it is made out of, and that is why I've been considering a knife made with San Mai construction. What this is, is a three metal layered knife which provides a knife that is both brittle (strong) AND flexible.
When a prosepective Master Blacksmith of the U.S Blacksmith Society is performing one of his final tests, it includes taking a machete style knife and hacking through a stack of 2x4's completely through. They then test to see if the blade still has the edge to shave. They then place the end of the blade in a vice and bend the tang of the blade 90 degrees. It must then bend back without breaking. The San Mai construction style is what is used to obtain these results.
I am currently considering buying a Cold Steel San Mai Kukri (khukri in other spellings).
There are the survival knives with the hollow tang used to store survival tools. I myself would only buy a full tang knife as my primary survival knife, however I'm looking foward to hearing you opinions.
One more thing, anyone have any omments on sharpening. Methods, stones, tools for getting that razor, shave sharp edge?