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Things You Should Know Before Buying An Outdoor Knife

The survival knife is usually a heavy fixed blade, which can withstand the hard use of multiple characters, usually in the wilderness. It must be able to cut, carve, chop, cut, and perhaps dig. It also holds the routine duties of the knife and assists in all cutting chores. In addition, the key is that it should be light in weight and compact in structure, because otherwise it is difficult to use the knife easily and dexterously. If it is too heavy, it will do you no good in the wild. 

When choosing a survival knife, the blade design may be the only most important factor, because it determines whether the knife is suitable for survival. Experienced wild survivors tend to regard survival knives as three different categories consisting of heavy machetes, camping knives and practical knives, depending on the blade length and blade design.

Heavy duty cutting knives have a solid structure, and have blades with a length of 10 inches to 14 inches. The blades have a certain weight. The blade design and tool grinding are made of tough steel such as 1095, 5160 or 440C. In addition, it should have a highly ergonomic anti slip handle design, preferably made of Kraton or Hypalon rubber, with a cushioning texture and a non slip surface.

The camping knife is defined as a medium sized knife, with an unstable structure, a blade length of 5 inches to 8 inches, and flat or hollow grinding. In addition, it has an ergonomic handle.

A utility knife is defined as a blade with a planer shaped, water drop head or spear shaped blade design, with a length of 3.5 inches to 5 inches, and an ergonomic handle design, which uses flat grinding or hollow grinding. 

When you need a knife that you can carry with you every day, a pocket knife is very good. The main problem with folding knives is that they have folding points that straight knives do not have.

When you are living in a difficult situation, when you want to establish a temporary shelter or start hunting and skinning like Beye, you may need to use the knives around you for different purposes.

The knife you want is very tough, so that you can use it to do anything under any circumstances. You need a knife that can withstand rough use for a long time. A good folding knife can be used in the hands of any survivor, but in extreme cases, it cannot replace the straight knife as the main tool.

If you are in the jungle and do not have a tool, you are already in a very bad situation. I would recommend you to use a knife as the best tool. Also, it may be more useful than fixed tools in some cases, because you may use a knife to reflect light to the helicopter to send rescue signals. Similarly, if you are in thick snow, you can send a signal by cutting a tarpaulin with a survival knife that is very different from the color of the snow. Therefore, if I can only choose one thing to accompany me to the wilderness, I will not hesitate to choose the survival knife.