Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Would this make a good outdoors knife?

What bothers me most is that they don't say what it is made of. A good design means nothing if it is made of inferior materials. In my opinion it is made of inferior steel since they don't specify. If it was made of top quality steel they wouldn't hesitate to say so. The second is the design is useless, made for looks but not for the "real" world. In real survival situations simpler is better. A kukri is designed as a hacking blade, not for slicing. The saw back would do nothing but weaken the blade, if the blade were made properly you would be able to hack through a limb much faster than you could saw through it. That is why I use the kukri design in my machetes. Look for a quality knife, for corrosive environments stainless is best but for edge holding and strength carbon steel is best and for a survival knife a selectively tempered blade of 5160 is the best. I regularly make these that can be dropped on their points form eye level and leave a divot in my concrete floor without damage to the blade. Good luck.

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