Of course the best survival knife is the one you have with you when you have to survive. Will you always have that big "knife" with you? I'd think about spending the bulk of that money on a fallkniven F1 or cold steel master hunter that will be extremely convenient to have with you all the time. <br>Then spend 14$ for an Ontario heavy duty utility machete for chopping, if you must.<br>JB<br><br>Expect poison with the standing water.<br> -William Blake