I halved, peeled and cut into chunks a large fresh pumpkin with a medium size knife the other day to make delicious pumpkin pies. But I soon got huge nasty blisters on my hand and fingers when I was suspecting nothing.

I will probably get myself a good quality Canadian made Grohmann Chef's knife full tang soon. But this made me think about survival situations where I would have to cut wood and perform other tasks with a four inch knife and realized that it can be tricky especially if your handle doesn't fit your hand properly. Do you practice with your survival knives?

Frankie