EDC: Leatherman Skeletool and SAK Hiker in my pocket; and in my bag, Mora knife.

When going to the woods: Duluth Trading Co. Bamboo Knife, Leatherman Wave, Cold Steel Pocket Bushman, Gerber Sport Axe, Kershaw BinerTool, SAK Hiker.

Greywolf -

Khukuri House puts out a pretty product and from my understanding it is genuine. I've got one but never subjected it to field use (that's a huge warning flag there). The steel is mild so it'll take a good edge but won't necessarily keep it, and the hilt is horn (water buffalo, if I remember correctly) so I don't know if that would last without cracking. Regardless, the hilt is carved in such a way that it would likely require a little filing so that it didn't blister your hand while chopping.

The sheath is decent quality leather but probably wouldn't hold together very long if being torn at say, while crashing through brush.

My urban carry: Leatherman super tool (mostly), RSK Mk 1 (sometimes), and a Res-Q-Me.

Field carry: super tool, RSK Mk 1, Cold Steel SRK, and a Res-Q-Me (sometimes). Rather than an hatchet (I differentiate between an axe and a hatchet) I usually carry a high-quality folding pruning saw.

"But a survival knife is, to drag out an old line, is the one you have with you when it all goes south."

True. If you take it for planned purposes it is more likely to be a 'camp knife' or similar.

For me, it's a tiny SAK on my key ring, plus a sub 3" bladed slippie (UKPK, NRA stockman or Trevor Ablett Farmer)

I'm not an outdoorsman, but I suspect that 99% of any genuine crises I face will need to be tackled with the contents of my pockets at that point.

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the Gerber LMF II yet. The price on these has dropped considerably over the past year, making it quite easy to pick one up for $75 or so.



Jim

Right on Big Red Dog. If you don't have it with you when you need it, it is useless to you.

My 2¢, get a busse. Built like a tank. Designed with chopping in mind. Comes with a "you break it, we replace it" policy. I have a basic busse 7". It has handled all I dished out to it.

-Bill Liptak

I bought a Gerber Paraframe with high expectations also. I too was disappointed.

The paraframe 2? I have the serrated version of both the 1 and 2, and one of my boy's has the non-serrated para 2. No problems opening them one-handed, and for their price (on ebay anyway) I think they are very good value. The framelock works very well and they can be closed one-handed.

I've used the ara 1 on rafting trips, with no sign of rusting.

X2 here, no issues what-so-ever.
Found mine at Home Depot, the Paraframe and the mini-paraframe for 20 bucks... thought that was an awesome deal !

I've heard as many people dislike this knife as I have that like it. I wonder if the factory that makes this has Q/C issues?