Best Survival Knife for Doomsday Preparedness UK

What really is the Best Survival Knife

Everyone has their own preference for a survival knife but when the SHTF your going to need a a quality knife to cope with all survival situations. Any preppers must have a knife that suits you and a knife that you feel comfortable with.

To be honest, just about any knife is a good knife in a survival situation – but some a far better than others - 

As always, it’s better to be fully prepared and have a good knife that your used to handling and feel comfortable with.

Without doubt choosing the best survival knife will come down to how much you really want to spend on one.

Some knife manufacturers charge upwards of £800 for a hand built knife that is guaranteed to last and be able to withstand all survival situations, but there’s precious few preppers who would spend that kind of money when their £800 could go on several other pieces of essential equipment. 

 

What’s the secret of choosing the Best Survival Knife?

Any preppers knows that the survival knife is one of the most the essential tools in their survival kit, and as such must be much more than just a ‘knife to cut things with’.

A survival knife must be good enough, strong enough and sharp enough to manage all the basic survival tasks that include hunting, combat, cutting, chopping, bushcraft  and much, much more.

A good quality survival life can easily be a life saver that enable you to accomplish all the basic requirements of survival outdoors.

Your knife must be capable of enabling you to create a comfortable shelter and to start a fire, to hunt for and prepare your food, it must also be capable of clearing pathways and for digging, as well as giving personal protection if required.

 

There are many choices of survival knives, that offer various qualities.

Currently, with the popularity of the Bear Grylls series on the TV it’s possible to see how a knife can be used effectively - so much so that there is now a full range of Bear Grylls survival equipment including the superb Bear Grylls Ultimate Survival Knife from Gerber.

Essentials of a good survival knife.

Quality knives don’t come cheap – but theres a few things to consider when buying one -

• A folding knife is far more liable to break due to the folding action
• The knife must fit you size of hand – if the handle is to think you will loose grip
• A fixed blade knife is better for levering and chopping
• Always choose a ‘full tang’ knife, where the blade runs through to the handle

 Below is a guide to the best survival knife with essential information to help you -

• cost comparison in ££’s
• blade & knife length guide 
• weight of the knife

 

	type of survival knife	cost comparison	blade size [mm]	knife length [mm]
	GERBER LMF II INFANTRY FIXED BLADE KNIFE (BLACK – SERRATED EDGE)	£££££	125
	Tom Brown Tracker, Gray Micarta Handle, 6.25″ Black Blade, Kydex Model TPT010	£££££	90	240
	British Army Survival Knife MOD specification – Sheffield phosphated carbon steel blade	£££	185	310
	Bear Grylls Ultimate Survival Knife serrated edge fro Gerber	£££	255	120
	Mora Companion Green Handle – Stainless Steel Camping Fishing Knife	££	104	220
	Gerber Bear Grylls Field Sharpener (31-001270)	£	-	112