I am also aware that there are some respected and recognized survival experts who claim that a big blade is rarely if ever needed and that a small cutting tool is better to have. It’s lighter, can handle a wide variety of cutting chores and is easier to keep about your person. . . . → Read More: How Big is Big Enough?
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Okay, on the surface, it’s an insane statement: if I have to fight someone, hand to hand, I’d rather be armed with a knife than a gun. However, if you take time to think about it, it makes perfect sense. For me, this revelation came while I was attending an Instructor course on the “Tactical Folding Knife”. I’ve always had an affinity for knives and this particular program was especially appealing to me. Continue reading Knive versus Gun As I considered this topic – like so many do – I started out thinking about what I DO carry each day when I leave my house and it’d be easy enough to list, put in pictures, etc – and we’ll get to that. But what I thought we might discuss that is so often overlooked is why we carry those things. So to start out, let’s not worry about which gun you carry, or which knife, but why you should consider carrying certain things – provided you legally can in your area. Yes, I am being exceedingly arrogant. I have spent the past six years now writing equipment reviews and a large number of them have been about knives. Fixed blade knives, folding knives, “survival” knives, combat knives… all kinds of knives. For all that I have yet to find what, in my egotistical mind, is the perfect survival knife; that is, the knife I’d consider optimal if it was the ONLY knife I could have. So, in this review, I thought I’d share my thoughts about the “perfect survival knife” and then tease you with this bit of info: one knife designer may already be working on it. Welcome to the Edged Tools category. Please use this section to post any comments, questions or discussion about knives, hatchets, saws, multi-tools, tomahawks, etc. |
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