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Re: What Knife for bug out bag
« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2010, 07:25:36 AM »
Quote from: m25operator on April 13, 2010, 11:24:49 PM

 A p38 can opener on your key ring, is a good tool as well.


Have carried one for 40 years.  The original Multi-Tool  ...  Screw driver, pry bar, chisel, ice scraper and it even opens cans.
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Re: What Knife for bug out bag
« Reply #21 on: April 20, 2010, 08:29:11 AM »
Quote from: crusader rabbit on April 11, 2010, 11:14:47 AM

But, here's a cautionary note on the Buck knives--they are no longer made exclusively in the good old US of A.  Walmart made a devil's deal with Buck to purchase x-number of Buck folding hunters IF Buck would reduce the price to something obscenely low.  Greed got the better of Buck, they said "yes" and they went to China for production.  You can still get a Buck 110 made in the US, just not at Walmart.  Look on the hilt of the blade.  If it says China, it's junk.    Crusader

Good info. I didn't know that. Thanks Crusader.  Bill T.
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Re: What Knife for bug out bag
« Reply #22 on: April 20, 2010, 06:52:16 PM »
Quote from: Solus on April 20, 2010, 07:25:36 AM
Have carried one for 40 years.  The original Multi-Tool  ...  Screw driver, pry bar, chisel, ice scraper and it even opens cans.

+1....except when they get old and loose and you are digging around in your pocket and slice open a finger....then you remember to go to the Army-Navy store for a new one....
Don't ask me how I know.....I just know......and pass the band-aids, please.  ;D
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Re: What Knife for bug out bag
« Reply #23 on: April 20, 2010, 07:27:26 PM »
+1 on a Multi-Tool, Gerber, Kershaw, or other "good" one. Very handy. Cheaper Than dirt also has small BoB kits including fire starters, and those phosphorous "strike with knife" variety.



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Re: What Knife for bug out bag
« Reply #24 on: April 20, 2010, 08:09:21 PM »
Quote from: PegLeg45 on April 20, 2010, 06:52:16 PM
+1....except when they get old and loose and you are digging around in your pocket and slice open a finger....then you remember to go to the Army-Navy store for a new one....
Don't ask me how I know.....I just know......and pass the band-aids, please.  ;D

Bought a package of 25 of them way back when...have given a few away and have 16 left.

The dark colored steel ones, not the newer aluminum jobs
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Re: What Knife for bug out bag
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Re: What Knife for bug out bag
« Reply #25 on: April 21, 2010, 07:41:15 AM »
Just another thought...

Some have touted the multi-tools like Gerber or Leatherman and I think thet deserves some attention.

Leatherman is manufactured by a company that contributes to anti 2A causes, and I tend not to support those kinds of companies.  Besides, the older Leatherman opens in such a way that the handles for the pliers are formed by the frame rails of the other blades.  That means when you put any stress on the pliers, you are doing it with minimal surface area of the handles, and that hurts the paws.  They may have changed that in the newer units, I don't know.  The Gerber presents the sides of the frame as the plier handles giving you a larger surface area, and that doesn't hurt when you squeeze.  Plus, the Gerber pliers are much stouter.

FWIW

Crusader

By the way, I managed to find the Large Texas Toothpick I was looking for and bought it from a guy on Ebay.  Should be here Friday.  I'm buying another box of Band-Aids Thursday. ;)
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Re: What Knife for bug out bag
« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2010, 07:48:44 PM »
Thank You for all the ideas.  I have a Cold Steel Master Hunter and a KA-Bar on the way and yes Michael I got two machetes because they're cheap.

Thanks again for the help.

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Re: What Knife for bug out bag
« Reply #27 on: April 25, 2010, 07:57:42 PM »
Quote from: crusader rabbit on April 21, 2010, 07:41:15 AM
Just another thought...

Some have touted the multi-tools like Gerber or Leatherman and I think thet deserves some attention.

Leatherman is manufactured by a company that contributes to anti 2A causes, and I tend not to support those kinds of companies.  Besides, the older Leatherman opens in such a way that the handles for the pliers are formed by the frame rails of the other blades.  That means when you put any stress on the pliers, you are doing it with minimal surface area of the handles, and that hurts the paws.  They may have changed that in the newer units, I don't know.  The Gerber presents the sides of the frame as the plier handles giving you a larger surface area, and that doesn't hurt when you squeeze.  Plus, the Gerber pliers are much stouter.

FWIW

Crusader

By the way, I managed to find the Large Texas Toothpick I was looking for and bought it from a guy on Ebay.  Should be here Friday.  I'm buying another box of Band-Aids Thursday. ;)

Thanks for the reminder CR!
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Re: What Knife for bug out bag
« Reply #28 on: April 25, 2010, 08:48:30 PM »
Quote from: m58 on April 25, 2010, 07:57:42 PM
Thanks for the reminder CR!
Dittoes (always wanted to say that without gagging, now I can. Thanks M58 ;D). I have a POS Leatherman knockoff I got free from Lowes. I have spent two years hating how cheap and poorly made it was. Still, I wouldn't part with a tool until it failed. (Silly logic I know, but in my defense, I've also turned my nose up at cheap but servicable stuff in favor of the same thing in the "cool" brand, at twice the price). Old age has taught me to err on the side of frugality. Still, now that the thing has busted, my question is this. Does anyone know of a leatherman type product that comes with scissors? They are invaluable for cutting moleskin, tying flies, trimming knots, dealing with hangnails etc. In fact, they are the sole reason I own a swiss army knife (okay, maybe the corkscrew :-[). Still, if any decent leatherman type thing comes with a set, I'll buy (unless its a zillion dollars), I won't spend more than a hundred on a field knife as I treat them all as disposable.
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Re: What Knife for bug out bag
« Reply #29 on: April 26, 2010, 12:41:48 AM »
FQ, Schrade makes a small one that works well.
http://www.pilotestore.com/estore/index.php/43-st2n-cp.html
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