Best Survival Knife Guide
How to choose 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. Choosing the Best Survival Knife for Doomsday Preparedness is very important to ensuring your survival and no more so than having a knife that suits you and a knife that you feel comfortable with – is a very personal choice.
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 yyou’refamiliar 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, bush-craft and much, much more.
A good quality survival knife can easily be a life saver that enables 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.
Choosing your knife depends on many factors, some of these are more important than others, so I suggest a quick look at my guide to choosing a survival knife for more information and tips.
There are many choices of survival knives, that offer various qualities.
Currently, with the popularity of the Ray Mears bushcraft series on the TV it’s possible to see how a knife can be used effectively – Ray uses a Mora knife for most bushcraft work
Essentials of a good survival knife.
Quality knives don’t come cheap – but there’s 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 thick you will loose grip
- A fixed blade knife is better for levering and chopping
- Always choose a ‘3/4′ or ‘full tang’ knife’, where the blade runs through into the handle
Below is a guide to the best survival knife with essential information to help you -
Within the columns you can choose from:
- type of survival knife
- cost comparison in ££’s
- blade & knife length guide
- knife weight
- survival rating
There are many survival knives to choose from, but below I have listed my favourites -
*use the column arrows within the headers to help you choose from blade lengths, weight, price etc…….
All the survival knives that I have listed above are very good quality and will do the job well, so it’s really a matter of personal preference really.
- as always though – no prepper relies on just one survival knife…. – I can’t make this point enough, always carry at least two survival knives that suit you and work best for you.
As always I am very open to suggestions on good survival knives and if you have a knife thats served you well, let me know, I will include it in the list – just Email me: ku.oc1427242699.ediu1427242699Gsrep1427242699perpK1427242699U@swe1427242699iveRe1427242699finK1427242699
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Hopefully, this Best Survival Knife Guide has helped you in your choice for a survival knife that suits you and becomes an essential part of you survival kit.
