Right now, I have a kabar and it's ok. But I haven't ever really done anything too extreme with it and I'm not so sure it would hold up under survival conditions. I also know that one should get a good knife that lasts a long time and get used to it and it's capabilities.

Two knives that I'm looking at right now are the Cold Steel Recon Tanto and the Buck Special. I'm going to also get a kukri because Ithink those are versatile when it comes to machete type use and chopping.

I'm a little biased right now to Cold Steel partially because Don Paul wrote a great knife book called Everybody's Knife Bible. Cold Steel is metioned a lot in it. I plan on having at least 3 blades in the field which include a folder, a general purpose fixed bladed, and a kukri. My list right now is this:

Folder - ?
Fixed blade - Cold Steel Recon Tanto or Buck Special
Kukri - Cold Steel LTC Kukri

Any suggestions or reviews would be appreciated. I don't have a clue as to what type of folder I want. I have a Kershaw Blackout right now but I think its more of a defense blade.