Advice for a survival knife

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Hso, the street price for that Kabar Cutlass 'chete is $45 with sheath.

Do you - or anyone - have a source for the Jungla for $70? And the sheath is an additional $65 on their site; even though I'm sure it's worth it, it's just not in my budget.

That Machete Special is a great site that I've never seen. Contenders in there.
 
I've learned a lot in this thread (thanks to all), but to avoid hijacking it further,
have decided to start a new thread to explore my options.

Good luck to the OP of this thread finding a survival knife.
 
Nem,

No, the lowest price a search will come up with is $117. A buddy of mine picked one up at a show last year for the $70 fire sale price. It would have been a bargain if he'd have actually needed it.
 
This reminds me of a scene in one of the recent "SEAL biographies" where an operator's knife deflected a bullet and saved the guy's life. So buy as big a knife as possible :D
 
I am a Options man so I have pocket knifes , lock backs , Fixed blades, hatchets , axes , and Matchets, and a bow saw. If I have to pull out fast I grap the hatchet, and roll since the rigs have all sorts of knives and cutting tools.
 
my decision

After reading one of the last replies I decided to purchase the esee junglas. My wife did a special epoxy 550 cord wraps in place of the slabs. She is a genius with cord! Many thanks to all and especially to nematocyst for your last link, search over!
 
Excellent! Great choice! I confess, if my budget had allowed it, I'd probably have gone with a Junglas, too. But alas, not right now.

Did you order a sheath, also? They appear to not come with the sheath. But the sheath looks first class. :cool:

Now we have one of those "in the family"!

When we get our respective knives - JimSTC his Kabar, me my Ontario SP53 (which as you'll see in my other thread linked just above, I ordered yesterday!), and you get your Junglas - we can start a thread (or maybe just do it here in this one) and review them, compare them, etc.

That'll be a boat load of fun. :D
 
Great idea. It came with a sheath. Very high quality. My brother molds kydex and told me he has some thick sheets to make a sheath / custom contour to my leg /platform for multi attachments. We are going to sit down tonight to design and maybe make. In the meantime this butt ugly mutt was dumped on my porch last night. Oh well just another good friend to have around. He looks like a junk yard pitt bull and a weIner dog had a love child.
 
I picked up these two. Should have them mid week:
1. Bark River Fox River Hunting Field Knife Green Micarta Handles 130GM
•Overall Length: 8 1/4"
•Blade Length: 4 1/4"
•Blade Material: A-2 Tool Steel, 59-60 HRC
•Blade Thickness: .17"
•Blade Type: Plain Edge Drop Point
•Handle Length: 4"
•Handle Material: Green Canvas Micarta
•Weight: 5.8 oz.
•Carry System: Brown Leather Sheath
2.Fallkniven F1 Swedish Military Laminated VG-10 Survival Knife
Fallkniven F1 Swedish Military Survival Knife. 8 1/4" overall. 3 3/4" laminate VG-10 stainless drop point blade with satin finish. Black checkered Thermorun elastomer handle with visible tang end and lanyard hole.

And on and on I go......
 
(Added after original post (Jim you posted while I was composing.)

Jim, SCORE! Pics, pics!

Now our review gets even more interesting.

RTRWV, congrats on the mutt. Mutts are best, ugly or not. :D

So question: did the Junglas come with this sheath? I see now on closer look at the Junglas page that it's available with or without.

If with that one, then why are you choosing to design another one?

I'm not questioning that you should, or that you can't - and it certainly sounds like your brother has some skills, and it could be just a fun, interesting project to design a new one.

But I'm curious if there's something about the Junglas sheath that makes you say, "No, I don't like this?"

Oh, and pics are required here, you know. :D
 
sheath design?

Why did you drink that beer my brother asked. My reply we've got plenty of beer and plenty of time. Same with kydex and time. We have common sense but hardly ever exercise it with beer and kydex. No driving of course! Just somethin else to play with. Still trying to improve on the wheel or somethin like that.

I like the sheath it came with we're just suckers for a hot kydex press. And with the quantities and colors of kydex, whew we are worse than women trying on shoes!
 
I have not put into this thread, I believe that the best survival knife is one you have with you all the time. From my experience in the Marines and thru many hunting, backpacking and canoe trips I would rather have a small sheath or large pocket folder than a large knife.
 
I had a concept I called the "Keychain Survival Kit".

It wasn't all necessarily on a keychain, but "with you", as Brian says, was the important idea.

At least a small knife, a lighter, cell phone, and flashlight are the bare minimum. If you have gel hand sanitizer, that's useful in a few ways, too.

Musashi said, Make your everyday walk your warrior's walk.
My father said, when emergencies come, we should already be "prayed up".
I might say, be prepared.

John
 
I think I better swap the leather sheath that came with my Bark River Fox River Hunting Field Knife Green Micarta Handles 130GM.
I of course sharpened the blade with stones. Today I was putting it on my belt and noticed that I had cut a 2" slice through the leather. Go figure. Guess I need to be more careful and deliberate when sheathing my knife.........
Thank goodness the Fallkniven F1 Swedish Military Laminated VG-10 Survival Knife came with a Kydex type sheath:D
Anyone want to make a Kydex sheath for me?? I'll pay retail:rolleyes:
 
My SP 53 just arrived.

For now, just one word: wow.

Description and review in another thread.
I'll post a link here when it's ready for primetime ...
 
I wear a size 18 wedding band , have winter gloves custom made. I am 6 foot 8 inches and weigh 450 lbs. What works for me best in my experience is usually proportionate to my size.
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While not as big as you, I am a big guy with larger than normal hands. I find that its not the blade length I need to be concerned with, but the handle length. For most of my outdoor cutting chores, I find a knife in the 4.0-4.5 inch range ideal, as long as the handle is closer to 5.0 inches. This gives me plenty of grip and leverage for when I need it and is generally more comfortable to use.

Personally, for a do-all, survival knife I proably would not go much over 6 inches in blade length. Longer than that is just too long for many taskes (some people will disagree, but that's my opinion). Given that, I would consider the ESEE-6 to be an excellent choice for a "survival" knife. Its a tough, quality knife with a good sized grip and is well within your price range.

If you are still convinced that you really need a bigger knive, my choice would probably be the ESEE Junglas from the same maker. Its an even larger knife, with a handle amost 6 inches long, and a blade of approximatly 10 inches.
 
Hello new guy here, As far as a survival knife goes in my experience you cannot beat the Condor Knives, Condor sells a really nice heavy duty knife, You may have to work on the edge a bit when you get it but for the money IMO these are the best bang for the buck.
 
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