What is the perfect survival knife

by John
(Tennessee)

My review is not for the well-seasoned wilderness veteran. Since Mr. Falk was kind enough to put up this site I believe it was to help those not able to be out in nature enough to gain/learn the skills to survive. Learn as much as you can from this website knowledge is power.

The more gear you have the easier it is, but also heavier/ harder to hump into the wild. Small knives are light easy to care and likely will be with you, great for dressing rabbits, fish, small game. Horrible for wood gathering, since fire is the second essential do you really want a small lightweight blade to beat/baton on (always a chance of breaking it)?

What about digging a Dakota fire pit or a fire bed (you can chip, dull the blade or even break it)? Another survival expert Doug Ritter says never use your knife to dig with, sharpen a stick and dig. ??Great idea?? doesn’t matter if you chip the stick on a rock (just sharpen another one)but what about all the roots, a stick is not very useful for that.

Weight is a major concern but the pros vs cons seem to indicate one should strive to have the perfect survival knife system, which should include a small but good sharpening device. Two good quality steel knives 1 small, lightweight, fine detail and 1 heavy duty workhorse also (off the subject) but more than one way to start a fire should be considered acceptable extra weight for survival.