Survival Knife
 

Hey, I'm not sure if this is in the right thread, please move if not.

What is a good survival knife used for hiking and camping. Not sure of my budget yet so just give me options please :P

EDIT: I am currently using my father's Buck knife.

How big do you want it? Weight? Sheath options? Stainless or carbon? Uses?

P.S: Yeah it should be in OT

http://www.youtube.com/user/nutnfancy?blend=1&ob=4
check out this youtube channel he reviews a ton of knives.

don't get a folding knife, and try to get a knife with a full tang. this when the metal from the blade runs through the whole grip. if the handle breaks on folding knives, and knives without a full tang, there will be nothing to join a makeshift onto. if the handle breaks on a full tang knife, you can tie some string around the tang to use as a handle.
full tang

Ka-Bar

Thanks

I was myself thinking of getting a good 'ol Ka-Bar... Did anybody actually used one hiking/backpacking/camping (and not only for "chairknifing") ?

My folder works well so far, no problem but I'm not too sure exactly I want to keep going with only it for the reasons bareass said.

I'm also looking for a good survival knife. I juct chipped a huge chunk out of the edge on the Buck knife I've been using for 4 years batoning a piece of wood. Looking for something with a quarter grind, 3/8" or more blade thickness with serrations preferably on the back of the blade. It should also be full tang with a synthetic handle and kydez sheath; I've been reading around and micarta seems to be the best material for handle. Taking all of his into consideration, the best I've found that matches this is an OKC ASEK.

I fell asleep. The guy is a terrible speaker. 5 minutes of useful information in 30 minutes of blah blah blah...

DO NOT go with a folding survival knife. The locks will fail (happened to me). You just cannot get the same strength as a fixed blade in a folder.

Ontario Rat 7 is a great knife. Geared towards large and heavy duty tasks mainly. You really can't go wrong with any survival knives from this manufacturer.

If you want something mid sized, maybe light duty fire making and camp knife try something like the Coldsteel SRK or a KaBar. KaBar wins for value in my mind. A Glock field knife would also fall under this category, and is dirt cheap for what you get.

Just saw the Gerber LMF II ASEK. Looks good, comes with a synthetic sheat with integrated sharpener. It's also what I find to be a good size (KaBar seems a bit long at 7'' blade...) so it's incidentally lighter, too. And very affortable.

Any opinions?

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http://www.shopholsters.com/gerber-lmf2-asek-knife.html

Try to decide what type of survival knife you want. If it's going to be a super heavy duty "stuck in the wilderness with nothing else" blade, bigger is usually better.

7+inches of blade and a fair bit of forward heft will go a long way for ease of chopping, batoning, stripping tree limbs etc.

If you will have other tools on you (maybe a small axe, saw etc) Conker is right, you don't need a super heavy duty knife, so save on weight. :)

SOG,Cold steel & K-bar all make great units "bang for the buck". My fav. is still my Cold steel Recon Tanto (great work horse). My K-bar is good and my Sog seal 2000 knife is realy nice,but not sure I would use it as a "work knife". I'v been beat'n the hell outa my Recon Tanto for about 15 years,give or take.

SOGs are not useful utility knives. Dont get me wrong, I love every SOG I have, but they are more for cuttin someone than cutting brush, pure fighting mans knives, not a work knife. Ka-Bars are great, tough and hold a good edge. Can even use em as a hammer if you have to. Smith&Wesson make some good bush knives, for their price anyways. Cold Steels are awesome, but you pay for that. Some people swear by CRKT, but I am not one of them. Dont know why exactly, just never got sold on them. Ontario Knife also akes some good knives, but they can be expensive too.

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...My folder works well so far, no problem but I'm not too sure exactly for what bareass said.[/QUOTE]

just saying if the hinge broke on a folder you'd b screwed. and having a fixed blade without a full tang, and a broken handle wouldn't be much better.
with a full tang if for some reason your handle was in one hand and you blade in the other, the knife can still be used, or a new handle could be easily fabbed in the wild.