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What is the ultimate survival knife for hiking?
By HikingOn | April 19, 2009
say you get caught in a storm and injured and have to spend the night in the mountains. what would be the best survival knife for this type hiking.
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Topics: Hiking | 1 Comment »
April 19th, 2009 at 2:45 am
HAHA! The ultimate survival knife is NOT the swiss army knife! Someone who says this has obviously never been out in the wild, depending on a knife.
Granted, a swiss army knife has a lot of "gadgets", but since we are talking about KNIVES, here is what I recommend:
Gerber 22-01629 LMF II Black Infantry Knife- 4.8 inch blade
Here is the link:
http://www.amazon.com/Gerber-22-01629-Black-Infantry-Knife/dp/B000E3QUB6/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1238989540&sr=8-1
The knife has enough weight to it that you can chop small small wood if you had to.
The partially serrated, 3-3/4 inch blade is can be used to cut through the skin of a fuselage, sever a seat belt, or egress through the Plexiglas of a chopper. This infantry knife also does a slick job cutting firewood and building shelter and can even be lashed to a pole to create a spear. On the end of the knife is a flat spot strong enough to drive a nail. This rugged and versatile survival tool features a high carbon stainless blade with shielded black surface.
This is the KNIFE that I carry. Again, all those other gadgets on an "army knife" are handy, but one should be carrying those ESSENTIALS seperately, anyway. A person can't depend on having an all-in-one…the "army" knife just doesnt weigh enough.