Ka-Bar the best
by Scott
(Chico, ca USA)
I would never consider taking any other knife with me into the wilderness, especially when my life could depend on it. Ka-Bars are well-known for being indestructible pieces of metal. You can use them as a hammer, axe/hatchet, saw and wood splitter. Mine is also my first line of defense against an angry or hungry animal. With its 7 inch blade.
This weekend I went camping and I forgot my pocket saw and my axe. I was cutting down trees over 7-8 inches in diameter with my knife, whether it was hacking or sawing. I brought some logs that I was going to split too, I just took a hand sized rock and pounded the blade into the log and split it.
Not to mention that I have been doing this to my knife for over a year and it is still as sharp as the day I got it. After all, the knife has been Marine Corp proof for about 50 years.
I would recommend not getting the leather sheath, mine has gotten warped from getting wet while hunting. You can buy very nice after market sheaths. I bought the normal plastic sheath for mine and strapped my little survival pouch to it with my leathermen.