Ladies and Gents; Good Evening. I hope all are well. OK, Many threads Re. knives. Probably beaten to death. Very indidual decision. A survival knife is the knife you have on you when in a survival situation,OK! But if you will, a simple request for your opinion. The SERE Knife was designed during the Viet Nam conflict by Col. Nick Rowe (RIP) and built by AL Mar Knives for students in the SERE school, The way I heard the story, it was designed to be 90% tool 10% weapon. It was carried on the pants belt so that if you lost everything else (except yur drawrs), you would still have a viable friend with which "to keep the reaper at bay". That said we are not usually in the situitation of E&Eing from behind enemy lines ( well at least not often <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />) but the concept of a strong reliable knife fulfilling the concept of the original to my mind is still viable. Between the 2 schools; In this corner we have the un breakable super knives that you can break cement blocks with Ie Strider Et al, In the other corner we have the "finess school". Cuts like a razor, can cut the print off of news paper. must be handeled with care. Now, I hold no disrespect for anyones choices or knife religions. My question is concidering the roll that the folding SERE was designed for, Its you,your knife and your pocket kit in a world of hurt. What are your choices and why? Thanks Jim