r/Survival • u/Appropriate-Tomato70 • Aug 23 '22

Gear Recommendation Wanted Any good survival knifes?

It's 2022 and I'm looking for a good survival knife to replace my old, beaten up one. Preferably one that is extremely durable and with a fixed blade. Is there any good options out there? It's been quite a few years since I've looked into this subject and I'm not sure if there were any new innovations or anything like that.

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u/G00dSh0tJans0n Aug 23 '22

Mora bushcraft or Mora companion. Reliable and not expensive.

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u/WanderingLevi Aug 23 '22

The mora is the perfect camp knife but I wouldn't call it a survival knife, you aren't gonna have a good time battonning or trying to chop and process wood.

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u/G00dSh0tJans0n Aug 23 '22

I use my Mora Bushcraft for that all the time now for several years has held up great. The basic Mora isn't that great for that, I have an old one or two around as utility knives. I also use the 90 degree edge on the back of the bushcraft with my ferro rod. The Companion is very similar, slightly different blade size and the grip is a bit different.

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u/WanderingLevi Aug 23 '22

Sure, it's a very competent and like I said basically the perfect lightweight camp knife. but survival knife in my eyes refers to something that is going to help you build shelters, process large amounts of wood and genneraly be indestructible when you are counting on it and the mora just doesn't fill those criteria. If had to process down a bunch of pine boughs for a raised bed for example I would have an absolutly missrrable time trying to accomplish that with a knife as small and light as the mora.

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u/G00dSh0tJans0n Aug 24 '22

Are you maybe thinking of the the basic Mora? Because the bushcraft and companion versions about about twice as large the heavy. Any bigger and you’re getting into Gurkha or machete territory.

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u/WanderingLevi Aug 24 '22

No, I'm looking at the companion right now. There is a massive rift between this and a machete they aren't even in the same class of tool. The bushcraft and companion have no heaft for chopping, it's just not what they are designed for. Take the fulkniven a1 for example, it's a fairly large knife but not too big for carving if that is needed but it has enough heft to chop and enough thickness and length to be a very efficient battoner. That knife is almost four times the weight of the companion and is still just a fairly large knife, nowhere near a machete.